Pamela Gidley
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.
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Pamela Gidley
Filmography
Movies
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50% |
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Luster | Alyssa (Character) | $24.1K | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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True Blue | Beck (Character) | - | 2001 |
54% |
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The Little Vampire | Dottie Thompson (Character) | $13.6M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Liar's Poker | Linda (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Treat | Dolly (Character) | - | 1998 |
14% |
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Jane Austen's Mafia! | Pepper Gianini (Character) | $19.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Bombshell | Melinda Clark (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Aberration |
Amy Harding/ |
- | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Maze | Bertha (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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The Little Death | Kelly Hannon (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss & Tell | Beta Carotene (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Crew | Jennifer Pierce (Character) | - | 1994 |
6% |
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S.F.W. | Janet Streeter (Character) | $44.2K | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
64% |
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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 |
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Highway to Hell | Clara (Character) | $12.3K | 1991 |
45% |
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Liebestraum | Jane Kessler (Character) | $101.6K | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last of the Finest | Haley (Character) | $991.3K | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Disturbed | Sandy Ramirez (Character) | - | 1990 |
38% |
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Cherry 2000 | Cherry 2000 (Character) | - | 1988 |
0% |
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The Blue Iguana | Dakota (Character) | $114.9K | 1988 |
47% |
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Permanent Record | Kim (Character) | $1.6M | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Thrashin' | Chrissy (Character) | - | 1986 |
TV
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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 | 70% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |