Pamela Duncan
Biography
Pamela Duncan was an American actress who worked mostly in B movies and became known for a pair of 1957 cult films for Roger Corman, Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) and The Undead (1957). She grew up in Brooklyn, took part in local beauty contests as a teenager, and studied at Hunter College and Columbia University. In 1951 she headed to Southern California to break into film acting, and after three years in summer stock theater she made her screen debut in Whistling Hills. During the 1950s she played Velda, Mike Hammer's secretary, in the mystery drama My Gun Is Quick (1957). Her television work ran to more than 200 programs and 100 telefilms, including a 1958 Perry Mason episode in which she was the title character and murder victim, and a 1959 turn as a traveling show performer on Death Valley Days. In 2000 she appeared in the Academy Award-nominated documentary Curtain Call. She died in 2005.
80years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Lillian Booth Actors Home
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 31 years1956 to 1987
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First role
Pamela Duncan worked three years in summer stock theater before landing her first screen role in the 1951 film Whistling Hills.
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Worked with
Pamela Duncan shares three films with Richard Garland, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Norman TaurogDirector, 2 films, 1959 to 1962
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