Amanda Blake | |
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Born | Beverly Louise Neill February 20, 1929 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Died | August 16, 1989 Sacramento, California, U.S. | (aged 60)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1950–1989 |
Spouses | Jack Shea
(m. 1952; div. 1953)Don Whitman
(m. 1954; div. 1956)Jason Day
(m. 1964; div. 1967)Frank Gilbert
(m. 1967; div. 1982)Mark Spaeth
(m. 1984; died 1985) |
Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 20, 1929[1] – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series Gunsmoke. Along with her fourth husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in captivity.