person

Whitney Blake

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-02-20

Place of Birth

Eagle Rock, California, USA

Whitney Blake

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.

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-30-

Nov 11, 1959

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My Gun Is Quick

Aug 01, 1957

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Collector’s Item

Dec 01, 1957

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Returning Home

Apr 30, 1975

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42

Destination Space

Jan 01, 1959

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30

Fright Flick

Jan 25, 2011

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Law and Order

May 06, 1976

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The Lycanthrope

Feb 01, 2007

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The Fatal Impulse

Nov 29, 1960

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40

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

Sep 20, 1970

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Strange Homecoming

Oct 29, 1974

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60

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

Mar 06, 1974

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The Betsy

Feb 02, 1978

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76

The Andy Griffith Show

Oct 03, 1960

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77 Sunset Strip

Oct 10, 1958

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73

Batman

Jan 12, 1966

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63

Route 66

Oct 07, 1960

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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77

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

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65

Cannon

Sep 14, 1971

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63

Laredo

Sep 16, 1965

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72

Rawhide

Jan 09, 1959

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50

The Millionaire

Jan 19, 1955

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65

The Virginian

Sep 19, 1962

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64

Thriller

Sep 13, 1960

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55

The Aquanauts

Sep 14, 1960

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72

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Oct 05, 1951

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53

Here's Boomer

Mar 14, 1980

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62

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Jul 01, 1957

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52

M Squad

Sep 20, 1957

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Hazel

Sep 28, 1961

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57

Adventures in Paradise

Oct 05, 1959

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65

Pete and Gladys

Sep 19, 1960

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52

Bronco

Sep 23, 1958

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58

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Oct 06, 1958

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64

Branded

Jan 24, 1965

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62

Riverboat

Sep 13, 1959

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NA

Wire Service

Oct 04, 1956

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55

The Texan

Sep 29, 1958

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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48

The Legend of Jesse James

Sep 13, 1965

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NA

Pete Kelly's Blues

Apr 05, 1959

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50

State Trooper

Sep 25, 1956

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58

Cheyenne

Sep 20, 1955

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NA

Panic!

Mar 05, 1957

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65

Letter to Loretta

Sep 20, 1953

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80

Hunter

Feb 18, 1977

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55

Tightrope

Sep 08, 1959

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68

Maverick

Sep 22, 1957

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68

Maverick

Sep 22, 1957

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65

Alcoa Theatre

Sep 30, 1957

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62

The Deputy

Sep 12, 1959

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53

The Mike Douglas Show

Dec 11, 1961

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66

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

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50

The Millionaire

Jan 19, 1955

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55

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Oct 05, 1956

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75

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

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NA

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

Sep 26, 1958

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66

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Jan 07, 1958

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58

Cheyenne

Sep 20, 1955

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52

The Outsider

Sep 18, 1968

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78

The Wonderful World of Disney

Oct 27, 1954

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66

Mannix

Sep 16, 1967

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60

Love, American Style

Sep 29, 1969

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50

State Trooper

Sep 25, 1956