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Pamela Gidley

Pamela Gidley

Highest Rated: 63% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Blue Iguana (1988)

Birthday: Jun 11, 1965

Birthplace: Methuen, Massachusetts, USA

Model turned actress Pamela Gidley played a variety of supporting parts and the occasional lead in a range of films and television shows, though she is best known for recurring roles on crime dramas such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation." After winning a "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" modeling contest, Gidley soon found her first feature film part in the skateboard drama "Thrashin'" (1986), playing opposite a young Josh Brolin. After other film and TV spots, including the android wife of the title in the science fiction romp "Cherry 2000" (1987), she landed a brief recurring role on the Vietnam drama "Tour of Duty" (CBS 1987-1990) Parts in smaller films followed, with a notable bit as the mysterious but pivotal Teresa Banks in David Lynch's "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" (1992) before a regular role on the coincidence-fueled drama "Strange Luck" (Fox 1995-96). A recurring run as an assassin on the role-playing series "The Pretender" (NBC 1996-2000) spanned occasional episodes over several seasons. Another repeat role brought Gidley back to crime drama: the potential love interest of William Petersen's character, Gil Grissom, in the early years of the very successful "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (CBS 2000-2015). A subsequent part as the wife of a pornographer in "Skin" (Fox 2003), a Romeo & Juliet tale set in modern-day Los Angeles, barely made it to the screen before the show was cancelled. Following one last TV role on procedural drama "The Closer" (TNT 2005-2012), Gidley quietly retired to her native New England. She died at her home in Seabrook, New Hampshire on April 16, 2018 at the age of 52.

Highest rated movies

63% 78% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
55% 55% The Little Vampire
50% 37% Luster
47% 69% Permanent Record
45% 48% Liebestraum
38% 41% Cherry 2000
14% 47% Jane Austen's Mafia!
12% 49% S.F.W.

Filmography

Movies

Credit
50% 37% Luster Alyssa (Character) $24.1K 2002
No Score Yet 13% True Blue Beck (Character) - 2001
55% 55% The Little Vampire Dottie Thompson (Character) $13.6M 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liar's Poker Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Treat Dolly (Character) - 1998
14% 47% Jane Austen's Mafia! Pepper Gianini (Character) $19.9M 1998
No Score Yet 0% Bombshell Melinda Clark (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 39% Aberration Amy Harding/Alex Langdon (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Maze Bertha (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 40% The Little Death Kelly Hannon (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kiss & Tell Beta Carotene (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 25% The Crew Jennifer Pierce (Character) - 1994
12% 49% S.F.W. Janet Streeter (Character) $44.2K 1994
No Score Yet 33% Freefall Katy Mazur (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paper Hearts Samantha (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Is Like That Eloise (Character) - 1992
63% 78% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Teresa Banks (Character) $4.2M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Love Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Angel Street Det. Dorothy Paretsky (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 52% Highway to Hell Clara (Character) $12.3K 1991
45% 48% Liebestraum Jane Kessler (Character) $101.6K 1991
No Score Yet 28% The Last of the Finest Haley (Character) $991.3K 1990
No Score Yet 43% Disturbed Sandy Ramirez (Character) - 1990
38% 41% Cherry 2000 Cherry 2000 (Character) - 1988
0% 44% The Blue Iguana Dakota (Character) $114.9K 1988
47% 69% Permanent Record Kim (Character) $1.6M 1988
No Score Yet 71% Thrashin' Chrissy (Character) - 1986

TV

Credit
83% 84% The Closer Annalisa Mundy (Guest Star) 2006
70% No Score Yet Skin Babara Goldman (Character) 2003 2005
No Score Yet 80% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Teri Miller (Guest Star) 2000-2002
No Score Yet 95% The Pretender Brigitte (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1997-2000
100% No Score Yet Strange Luck Audrey Westin (Character) 1995-1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tour of Duty Lt. Nikki Raines (Guest Star) 1987-1988
No Score Yet 68% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1986