AMANDA "MISS KITTY" BLAKE - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 288678
Sale Price $450.00
Reg. $550.00
AMANDA BLAKE
Head and shoulders view, shown as "Miss Kitty"
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To: Phyllis Mancz -/with best regards/always -/from:
'Kitty'/Amanda Blake". B/w, 8x10. Amanda Blake (1929-1989), born Beverly Louise Neill, is
best remembered as Kitty Russell, hostess of the Long Branch Saloon in the long-running
TV Western, Gunsmoke (1955-1974; she left the show before its final season).She was
nominated for Golden Globes for Best Actress - Drama for the role in 1969 and 1970 and
for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe in 1971. Blake, who had been signed by
MGM in 1949, made her film debut in 1950, the year she was first cast opposite her future
Gunsmoke co-star, James Arness, in Stars in My Crown. Her feature film credits also
include Sunny Side of the Street (1951), Lili (1953), A Star is Born (1954) and High Society
(1955). Blake, who made guest appearances on TV shows from 1952 (Schlitz Playhouse of
Stars) to 1983 (Hart to Hart), also starred in several made-for-TV movies, including 1987's
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge, a "reunion" film. Fine condition.
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