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Pamela Franklin

Acting Born Feb 3, 1950 Yokohama, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Pamela Franklin is a former British actress who appeared in films from 1961 until 1976.

Franklin was born in Yokohama, Japan, and grew up in the Far East, where her father was a trader. She was sent to the Elmhurst School of Ballet in England. She made her film debut at the age of 11 in The Innocents (1961), and her television debut in the Wonderful World of Disney's, The Horse Without a Head. She received favourable critical notices for her portrayal of an unusually worldly teenager in the suspense film The Nanny (1965).

Her first adult role was as a kidnap victim in The Night of the Following Day. Probably her best-known role was as "Sandy" in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), for which she won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress. In the same year she starred in the John Huston movie Sinful Davey, with a young John Hurt, which was not successful and failed to boost her career.

As an adult, she became somewhat typecast in horror films, after her performance in the occult thriller The Legend of Hell House. Her last film role was in The Food of the Gods, although she made television appearances until 1981.

She married actor Harvey Jason in 1971, and they live in Hollywood with their two children.

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Known for

Film

Mulholland Drive

as Kelly Edwards

Hawaii Five-O

as Bobbie Jo Bell

Mannix

as Jenny Cole

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Susan Abbott

Green Acres

as Pamela Carter

Cannon

1971
Film

Beauty and the Beast

as Karen Vaughn
Film

Men of Honor

as Jenny Wilde
Film

Lolita

1997
Film

Freaks

as Nicola Stevens
Film

Freaks

as Abby Stevens

Full filmography

  • The Love Boat (1977) as Gail Smith
  • Bonanza (1959) as Kelly Edwards
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Bobbie Jo Bell
  • Mannix (1967) as Jenny Cole
  • The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) as Susan Abbott
  • Green Acres (1965) as Pamela Carter
  • Cannon (1971)
  • Fantasy Island (1978) as Janine Sanford
  • Fantasy Island (1978) as Agnes Wentworth
  • Fantasy Island (1978) as Myra Collinsky
  • Fantasy Island (1978) as Vicky Lee
  • Police Woman (1974) as Karen Vaughn
  • Medical Center (1969)
  • Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
  • The Name of the Game (1968) as Jenny Wilde
  • Vega$ (1978)
  • The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Peggy Dunnigan
  • The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977) as Marla
  • Thriller (1973) as Nicola Stevens
  • Thriller (1973) as Abby Stevens
  • Police Story (1973) as Holly Green
  • Ghost Story (1972) as Christina Burgess / Lisa Burgess
  • The Magician (1973) as Linda Casey
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Marian