Amanda Blake

Acting

Amanda Blake

Born February 20, 1929 · Buffalo, New York, USA

Died August 16, 1989 · aged 60

Amanda Blake was an American actress known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the television western Gunsmoke. Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill; February 20, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the Western television series Gunsmoke. Along with her fourt…

Known For

A Star Is BornA Star Is Born · 1954
A Star Is Born
★ 7.11954
MovieDramaMusic
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
LiliLili · 1953
Lili
★ 6.71953
MovieRomanceDrama
Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers? A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?
Stars in My CrownStars in My Crown · 1950
Stars in My Crown
★ 7.11950
MovieWestern
An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.
The Family SecretThe Family Secret · 1951
The Family Secret
★ 6.11951
MovieCrimeDrama
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
The Glass SlipperThe Glass Slipper · 1955
The Glass Slipper
★ 6.21955
MovieFantasyRomance
In a musical retelling of the Cinderella tale, a mistreated scullery maid escapes the oppression of her stepfamily to finding love with a prince.
B.O.R.N.B.O.R.N. · 1989
B.O.R.N.
★ 4.51989
MovieThrillerHorror
A speeding ambulance abducts three beautiful young women to a sinister medical center where someone is making a killing selling healthy human organs on the black market.
Gunsmoke: Return to DodgeGunsmoke: Return to Dodge · 1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
★ 6.51987
MovieTV MovieAction
Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twelve years ago, Marshal Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Russell.
About Mrs. LeslieAbout Mrs. Leslie · 1954
About Mrs. Leslie
★ 7.41954
MovieDramaRomance
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.

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Four Star PlayhouseFour Star Playhouse · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
★ 6.81952
SeriesDramaComedy
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

Susan Pierce

Cavalcade of AmericaCavalcade of America · 1952
Cavalcade of America
★ 4.61952
SeriesDrama
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.

Nancy Hart