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Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill, February 20, 1929 [1] – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series Gunsmoke. Along with her fourth husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs ...
Nov 8, 1989 · Amanda Blake, the actress who played Miss Kitty on the long-running television series ''Gunsmoke,'' died of AIDS-related complications and not, as a hospital and her friends reported at the time ...
Amanda Blake was an American actress best known for playing Kitty Russell on the classic western series Gunsmoke. She was born in 1929, died in 1989, and had red hair and blue eyes.
- Actress, Soundtrack
- February 20, 1929
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- August 16, 1989
Amanda Blake was an American actress best known for playing Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke (1955). She was born in 1929, married four times, and died of AIDS-related hepatitis in 1989.
- February 20, 1929
- August 16, 1989
May 13, 2020 · Amanda Blake was born Beverly Louise Neill in Buffalo, New York on February 20, 1929. She was of English and Scottish descent, the only child of Jesse Neill, an industrial banker, and Louise (née Puckett) Neill. During World War II, the family moved to California because Amanda's father was summoned to the West Coast to work as an engineer as ...
Jul 23, 2020 · The official cause of Amanda Blake's death, as reported by KXRB, was "cardiopulmonary arrest due to liver failure and CMV hepatitis, which is AIDS-related." According to People, her declining health was a secret to most. “Once she knew she had it, she decided to keep it to herself,” said Pat Derby, a close friend of Amanda.
Jan 28, 2023 · In 1974, Amanda Blake left the series that had made her famous. “I was tired, and it was time to go. It was the end of the trail,” she told the LA Times a decade later.. Blake was a two-pack-a ...
