- Born
- Died
- Birth namePamela Catherine Gidley
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Pamela Gidley was born on July 11, 1965, in Methuen, Massachusetts, and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire. Pamela was the only girl among four older brothers. After high school, she moved to New York and was discovered by a modeling agent while walking down a Manhattan street and soon afterward she won the Wilhemina Modeling Agency's "Most Beautiful Girl In The World" contest on March 12, 1985 in Sydney, Australia.
As her modeling career took off, she studied acting at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts under Stella Adler and eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rachaela
- SpouseJames Lew(2005 - 2008) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsPhyllis M. GidleyAlbert E. Gidley
- RelativesGlenn Gidley(Sibling)Daniel James Gidley(Sibling)Brian Gidley(Sibling)
- At the age of three she was in her first dance recital. At four years old she won "New England's Little Miss Lovely". She came in 12th in their national competition in Florida. She modeled for Jordan Marsh at age 6. At 15 years old she was on her first of many magazine covers for Seventeen Magazine.
- First actress to ever have her character (Brigitte on the TV show The Pretender (1996)) be introduced first on the Internet via their official website before the airing of any episodes. She also worked as a model.
- Won Dick Clark's "Most Beautiful Girl In The World" contest in 1985. The very first 'voter' contest like the present American Idol and The Voice.
- She grew up with four older brothers in Salem, New Hampshire, where she attended St. Joseph's Elementary School. She later graduated from the Presentation of Mary Academy, a high school in Methuen, Massachusetts (class of 1983).
- She passed away on April 16, 2018, three months away from what would have been her 53rd birthday on July 11.
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