Pamela Susan Shoop

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Pamela Susan Shoop
Born (1948-06-07) June 7, 1948 (age 76)
Education Westlake School for Girls
Beverly Hills High School
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Author
Years active1969–2006
Known for Halloween II
Empire of the Ants
B.J. and the Bear
Knight Rider
Television Return to Peyton Place
Spouse
Terrance A. Sweeney
(m. 1987)
Parent(s) Clarence A. Shoop
Julie Bishop

Pamela Susan Shoop (born June 7, 1948) is an American character actress in films and on television. She often appeared on television series created by Glen A. Larson. She is known for her role in Halloween II (1981) as Nurse Karen Bailey.

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Early years

Shoop is the daughter of actress Julie Bishop [1] and test pilot Clarence A. Shoop (who was an executive at Hughes Aircraft Company and commander of the California Air National Guard). [2] As a Major General in World War II, he flew the first photographic reconnaissance mission over Omaha Beach on D-Day. [1]

She was educated at Westlake School for Girls and Beverly Hills High School, graduating in the latter in the class of 1966. [3]

She studied acting at University of Southern California and at Villa Mercede in Florence, Italy, graduating in the class of 1967. [1] [3]

Career

Shoop had her first stage role as the only female in a production of Generation , which opened January 30, 1968 at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona. [4] Her father died during the rehearsals, but her mother Julie Bishop, and the play's director and star Robert Cummings, urged her to stay with the week-long production. [5] Her screen debut came in the short film Frog Story. [1]

Shoop's best known film role was in the horror film Halloween II (1981) as Nurse Karen Bailey.

On television, Shoop starred on NBC's Return to Peyton Place as Alison MacKenzie Tate #2 from 1973-1974, [1] taking over the role from Katherine Glass, and she had the role of Miss Dorothy Carlyle on Galactica 1980 . [6] She appeared in the pilot episode of Knight Rider [1] ("Knight of the Phoenix") and later on in the season four premiere ("Knight of the Juggernaut"). She also appeared in the pilot episode of Magnum, P.I.

Other guest appearances include The Mod Squad , B. J. and the Bear , Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , Simon & Simon , Wonder Woman , The Incredible Hulk and Murder, She Wrote . Shoop's last credited appearance was a 1996 episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues , but she continues to attend conventions associated with films in which she appeared. She appeared in the 2006 DVD release Halloween: 25 Years of Terror.

Personal life

On November 15, 1987, [7] Shoop married Terrance Sweeney, a former Jesuit priest, [8] in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. [7] Together, they wrote What God Hath Joined [1] ( ISBN   034538203X).

Shoop works with charitable groups, including Good Tidings, the National Charity League, and Achievement Rewards for College Scientists. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 Changes Student Hippie Sculptress(voice, uncredited)
1972Frog Story (Short)Frog girl
1977 Empire of the Ants Coreen Bradford(as Pamela Shoop)
1978 The One Man Jury Wendy Sommerset(as Pamela Shoop)
1981 Halloween II Nurse Karen Bailey
2006Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (Video Documentary)Herself
2013The Night She Came Home!! (Video Documentary)Herself

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970 The Interns (TV Series)Janet KellerEpisode: "Mondays Can Be Fatal" (1.10)
1972 Night Gallery (TV Series)Mrs. FosterEpisode: "The Sins of the Fathers/You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore" (as Pamela Shoop)
1972 The F.B.I. (TV Series)Muriel DavisEpisode: "The Corruptor" (7.23)
1972 The Rookies (TV Series)Patty LewisEpisode: "The Bear That Didn't Get Up" (1.7) (as Pamela Shoop)
1972 Mannix (TV Series)Jan LachlanEpisode: "To Kill a Memory" (6.7) (as Pamela Shoop)
1972 The Mod Squad (TV Series)Carol BridgewaterEpisode: "Crime Club" (5.11) (as Pamela Shoop)
1973-1974 Return to Peyton Place (TV Series)Alison MacKenzie Tate #2
1976 Switch (TV Series)Sue ZirkEpisode: "Before the Holocaust" (1.19) (as Pamela Shoop)
1976 Gemini Man (TV Miniseries)BarbyEpisode: "Sam Casey, Sam Casey" (1.3)
1976 Emergency! (TV Series)Marcia EmersonEpisode: "That Time of Year" (6.4) (as Pamela Shoop)
1976 Wonder Woman (TV Series)MagdaEpisode: "The Feminum Mystique: Part 1" (1.5) (as Pamela Shoop)
1976 Wonder Woman (TV Series)MagdaEpisode: "The Feminum Mystique: Part 2" (1.6) (as Pamela Shoop)
1977Keeper of the Wild (TV Series)Holly JamesEpisode: (1.1)
1977 Code R (TV Series)Debbie PaytonEpisode: "Beauty and the Beach" (1.10)
1977 79 Park Avenue (TV Miniseries)Angie Harding
1978 The Incredible Hulk (TV Series)Carol AbramsEpisode: "Terror in Times Square" (1.6) (as Pamela Shoop)
1978 Kaz (TV Series)Laura ColcourtEpisode: "A Fine Romance" (1.9)
1979 Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)IFB InterviewerEpisode: "The Man With Nine Lives" (1.15)
1979 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (TV Movie)Betty Denton
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)TangieEpisode: "Vegas in Space" (1.3)
1979 Vega$ (TV Series)Maryann SilvertonEpisode: "Runaway" (2.4)
1979 B. J. and the Bear (TV Series)Alison SpencerEpisode: "Silent Night, Unholy Night" (2.12)
1979 CHiPs ( TV Series)Alice PiermontEpisode: "Christmas Watch" (3.15)
1980 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)TangieEpisode: "A Blast for Buck" (1.14) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1980 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)Jennifer FairEpisode: "School for Assassins" (12.12)
1980 Vega$ (TV Series)Maryann SilvertonEpisode: "The Private Eye Connection" (2.11)
1980 Galactica 1980 (TV Series)Dorothy CarlyleEpisode: "Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 1" (1.1)
1980 Magnum, P.I. (TV Series)Alice CookEpisode: "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (1.1)
1980 B. J. and the Bear (TV Series)Dolly ReedEpisode: "The Fast and the Furious: Part 1" (3.3)
1980 B. J. and the Bear (TV Series)Dolly ReedEpisode: "The Fast and the Furious: Part 2" (3.4)
1981Fitz and Bones (TV Series)Episode: "To Kill a Ghost" (1.3)
1981 Fantasy Island (TV Series)Mira DuttonEpisode: "Lillian Russell/The Lagoon" (5.8)
1981 CHiPs (TV Series)ChickeeEpisode: "Mitchell & Woods" (5.12)
1981 The Fall Guy (TV Series)Rhonda StarrEpisode: "The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda" (1.2) (as Pamela Shoop)
1982 Knight Rider (TV Series)MaggieEpisode: "Knight of the Phoenix" (1.1)
1982 The Fall Guy (TV Series)Marnie GreerEpisode: "Bail and Bond" (2.1)
1982 T. J. Hooker (TV Series)Sheila BensonEpisode: "A Cry for Help" (2.9)
1983 Fame (TV Series)NancyEpisode: "Relationships" (2.13)
1983 Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV Series)Sister Teresa / Brigid HarringtonEpisode "Force of Habit" (1.16)
1983 The Rousters (TV Movie)Trish Callahan
1983 The Rousters (TV Series)Trish CallahanEpisode: "The Rousters" (1.1)
1984 Masquerade (TV Series)Episode: "Oil" (1.7) (as Pamela Shoop)
1984 Whiz Kids (TV Series)MarcieEpisode: "The Sufi Project" (1.15)
1985 I Had Three Wives (TV Series)VickiEpisode: "Bedtime Stories" (1.3)
1985 Knight Rider (TV Series)Marta SimmonsEpisode: "Knight of the Juggernaut" (4.1)
1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Carla QuiteEpisode: "Fast Food for Thought" (3.12)
1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)Katie McCallumEpisode: "Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1" (3.1)
1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)Katie McCallumEpisode: "Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2" (3.2)
1987 The Law and Harry McGraw (TV Series)Episode: "Mr. Chapman, I Presume?" (1.3)
1987 Simon & Simon (TV Series)Jenny BurgessEpisode: "Deep Water Death" (6.13)
1988 The Highwayman (TV Series)Dr. ChadwayEpisode: "Send in the Clones" (1.5)
1988 Simon & Simon (TV Series)Beth EastwickEpisode: "Beauty and Deceased" (8.1)
1991 Dragnet (TV Series)Sue CunninghamEpisode: "Armored Truck 211s" (1.20)
1992 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)Dorothy PorterEpisode: "Badge of Honor" (8.21)
1992 Dangerous Curves (TV Series)StellaEpisode: "Old Acquaintance" (2.5)
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series)Dr. Jennifer HarmonEpisode: "Dark Vision" (4.1)

Books

Books
YearAuthorBookPublisherNotes
April 13, 1993Pamela Susan Shoop (as Pamela Shoop Sweeney)

Terrance Sweeney (as Terrance A. Sweeney)

What God Hath Joined: the Real Life Love Story that Shook the Catholic Church Ballantine Books Hardcover / Paperback

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