Kimberly Beck

Kimberly Beck is a former American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Trish Jarvis in Joseph Zito's Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984). Her other film roles include Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964), Luc Besson's The Big Blue (1988), George T. Miller's Frozen Assets (1992), and Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996).

Kimberly Beck
Other names	Kimberly Beck-Hilton
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	1958–2009
Known for	Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter The Big Blue Peyton Place Massacre at Central High Roller Boogie Rich Man, Poor Man Book II
Spouses	William Barron Hilton, Jr. ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1985)​ Jason Clark ​ (m. 1988)​
Relatives	Cindy Robbins (mother)

Life and career

Beck was born to the actress Cindy Robbins.^[1]

She starred in such movies as Massacre at Central High, Roller Boogie, and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter.^[2] Among her notable television credits are General Hospital, Capitol (billed as Kimberly Beck-Hilton), Fantasy Island, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (as one side of a Jekyll-and-Hyde character, whose counterpart was played by Trisha Noble), Westwind, The Brady Bunch, Dynasty, Lucas Tanner and Peyton Place (as the character Kim Schuster).^[3] As a child, she appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie and television commercials for such products as Mattel Toymakers Barbie and Chatty dolls. She had a very brief appearance on The Munsters as a transformed Eddie Munster after Eddie drank the rest of Grandpa's Texas Playgirl Potion in season 1, episode 33 entitled "Lily Munster, Girl Model". She starred on the pilot episode of Eight Is Enough as Nancy Bradford, the role that, in the series, went to Dianne Kay. She also had the role of Diane Porter in Rich Man, Poor Man Book II with Peter Strauss and appeared in a host of other well-received television miniseries productions. In 1968, she and her stepfather Tommy Leonetti, then working in Australia, recorded the single "Let's Take a Walk", released under the name of "Tommy Leonetti and his daughter Kim".^[4] It charted at #4 on the Melbourne charts.^[5]

In 1988, Beck married producer Jason Clark and they had two sons.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Torpedo Run	Dede Doyle	Uncredited[citation needed]
1959	The FBI Story	Jennie Hardesty (age 2)	Uncredited[citation needed]
1963	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Child Party Guest	Uncredited[citation needed]
1964	Marnie	Jessica "Jessie" Cotton	Uncredited[citation needed]
1968	Yours, Mine and Ours	Janette North
1976	Massacre at Central High	Teresa
1979	Roller Boogie	Lana
1984	Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter	Trish Jarvis
1987	Maid to Order	Kim
1988	The Big Blue	Sally
1988	Nightmare at Noon	Cheri Griffiths	Alternate title: Death Street USA
1988	Messenger of Death	Piety Beecham
1988	Private War	Kim
1989	Playroom	Secretary
1990	False Identity	Cindy Roger
1991	Adventures in Dinosaur City	Chanteuse
1992	Frozen Assets	N/A	Voice role
1994	Killing Zoe	Woman Customer
1996	Independence Day	Housewife
1999	The Secret Life of Girls	Mrs. Buchinsky
2009	Heidi 4 Paws	Clara Sesehound	Voice role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Child #2	1 episode
1965	The Munsters	Eddie Munster	1 episode
1965–1966	Peyton Place	Kim Schuster	34 episodes
1966	The Virginian	Laura Tedler	1 episode
1966	I Dream of Jeannie	Gina	1 episode
1969	Land of the Giants	Giant Girl	1 episode
1969	My Three Sons	Susan Crawford	1 episode
1970	Me and Benjie		TV pilot
1971	Bonanza	Girl	1 episode
1971–1973	The Brady Bunch	Laura / Girl	2 episodes
1974–1975	Lucas Tanner	Terry Klitsner	21 episodes
1975	Adam-12	Jo Anne Thompson	1 episode
1975	General Hospital	Samantha Livingston #1	1 episode
1975	Mobile One	Marlene	1 episode
1975–1976	Westwind	Robin Andrews	13 episodes
1976–1977	Rich Man, Poor Man Book II	Diane Porter	15 episodes
1977	Eight Is Enough	Nancy Bradford	TV pilot
1977	The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Sue	1 episode
1977	Murder in Peyton Place	Bonnie Buehler	Television film
1978	Husbands, Wives & Lovers	Amanda	1 episode
1978	Zuma Beach	Cathy	Television film
1979	B. J. and the Bear	Cindy Smith	1 episode
1979	Fantasy Island	Cindy	1 episode
1979	Starting Fresh	Stephanie Harvey	TV pilot
1979	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Alison Michaels	1 episode
1980	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	Vicky Bowers	1 episode
1980	Scalpels	Nurse Connie Primble	TV pilot
1980	Freebie and the Bean		1 episode
1981	Mr. Merlin	Susan	1 episode
1983	Webster	Molly	1 episode
1982–1983	Capitol	Julie Clegg #1	260 episodes
1982	Matt Houston	Laurie Wildcat	1 episode
1983	Webster	Molly	1 episode
1984	T. J. Hooker	Linda Stevens	1 episode
1985	Hunter	Marlene	1 episode
1985	Hollywood Beat		1 episode
1985	Deadly Intentions	Sally Raynor	Television film
1986	Crazy Like a Fox	Stella Moran	1 episode
1986	The New Mike Hammer	Lisa Burnett	1 episode
1986–1987	Dynasty	Claire Prentice	4 episodes
1987	L.A. Law	Nancy Tritchler	1 episode
1987	The Law & Harry McGraw	Phoebe Cabot	1 episode
1991	Sons and Daughters	Blonde Girl	1 episode
1991	The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage	Connie	1 episode
1991	FBI: The Untold Stories	Suzie Emory	1 episode
1991	The Commish	Michelle Carver	1 episode
1992	In the Deep Woods	Margot	Television film
1993	Sex, Shock and Censorship in the '90s	Marsha Miller	1 episode
1994	Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero		1 episode

References

1. Kleiner, Dick (February 16, 1977). "'Roots II' may be in making". Abilene Reporter-News. Texas, Abilene. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 12. Retrieved November 2, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Dread Central’s Final Girls: Kimberly Beck
3. "An In Depth Interview With Kimberly Beck" Archived January 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
4. Label shot at rateyourmuisc.com, retrieved May 24, 2012
5. Ryan, Gavin (2003) Melbourne Chart Book 1956-2002, Golden Square: Moonlight Publishing, no ISBN
6. "Kimberly Beck Clark". Old HRF Website. October 9, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

External links

• Kimberly Beck at IMDb
• Kimberly Beck at AllMovie