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Whitney Blake‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1926-02-20

Popularity

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Whitney Blake

Eagle Rock, California, USA

Whitney Blake

Eagle Rock, California, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1926-02-20

Popularity

star3.0

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Whitney Blake (February 20, 1926 — September 28, 2002) was an American film and television actress, director and producer. Blake was born as Nancy Ann Whitney in 1926 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, the first child of Martha Mae Wilkensen and Harry Whitney. Her childhood was spent traveling across the country with her family, attending 16 different schools. Attending Pasadena City College, Blake worked in small-theater groups in the Los Angeles area, and in the summer, worked at her mother's ice cream stand in MacMinneville, Oregon. After her appearance in an amateur Hollywood production of "The Women" caught the attention of talent scouts, she appeared on a number of television programs, including the syndicated Johnny Midnight, Sheriff of Cochise, and twice on Rod Cameron's State Trooper. In addition, she guest-starred on Mike Connors's Tightrope detective series, in the 1960 episode "High Bridge" of the NBC western series Overland Trail starring William Bendix and Doug McClure. She also appeared in the first episode of the syndicated western series Pony Express in the episode "The Good Samaritan". Her guest appearance in the short-lived series "The D.A.'s Man" garnered an Emmy nomination in 1959. Blake is best remembered for having portrayed Dorothy Baxter, an interior designer and the wife of George Baxter (Don DeFore), a lawyer, on the NBC sitcom Hazel (1961), starring Shirley Booth in the title role as a bossy maid. In the last season on CBS, DeFore and Blake left the series and were replaced by Ray Fulmer and Lynn Borden, respectively in the roles of Steve and Barbara Baxter, the younger brother and sister-in-law of George Baxter. After Hazel ended, she guest-starred in an episode of ABC's western series The Legend of Jesse James starring Christopher Jones in the title role. In 1967 she played attorney Lee Drake on The Andy Griffith Show. As demand for her in network television and films dwindled, Blake became a hostess of a Los Angeles television talk show. After that, Blake again reinvented herself and became a film and television director, producer, and writer. Blake guest starred as "Angie" in "Incident of the Curious Street" in Series 1 Episode 13 of Rawhide, and played leading lady to James Garner in "The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick," the 1958 second season opener for Maverick. She appeared on the first episode of the long running television program Perry Mason as the defendant Evelyn Bagby (and at least one later episode), and appeared in the first film version of a Mike Hammer novel when she starred in My Gun Is Quick in the 1950s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Whitney Blake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

-30-

-30-‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

My Gun Is Quick

My Gun Is Quick‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Collector’s Item

Collector’s Item‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Returning Home

Returning Home‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

Destination Space

Destination Space‌
star4.2
calendar 1959

Fright Flick

Fright Flick‌
star3.0
calendar 2011

Law and Order

Law and Order‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

The Lycanthrope

The Lycanthrope‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

The Fatal Impulse

The Fatal Impulse‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Strange Homecoming

Strange Homecoming‌
star8.0
calendar 1974

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Batman

Batman‌
star7.3
calendar 1966

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Laredo

Laredo‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

The Aquanauts

The Aquanauts‌
star5.5
calendar 1960

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Here's Boomer

Here's Boomer‌
star5.3
calendar 1980

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

M Squad

M Squad‌
star5.2
calendar 1957

Hazel

Hazel‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Bronco

Bronco‌
star4.8
calendar 1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star4.3
calendar 1958

Branded

Branded‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

Riverboat

Riverboat‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Wire Service

Wire Service‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

The Texan

The Texan‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

The Legend of Jesse James

The Legend of Jesse James‌
star4.8
calendar 1965

Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

State Trooper

State Trooper‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Panic!

Panic!‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Hunter

Hunter‌
star8.0
calendar 1977

The Outsider

The Outsider‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

Tightrope

Tightrope‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre‌
star5.8
calendar 1957

The Deputy

The Deputy‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1961

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer‌
star6.6
calendar 1958

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955