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Whitney Blake

Whitney Blake

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 20, 1926
Died Sep 28, 2002 (76)
Birthplace Eagle Rock, California, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Apr 15, 2025
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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 Wh ... itney. 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

Filmography

Fright Flick

Fright Flick

2011

as Kat

The Lycanthrope

The Lycanthrope

2007

as Lisa

The Betsy

The Betsy

1978

as Elizabeth Hardeman

Law and Order

Law and Order

1976

as Mary-Ellen Crowley

Returning Home

Returning Home

1975

as Millie Stephenson

Strange Homecoming

Strange Homecoming

1974

as Peggy Harwood

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

1974

as Emma Verko

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

1970

as Helen Owens

The Fatal Impulse

The Fatal Impulse

1960

as Jane Kimball

Destination Space

Destination Space

1959

as June

-30-

-30-

1959

as Peggy Gatlin

My Gun Is Quick

My Gun Is Quick

1957

as Nancy Williams

Collector’s Item

Collector’s Item

1957

as Jan Hendricks

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Television Credits

Hazel

as Dorothy Baxter

Episodes: 126

First Aired: Sep 28, 1961

77 Sunset Strip

as Diana Carthwright

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

Perry Mason

as Evelyn Bagby

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Rawhide

as Angie Miller

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Gunsmoke

as Lavinia Sanderson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Helen Owens

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 27, 1954

The Andy Griffith Show

as Lee Drake

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1960

Batman

as Amber Forever

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1966

Gunsmoke

as Dolly Varden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Millionaire

as Linda Hudson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

The Virginian

as Marie Adams

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Thriller

as Jane Kimball

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1960

The Aquanauts

as Ruth Cheney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1960

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Laura Westly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 01, 1957

M Squad

as Susan Spencer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1957

Adventures in Paradise

as Carol Olafson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as Amy Claypool

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1958

Riverboat

as Martha Crane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1959

Wire Service

as Geraldine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ellie Rawlins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

The Legend of Jesse James

as Ina Stevens

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

Cheyenne

as Lilli Bridgeman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1955

Letter to Loretta

as Stella Graham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

Tightrope

as Mrs. Belden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1959

Maverick

as Letty French

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Maverick

as Molly Clifford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Alcoa Theatre

as Carrie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1957

The Deputy

as Ellen Hart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

The Millionaire

as Nancy Cortez

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jessie Wheeler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Bonanza

as Ann Samuels

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1959

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

as Nina

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1958

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Prosperity Gamble

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1958

Cheyenne

as Beth Tobin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1955

The Outsider

as Judy Elliott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1968

Mannix

as Cloris Loman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Love, American Style

as Valerie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1969

State Trooper

as Myrna Cabot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1956

Bronco

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 23, 1958

The Texan

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 29, 1958

Route 66

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1971

Ironside

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Laredo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1965

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Here's Boomer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 14, 1980

Pete and Gladys

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1960

Branded

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 24, 1965

Pete Kelly's Blues

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1959

State Trooper

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1956

Panic!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 05, 1957

Hunter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 18, 1977

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

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