Pamela Lincoln Explained

Pamela Lincoln
Birth Name:Pamela Gill
Birth Date:June 19, 1937
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Death Place:Branford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1959 - 1984
Children:2
Mother:Verna Hillie

Pamela Lincoln (born Pamela Gill; June 19, 1937  - November 21, 2019) was an American actress of television and film.

Career

Her best-known movie role is the William Castle film The Tingler, where her screams save the life of Vincent Price, who is being attacked by the bizarre creature. Pamela had contract roles on two daytime soap operas. From 1974 to 1977, in Love of Life, she played the tragic Felicia Fleming Lamont, who was involved with the dashing Eduardo Aleata (played by John Aniston) while married to the older Charles Lamont,

From 1977 to 1979, in The Doctors, she played the scheming Doreen Aldrich, who notoriously kidnapped heroine Carolee Aldrich (her former sister-in-law) when she falsely believed that she was dying of leukemia and decided that she wanted Carolee's husband, Steve. In 1984, Pamela appeared on One Life to Live as Suzanne Allardyce, the widow of the president of a fictional South American country.

Personal life

She was born in Los Angeles, California in June 1937[1] to actress Verna Hillie and writer Frank Gill Jr.[2] [3] She was married to actor Darryl Hickman in 1959, and had two children with him.[4] They divorced in 1982.[5] [6] Lincoln died in Branford, Connecticut, in November 2019 at the age of 82.[7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959Father Knows Best Janet Mason 1 episode
1959One Step Beyond Older Lisa Garrick 1 episode
1959Zane Grey Theater Kitty 1 episode
1959The Tingler Lucy Stevens
1959Have Gun - Will Travel Mary - Maid 1 episode
1961Anatomy of a Psycho Pat
1974–1977Love of Life Felicia Fleming Lamont
1977–1979The Doctors Doreen Aldrich
1982Tootsie Secretary (final film role)
1984One Life to Live Suzanne Allardyce 3 episodes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dying on soaps can be fun all the way to the grave. Lakeland Ledger. June 27, 1977. October 21, 2016.
  2. Web site: Pamela Lincoln super organised. Boca Raton News. October 21, 2016.
  3. Web site: Pam Lincoln Hitting On All Cylinders. Ottawa Journal. November 1, 2016.
  4. Web site: Film couple get license to marry. . November 13, 1959 . Tom Cameron. November 17, 2016.
  5. Web site: Soap opera presents double problem. El Paso Herald. July 23, 1976. November 1, 2016.
  6. Web site: Favorite things about… The Tingler . The Motion Pictures . October 23, 2012 . Lindsey D. November 17, 2016.
  7. https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=36021 Aveleyman: Pamela Lincoln