Melanie Kinnaman

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Melanie Kinnaman
Born
Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1978–present

Melanie Kinnaman is an American film and stage actress. She is known for her role as Pam Roberts in the 1985 horror film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning . She later co-starred with Eric Roberts in the 1989 film Best of the Best . Kinnaman has made guest appearances on television in programs such as Hill Street Blues , The People Next Door and Cheers . She has continued acting and working on projects for stage, television and film.

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Biography

Melanie Kinnaman was born and raised in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where she attended Holyoke High School, and later, the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton. [1]

After graduating from high school, Kinnaman relocated to New York City where she appeared in several Off-Broadway productions, attempted to obtain roles in soap operas [2] as well as appearing in commercials. [3] She relocated to Los Angeles in 1982 and eight months later appeared in a thirteen-week run of General Hospital . [2]

In 1984, Kinnaman was cast as Star, a drug-addicted prostitute in Cannon Films's Thunder Alley (1985). [2] She was subsequently cast as the lead heroine, Pam Roberts, in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning . [4] She was originally going to reprise her role as Pam (who evidently survived in the previous film) in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives , but Paramount Pictures changed the concept of the sequel and the character was written out. [5]

Filmography

Film and television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1978 Saturday Night Live Cheryl Ladd Episode: "The Rolling Stones"
1981–1982 General Hospital Maria7 episodes
1982 Hill Street Blues TanyaEpisode: "Stan the Man"
1985 Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Pam RobertsFilm
Thunder Alley StarFilm
1989 The People Next Door BridesmaidEpisode: "I Do, I Do"
1989 Best of the Best WomanFilm
Cheers TanyaEpisode: "For Real Men Only"
2014Slasher Fest '84Jamie SaxonShort film
2020I Spill Your Guts 2Sheila DickFilm
2022 The Once and Future Smash HerselfFilm

References

  1. ↑ Dobbs 2014, p. 169.
  2. 1 2 3 Dobbs 2014, p. 170.
  3. ↑ "TV STORE ONLINE talks with actress Melanie Kinnaman about Friday The 13th: A New Beginning". TV Store Online. September 12, 2013. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ Dobbs 2014, pp. 169–71.
  5. ↑ Farrands, Daniel (dir.) (2013). Crystal Lake Memories: A Complete History of Friday the 13th. Image Entertainment.

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