Whitney Blake

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Eagle Rock, California, USA, 1926-02-20

Died: 2002-09-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	My Gun Is Quick	Nancy Williams	56
2	1957	Collector’s Item	Jan Hendricks	0
3	1959	Destination Space	June	42
4	1959	-30-	Peggy Gatlin	57
5	1960	The Fatal Impulse	Jane Kimball	0
6	1970	The Boy Who Stole the Elephant	Helen Owens	40
7	1974	The Stranger Who Looks Like Me	Emma Verko	60
8	1974	Strange Homecoming	Peggy Harwood	80
9	1975	Returning Home	Millie Stephenson	50
10	1976	Law and Order	Mary-Ellen Crowley	0
11	1978	The Betsy	Elizabeth Hardeman	44
12	2007	The Lycanthrope	Lisa	0
13	2011	Fright Flick	Kat	30

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
2	1953	Letter to Loretta	Stella Graham	65
3	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Helen Owens	78
4	1955	The Millionaire	Linda Hudson	50
5	1955	The Millionaire	Nancy Cortez	50
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Dolly Varden	66
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Lavinia Sanderson	66
8	1955	Cheyenne	Lilli Bridgeman	58
9	1955	Cheyenne	Beth Tobin	58
10	1956	State Trooper		50
11	1956	State Trooper	Myrna Cabot	50
12	1956	Wire Service	Geraldine	0
13	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Ellie Rawlins	55
14	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Jessie Wheeler	55
15	1957	Panic!		0
16	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Laura Westly	62
17	1957	M Squad	Susan Spencer	52
18	1957	Perry Mason	Evelyn Bagby	77
19	1957	Maverick	Letty French	68
20	1957	Maverick	Molly Clifford	68
21	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Carrie	65
22	1958	Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	Prosperity Gamble	66
23	1958	Bronco		52
24	1958	The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen	Nina	0
25	1958	The Texan		55
26	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	Amy Claypool	58
27	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Diana Carthwright	67
28	1959	Rawhide	Angie Miller	72
29	1959	Pete Kelly's Blues		0
30	1959	Tightrope	Mrs. Belden	55
31	1959	The Deputy	Ellen Hart	62
32	1959	Bonanza	Ann Samuels	75
33	1959	Riverboat	Martha Crane	62
34	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Carol Olafson	57
35	1960	Thriller	Jane Kimball	64
36	1960	The Aquanauts	Ruth Cheney	55
37	1960	Pete and Gladys		65
38	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Lee Drake	76
39	1960	Route 66		63
40	1961	Hazel	Dorothy Baxter	68
41	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
42	1962	The Virginian	Marie Adams	65
43	1965	Branded		64
44	1965	The Legend of Jesse James	Ina Stevens	48
45	1965	Laredo		63
46	1966	Batman	Amber Forever	73
47	1967	Mannix	Cloris Loman	67
48	1968	The Outsider	Judy Elliott	52
49	1969	Love, American Style	Valerie	61
50	1971	Cannon		65
51	1977	Hunter		80
52	1980	Here's Boomer		53

Whitney Blake

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