Judy Pace

Judy Pace

Infobox Celebrity
name = Judy Pace


imagesize = 270px
caption = Photo of actress Judy Pace in 2007 interview.
birthname = Judy Lenteen Pace
birth_date = birth date and age|1942|6|16
birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
death_date =
death_place =
occupation = Actress
yearsactive = 1963 - present
spouse = Don Mitchell (actor), 1972-1986,
Curt Flood, 1986-1997 (his death)
children = 2 children
othername =
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notable role =

Judy Lenteen Pace (born June 16,1942, in Los Angeles, California) is an African-American stage and screen actress. Many publications, fans, and critics alike have called Pace one of the most beautiful woman to ever appear on screen. In the 1970s, she was lauded as the personification of Black Beauty but, most importantly, she has both been recognized as, and has proven to be one of Hollywood's more venerable actresses.

Career Biography

Pace became a familiar face in the 1970s on both the big and small screen, appearing in popular blaxploitation movies and popular television shows. She played a character on the soap opera "One Life to Live". Television programs on which she appeared include "Batman", "Bewitched", "The Flying Nun," "I Spy", "The Mod Squad", "That's My Mama," "Sanford and Son," and "What's Happening". For one season, she starred in the drama "The Young Lawyers" broadcast on ABC. Pace also made a supporting role appearance as Gayle Sayers's wife in the critically acclaimed 1971 ABC-TV movie "Brian's Song".

Early Career, Personal Life

Pace got her first major break in Hollywood as the first black villainess on TV with her role as "Vickie Fletcher" in the hit ABC-TV soap-opera/drama series "Peyton Place" (1968). She met her second husband, late baseball great Curt Flood, as a bachelorette contestant on the game show "The Dating Game". They married in 1986, and remained together until Flood's death in 1997. Her first husband, African-American actor Don Mitchell, co-starred for 7 years on the hit NBC-TV series "Ironside". Pace is also the former sister-in law of actor Oscar Brown, Jr.

Filmography

* "Sucker Free City" (2004) (TV)
* "What's Happening Now" (TV) (1985)
* "Beyond Westworld" (TV) (1980)
* "What's Happening!!" (TV series) (2 episodes, 1977-1979)
* "Good Times" (TV series) (1975)
* "The Weekend" (TV) (1975)
* "Caribe" (TV) (1975)
* "Ironside" (TV series) (1974)
* "That's My Mama" (TV series) (1974)
* "Sanford and Son" (TV series) (1974)
* "Kung Fu" (TV series) (1974)
* "Medical Center" (TV series) (1974)
* "Shaft" (TV series) (1973)
* "The Slams" (1973)
* "Cool Breeze" (1972)
* "Oh, Nurse!" (1972) (TV)
* "Frogs" (1972)
* "Brian's Song" (1971) (TV movie)
* "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury" (TV movie) (1971)
* "The Young Lawyers" (TV series) (1969-1971)
* "Up in the Cellar" (1970)
* "Cotton Comes to Harlem" (1970)
* "The New People" (TV) (1969)
* "Peyton Place" (TV soap opera) (1968-1969)
* "Three in the Attic" (1968)
* "The Mod Squad" (TV series) (1968)
* "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968)
* "Tarzan" (1968)
* "Days of Our Lives" (TV soap opera) (1967)
* "The Flying Nun" (TV series) (1967)
* "I Dream of Jeannie" (TV) (1967)
* "I Spy"' (TV) (1966)
* "The Fortune Cookie" (1966)
* "Batman" (TV series) (1966)
* "Bewitched" {TV series) (1966)
* "13 Frightened Girls" (1963)

As Herself:

* "ESPN SportsCentury" .... (2 episodes, 2000-2004)
* "Disciples of Jackie Robinson" (2004) (TV episode)
* "Curt Flood" (2000) (TV episode)
* "E! True Hollywood Story" (1999)
* "Christopher Jones" (1999)
* "Soul Train" (1973)
* "Stevie Wonder/The Moments/Fully Guaranteed" (1973) (TV episode)

References

* [http://macumbalove.tripod.com/id29.html Macumba Love Spotlight On actress Judy Pace]
* [http://cocoalounge.blogspot.com/2007/03/cocoa-lounge-legends-002-judy-pace.html The Cocoa Lounge recognizes acting legend Judy Pace]

External links

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* [http://www.tv.com/judy-pace/person/1408/summary.html Judy Pace at TV.com]
* [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Judy_Pace/1462601 Judy Pace at Hollywood.com]


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