Amanda Blake
Born: February 20, 1929
Buffalo, New York
Died: August 16, 1989 (age 60), Sacramento,
California
 Amanda
Blake (Beverly Louise Neill) was an American actress
best known for the role of the red-haired saloon
proprietress "Miss Kitty" on the long running television
drama, CBS's Gunsmoke series (1955-1975).
What do you know about Amanda
Blake? Drink up this quick quiz.
1. Before making it in show
business, what was Amanda Blake's occupation?
2. She played Faith Radmore
Samuels in Stars in My Crown (1950). Who was the star of
the movie?
3. Who played Kitty Russell in the
radio version of Gunsmoke?
4. In 1968, Blake was inducted
into the Hall of Great Western Performers at the
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma
City. This was six years before the legendary John Wayne
was inducted in 1974 and more than a decade before
co-stars Arness, Ken Curtis, Dennis Weaver, Buck Taylor
and Milburn Stone were in 1981. Blake was the third
performer welcomed into the Hall, after Tom Mix and Gary
Cooper, who were inducted in 1958 and 1966 respectively.
True or False?
5. After Gunsmoke, Blake
went into semi-retirement at her home in Phoenix, taking
on only a few film and TV projects. A lover of animals,
she joined with others to form an organization in 1971,
that today is the oldest and largest "no-kill" animal
shelter in the state. What is the shelter's name?
6. In March 1982, Blake spoke
against smoking by testifying for new warning labels for
cigarette packages, before a United State House of
Representatives subcommittee. How many packs of
cigarettes did she, at one time, smoke?
7. What was the cause of death?
8. Where is Amanda Blake buried?
Answers
- 1. She worked as a telephone
operator.
- 2. Joel McCrea
- 3. Georgia Ellis
- 4. True
- 5. Arizona Animal Welfare
League
- 6. two-to-three packs a day
- 7. Actual Certificate
Entry:..Cardio Pulmonary Arrest due to Liver Failure
and CMV Hepatitis.
- 8. Cremated, ashes spread over
the animal reserve she helped establish.
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