Whitney Blake

Whitney Blake

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1926-02-20
Deathday: 2002-09-28 (76 years old)

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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.


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Movies 14

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One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time (2017)

TV
5.93
Kat
Fright Flick

Fright Flick (2011)

Movie
Lisa
The Lycanthrope

The Lycanthrope (2007)

Movie
Here's Boomer

Here's Boomer (1980)

TV
Hunter

Hunter (1977)

TV
Mary-Ellen Crowley
Law and Order

Law and Order (1976)

Movie
Writer
One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time (1975)

TV
Millie Stephenson
Returning Home

Returning Home (1975)

Movie
Peggy Harwood
Strange Homecoming

Strange Homecoming (1974)

Movie
Emma Verko
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)

Movie
Cannon

Cannon (1971)

TV
6
Helen Owens
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant

The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970)

Movie
Judy Elliott
Anatomy of a Crime

Anatomy of a Crime (1969)

Movie
The Outsider

The Outsider (1968)

TV
Mannix

Mannix (1967)

TV
6.38
Amber Forever
Batman

Batman (1966)

TV
5
Laredo

Laredo (1965)

TV
6
Ina Stevens
The Legend of Jesse James

The Legend of Jesse James (1965)

TV
Branded

Branded (1965)

TV
5.91
Marie Adams
The Virginian

The Virginian (1962)

TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

TV
Dorothy Baxter
Hazel

Hazel (1961)

TV
Route 66

Route 66 (1960)

TV
Lee Drake
The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

TV
6
Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys (1960)

TV
Ruth Cheney
The Aquanauts

The Aquanauts (1960)

TV
Jane Kimball
Thriller

Thriller (1960)

TV
Peggy Gatlin
-30-

-30- (1959)

Movie
Carol Olafson
Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

TV
Martha Crane
Riverboat

Riverboat (1959)

TV
Ellen Hart
The Deputy

The Deputy (1959)

TV
Ann Samuels
Bonanza

Bonanza (1959)

TV
1
Mrs. Belden
Tightrope

Tightrope (1959)

TV
Zelda April
Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues (1959)

TV
Angie Miller
Rawhide

Rawhide (1959)

TV
4
June
Destination Space

Destination Space (1959)

Movie
Diana Carthwright
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

TV
Amy Claypool
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)

TV
The Texan

The Texan (1958)

TV
Nina
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958)

TV
Bronco

Bronco (1958)

TV
Prosperity Gamble
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958)

TV
Jan Hendricks
Collector’s Item

Collector’s Item (1957)

Movie
Carrie
Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre (1957)

TV
Molly Clifford / Letty French
Maverick

Maverick (1957)

TV
5.33
Evelyn Bagby
Perry Mason

Perry Mason (1957)

TV
4.33
Jo Bennett / Peg Mallinson / Susan Spencer
M Squad

M Squad (1957)

TV
Nancy Williams
My Gun Is Quick

My Gun Is Quick (1957)

Movie
Laura Westly
Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)

TV
Panic!

Panic! (1957)

TV
Ellie Rawlins / Jessie Wheeler
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

TV
Geraldine
Wire Service

Wire Service (1956)

TV
State Trooper

State Trooper (1956)

TV
Beth Tobin / Lilli Bridgeman
Cheyenne

Cheyenne (1955)

TV
Lavinia Sanderson / Dolly Varden
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6
Linda Hudson / Nancy Cortez
The Millionaire

The Millionaire (1955)

TV
Stella Graham
Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta (1953)

TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

TV
Bar patron (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman (1951)

Movie
Actress
A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

Movie

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1926-02-20

Deathday
2002-09-28 (76 years old)

Birth Place
Eagle Rock, United States of America

Children
Meredith Baxter

Father
Harry C. Whitney

Citizenships
United States of America


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