Pamela was Playmate of the Month for April 1978. Her pictorial was titled Cutting Loose.
Pamela was born Feb. 8, 1959, in Indianapolis, IN. She attended Indiana University as a telecommunications major, and first appeared in Playboy in the pictorial The Girls of the Big Ten in September 1977.
Pamela is quoted in “The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds” as saying, “My acting career started out with a big boom when I was a Playmate. I did 86 TV shows before I was 25.” After earning a degree in fine arts at UCLA, “all of a sudden I started getting movies again…” She appeared in films such as “H.O.T.S” (1979), “Don’t Answer the Phone” (1980) and “Private Lessons” (1981) and made guest appearances on a number of television shows, including “Fantasy Island” (1978), “The Dukes of Hazzard” (1979) and “The Love Boat” (1981).
Pamela went on to work as an artist in California; she was a painter who specialized in a faux finish. She also redecorated buildings.
Pamela died Dec. 4, 2010, in Maui, Hawaii, from an asthma attack at age 51.
Digital | Video | Later in life
Playboy appearances:
- The Girls of the Big Ten, September 1977
- Dear Playboy, December 1977
- Playmate of the Month pictorial, Cutting Loose, April 1978
- Dear Playboy, July 1978
- The World of Playboy, August 1978
- The World of Playboy, October 1978
- Playboy’s Playmate Review, January 1979
- Playmates’ Progress, January 1979
- The World of Playboy, January 1979
- The World of Playboy, July 1979
- The World of Playboy, September 1979
- Playboy’s Pajama Parties, January 1980
- The World of Playboy, November 1980
- Playmate News, April 2003
Calendars:
NSS:
- Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads, 1985
- Book of Lingerie, 1984
- Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 4, 2000
- College Girls, 1983
- The Girls of Playboy 5, 1982
- Playmates – The Second Fifteen Years, 1984
- Pocket Playmates 3, 1996
- Women on the Move, 1988
- Special Collector’s Edition Spring Fever, April 2016
Foreign:
- Brazilian edition pictorial, Por Que Os Homens Preferem Playboy, August 1980
- French edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, April 1978
- German NSS Die 55 Schönsten Blondinnen, 2015
- German special digital edition Spring-Fever, 2017
- Italian edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, Guanta Pamela …, May 1978
- Italian edition feature, September 2011
- Italian edition feature, December 2011-January 2012
- Japanese edition Dear Playboy, February 1978
- Japanese edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, May 1978
- Japanese edition pictorial, Best Playmate Contest, December 1978
- Japanese 1979 Date Calendar, February 1979
- Japanese edition cover, February 1979
- Japanese edition Playmates’ Progress, February 1979
- Japanese edition cover, April 1979
- Japanese NSS Playmates 312, 1980
- Japanese edition promotional ad, January 1980
- Japanese NSS Playmates Collection 2, 1982
- Japanese edition Mandala Calendar, January 1982
- Japanese edition pictorial, All the Playmates Go Marching On!, February 1987
- Mexican edition Playmate of the Month pictorial, April 1978
- Netherlands edition, June 2010
- Netherlands edition pictorial, Retro Bloot, May 2011
- Portuguese edition, November 2015
- Slovenian edition feature, Playboy Klasika, March 2013
- Spanish edition pictorial, Playmates del 78, January 1979
- Spanish edition feature Las Playmates un Año Despues (Playmates’ Progress), January 1979
- Spanish edition NSS Las Chicas de Playboy, 1979
- Spanish edition pictorial, El Mundo de Playboy, July 1983
Other publications:
- The Playmate Book: Five Decades of Centerfolds, 1996
- Hot Rod Show World, 1979
- Hot Rod Show World, 1981
- Hot Rod Show World, 1982
- Hot Rod Show World, 1985
- French magazine PHOTO, July 1984
- Screem magazine, “Naked Terror: Playboy Playmates in Horror Films Part 2,” April 2011
Movies:
- H.O.T.S. (1979) as Teri Lynn
- Don’t Answer the Phone (1980) as Sue Ellen
- Separate Ways (1981) as a cocktail waitress
- Private Lessons (1981) as Joyce
- Lunch Wagon (1981) as Marcy
- Looker (1981) as Reston Girl
- Lovely But Deadly (1981) as Gloria
- Rigged (1985) as Monique
- Scorpion (1986) in an uncredited role as a flight attendant
- Route 66 3D aka “Nude 66″ (1986)
- Tigershark (1987) as Karen
- Road to Revenge [originally “Champagne and Bullets”] (1993) as Cindy
- GetEven [VHS cut of “Road to Revenge”] (1993) as Cindy
- Legal Briefs (1993) as Joan
- Trapped (1994) as Laura Armstrong
- The Killing Jar (1994) as Laura Armstrong
- After Dark: Love and Desire (1995)
Television:
- Fantasy Island (1978) as Peggy Chandler in the episode “Trouble, My Lovely/The Common Man”
- B.J. and the Bear (1978) as one of a group of young women fleeing a white slaver in the episode “The Foundlings”
- The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978) as Jeanette in the episode “Search for Atlantis”
- Barnaby Jones (1978) as Pamela in the episode “The Picture Pirates”
- The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) as Holly Mae in the episode “Granny Annie”
- The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979) as Buttercup Beauregard in the episodes “Buttercup, Birdie and Buried Bucks” and “Dean Martin and the Moonshiners”
- The Incredible Hulk (1980) as Ann in the episode “Long Run Home”
- The Love Boat (1981) as Sally in the episode “Gopher’s Bride/Love With a Married Man/Not Tonight, Jack!”
- T.J. Hooker (1985) as Gayle Chotner in the episode “To Kill a Cop”
- 1st and Ten (1985) as Tammy Baker in the episode “The Sins of the Quarterback”
- Magnum, P.I. (1986) as Marge in the episode “Autumn Warrior”
- The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (TV movie) (1987) as a blonde girl
- Bargain Hunters (1987) as hostess
- She’s the Sheriff (1988) as Arlene in the episode “New Year’s Eve”
- The Playboy Channel show Playboy Party Jokes (date unknown)
Playboy videos:
- Playboy’s Private Party Jokes (1988)
- Playmate Update, date unknown
