1. Whitney Blake is known for her four seasons portraying Dorothy Baxter, the mother, on the 1960s sitcom Hazel, and as co-creator and writer of the sitcom One Day at a Time.
19 Facts About Whitney Blake
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Whitney Blake was the first child of Martha Mae Whitney and Harry C Whitney, a United States Secret Service agent who had guarded President Woodrow Wilson, his wife, and other political officials.
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Whitney Blake gained acting experience with five years of work in little theater productions.
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Whitney Blake was cast in My Gun Is Quick, the film version of a Mike Hammer novel by Mickey Spillane.
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Whitney Blake appeared with Claude Akins in two 1959 episodes, "Cattle Drive" and "Border Incident," of the CBS Western The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun.
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In 1959, Whitney Blake guest-starred in the first episode, "The Good Samaritan," of the syndicated Western series Pony Express.
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Whitney Blake played a gambler's lady who tried to shoot Matt Dillon in the back.
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Whitney Blake guest-starred on an episode of the detective series 77 Sunset Strip.
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Whitney Blake appeared in the 1959 film -30-, with Jack Webb, as a childless couple wanting to adopt a baby.
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Whitney Blake guest-starred on Mike Connors' CBS detective series, Tightrope; the CBS sitcom, Pete and Gladys; and on the NBC Western series, Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin; and Overland Trail, with William Bendix and Doug McClure.
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Whitney Blake performed the lead female dramatic role on the Route 66 TV series in a January 1960 episode.
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Whitney Blake guest-starred on police drama TV series M Squad, starring Lee Marvin.
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Whitney Blake is best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy Baxter, an interior designer and the wife of George Baxter, a lawyer, on the NBC sitcom Hazel.
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Whitney Blake guest-starred in a 1974 episode of Cannon and in a 1978 episode of Family, a series in which her daughter, Meredith Baxter, co-starred.
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Whitney Blake co-created the television series One Day at a Time with her husband Allan Manings.
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In 1957, Whitney Blake married talent agent Jack X Fields; they divorced in 1967.
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Singer Whitney Houston was named after Blake, as stated in the 2018 documentary Whitney.
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Whitney Blake died at her home on September 28,2002, in Edgartown, Massachusetts.
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Whitney Blake was cremated, and her ashes were kept by her family.