Pamela Gordon (actress)

Pamela Gordon Wedner (stage name Pamela Gordon, 8 April 1937^[1] – 21 September 2003) was an American film and stage actress.^[2] She was particularly known for her short height and deep, gravelly voice.^[3]

Pamela Gordon
Born	(1937-04-08)April 8, 1937 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 21, 2003(2003-09-21) (aged 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
Education	Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation	actress
Spouse	Marc Wedner
Children	2

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,^[1] Gordon acted in local theater as a child.^[3] She attended Bennington College, and then Carnegie Mellon University where she received a B.A. in dramatic arts.^[2]

She was a member of the Actors Studio. In 1961, she moved to California. She worked in television, film, commercials, and live theatre. Gordon acted in Padua Hills Playwrights’ Festival productions,^[3] an experimental Los Angeles–based theatre group that was originally active from 1980s through 1995.

Her films include Frances (1982), Weird Science (1985), Another Day in Paradise (1998) and Chuck & Buck (2000).

She was acting in Harvey at the Laguna Playhouse six weeks before she died, aged 66.^[2] She died of esophageal cancer and the complication of pulmonary failure.^[3]

Gordon was married to Marc Wedner for 43 years.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Frances	Mental Patient
1985	Weird Science	Wyatt's Mother
1986	Poltergeist II: The Other Side	Kane's People
1988	The Night Before	Burly Waitress
1991	To the Moon, Alice	Fushsia Woman	Short
1993	Reckless Kelly	Hollywood Policewoman
1993	Bloodstone: Subspecies II	Mummy	Direct-to-video
1994	Bloodlust: Subspecies III	Mummy	Direct-to-video
1994	The Road Killers	Clerk
1997	Star Maps	Customer
1998	Another Day in Paradise	Waitress
1999	My Favorite Martian	Scientist
1999	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Jasmine	Voice
1999	Ladies Room	Dorothy	Short
1999	Buddy Boy	Marilyn
1999	Starry Night	Margot
1999	Deadtime	Baker	Short
2000	Chuck & Buck	Buck's Mom
2000	Everything Put Together	Nurse A
2000	Destiny Stalled	Mrs.	Short
2000	Grand Central	Lady with the Rose	Short
2000	Might as Well Be Swing	Barbara	Short
2000	Freud and Darwin Sitting in a Tree	Grandmother	Short
2001	Wrong Way to Sundance	Colleen's Mom
2002	The Dogwalker	Betsy
2002	Stealing Harvard	Loretta
2003	The Technical Writer	Camille
2003	Baadasssss!	Ethel

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Last Angry Man	Mrs. O'Brien	TV movie
1985	The Twilight Zone	Second Shopper	Episode: Shatterday Segment "A Little Peace and Quiet"
1985	Hill Street Blues	Apartment Manager	Episode: "In the Belly of the Bus"
1987	Santa Barbara	Bertha / Bag Lady	3 episodes
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Old Crone	Episode: "Only Sin Deep"
1991	The Flash	Morgue Attendant	Episode: "Good Night, Central City"
1991	Crazy from the Heart	Winifred	TV movie
1992	The Wonder Years	Miss Harrelson	Episode: "Of Mastodons and Men"
1994	Frasier	Marvella	Episode: "Travels with Martin"
1994	My So-Called Life	Waitress	Episode: "Father Figures"
1994	ER	Regina	2 episodes
1995	Alien Nation: Body and Soul	Dr. Adrian Tivoli	TV movie
1998	Buddy Faro	Velma Fleckner	Episode: "Touched by an Amnesiac"
1999	Wasteland	Agnes	Episode: "Death Becomes Her"
1999	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	Mrs. Milch	Episode: "The Advice"
1999	Freaks and Geeks	Chain Smoking Woman	Episode: "Tricks and Treats"
1999	Time of Your Life	Adele	Episode: "The Time the Millennium Approached"
2000	The X-Files	Proprietor	Episode: "Theef"
2000	Charmed	Amanda	Episode: "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans"
2000	The West Wing	Woman in Bar	Episode: "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I
2001	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Law Office Receptionist	Episode: "An Eye for a Finger"
2001	That's Life	Mrs. Alvatroni	2 episodes
2001	The King of Queens	Enid / Judy	2 episodes
2001	NYPD Blue	Whack Job	Episode: "Two Clarks in a Bar"
2002	The Nightmare Room	Madame Zora	Episode: "My Name Is Evil"

References

1. "Pamela Gordon". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
2. "Pamela Gordon Wedner". Variety. 22 September 2003. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
3. Don Shirley (24 Sep 2003). "Pamela Gordon, 66; Petite Actress With Deep Voice Was a Fixture of L.A. Theater". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 Oct 2023.

External links

• Pamela Gordon at IMDb
• Pamela Gordon at Find a Grave