Pam returned to the stage and appeared in a revival of the musical “My Fair Lady,” playing Eliza Doolittle. ABC cast Pam as the female lead in Mork & Mindy (1978) and her star has been riding high ever since. To her disappointment, Pam did not get the part, but she did get an important role in the Robert Altman film A Wedding (1978) and, shortly afterward, signed an exclusive contract with ABC-TV. A leading role in a stock production of a musical comedy called “Sweet Adeline” at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, led to her being auditioned for a major role on a new TV series, Tabitha (1976). One of the top modeling agencies in New York, Wilhemina, signed Pam to an exclusive contract, and she was soon being seen in magazine advertisements and on TV commercials but was more interested in acting than in modeling. A pretty girl, Pam had done some modeling in Detroit, where she was attending Oakland Community College, and she had also worked as a model and singer at several auto trade shows.

Her career began to take off when a friend who was going to New York suggested that Pam accompany her and bring along her modeling portfolio to show various New York modeling agents. HomeTown: Detroit, Michigan, United StatesĪctress Pam Dawber grew up in a suburb of Detroit.

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