Pamela Jean Bryant

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.

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  • 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)

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