Amanda blake biography
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| Amanda Blake | |
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Amanda Blake played the part of saloon owner "Miss Kitty" Russell on the long-running CBS-TV series "Gunsmoke". | |
| General Actor Information | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthname: | Beverly Louise Neill |
| Born: | February 20, |
| Birthplace | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 16, () (aged&#;60) |
| Death Location | Sacremento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation/ Career: | Actress |
| Years active: | |
| Appearances/Series information | |
| Appeared on: | Gunsmoke TV series Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (TV film) |
| Episode(s) appeared in: | in Seasons on TV series |
| Appears as: | Miss Kitty |
Amanda Blake (born February 20, &#; died August 16, ; aged 60) was the actress who played the role of red-haired saloon proprietress Kitty Russell in seasons of the long-running CBS-TV series Gunsmoke and also in the CBS-TV movie Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge. Along with her third husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful program
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Amanda Blake
American actress (–)
Amanda Blake | |
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As Miss Kitty Russell in Gunsmoke () | |
| Born | Beverly Louise Neill ()February 20, Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 16, () (aged&#;60) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouses | Jack Shea &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Don Whitman &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Jason Day &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Frank Gilbert &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Mark Spaeth &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 20, [1] – August 16, ) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the westerntelevision seriesGunsmoke. Along with her fourth husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in captivity.
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Perfectly Amanda
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by Beckey Burgoyne
As an avid fan of Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty, Beckey Burgoyne, an elementary school teacher from Illinois, felt it was her destiny to write the life story of actress Amanda Blake, who portrayed Miss Kitty on television for nearly 20 years. A farmer's daughter, Burgoyne appreciates the value of hard work and self-reliance. As a child, she saw all of these characteristics and more in Amanda Blake's portrayal of Miss Kitty on TV's Gunsmoke. In Perfectly Amanda, Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty: To Dodge and Beyond, Burgoyne celebrates everything the character of Kitty Russell stood for: strength, grace, intelligence, independence and so much more. The biography provides readers with a chronological look into Amanda Blake's life both on- and off-screen, even telling of her ancestry tracing back to England, Scotland and Ireland. Perfectly Amanda also includes many wonderful anecdotes and personal reflections from Blake's friends and colleagues, as well as an