Early life, family, formation
Singer, actress, model, producer, entrepreneur, spokesperson and voice actress Pamela Gene Dawber was born on October 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. She was raised with her younger sister, Leslie, by their parents, Eugene E. Dawber and Thelma M. (née Fisher) in the suburb of Farmington Hills.
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Eugene was a commercial artist and Thelma ran a photo agency. Sadly, Leslie was born with congestive heart disease and died during open-heart surgery in December 1976, when she was 22.
Pam attended Reid Elementary School in Goodrich, then enrolled at North Farmington High School before attending Oakland Community College, and while in school was a part-time model. She saw the potential of her modeling career take off, so she dropped out of college to pursue it full-time.
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The personal life of the family
She is the daughter-in-law of Tom Harmon and Elyse Harmon, and the sister-in-law of Kristin Harmon and Kelly Harmon. Also through her marriage to Mark Harmon, she is the aunt of Sam, Tracy, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, the offspring of singer Ricky Nelson and Kristin.
Who is Mark Harmon?
American television and film actor Thomas Mark Nelson was born on September 2, 1951, in Burbank, California, United States. Since the early 1970s, Mark has appeared in various roles. He was a college football player before starring in “St. Elsewhere,” earning him the popular title of “Sexiest Man Alive” in 1986. In 2002, he received an Emmy Award nomination for played a Secret Service special agent, Simon Donovan, in “The West Wing.”
A year later, he was cast in a similar role as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in “NCIS.” The ‘NCIS’ and ‘JAG’ creator saw Mark on ‘The West Wing,’ and decided to guest star him in two episodes of ‘JAG’ as Leroy, before making him a permanent character in “NCIS”, which Mark has been performing since 2003.
He also appeared in ‘The Deliberate Stranger’, ‘Reasonable Doubts’, ‘Certain Prey’ and other movies and TV shows. Pam and Mark have played Barbara and John Cooper in “I’ll Remember April”, as well as a number of “Love Letters” productions. In 2005 Mark won a Prism Award and the Golden Boot Award. He earned a star on the Walk of Fame in 2012 and an People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Drama Actor in 2017.
Career
Pam’s friend moved to New York and advised her to move and bring her modeling portfolio.
Pam agreed and showed her portfolio to several agencies before being signed as a model to Wilhelmina Models. From there, she decided to go into acting, after appearing in a few commercials.
Having an intense pleasure in acting, she began to study both voice and physical acting.
Pam was cast in the lead role in a stock production of “Sweet Adeline”, a musical at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. From this role, she auditioned in 1976 for a role in the television series “Tabitha”, a sitcom which ran from 1977 to 1978, and was a spin-off of the sitcom “Bewitched”; the character she auditioned for was given to Lisa Hartman, but ABC-TV was impressed with her audition, so they enrolled Pam in their talent development program, which paid actors until they find the appropriate roles. Through the program, Pam was recruited by Garry K. Marshall.
In the 1980s, she sang in the Gilbert & Sullivan production of The Pirates of Penzance, produced by the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, and based on the Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival production. In the run in New York, Linda Ronstadt played the role of Pam as Mabel.
Television
She played Terri in “Sister Terri” in 1978.
From 1978 to 1982, she played Mindy McConnell in the ABC comedy, “Mork & Mindy”, considered her breakthrough. Being cast was taken as a surprise due to Pam’s minimal acting experience, but Garry K. Marshall saw her potential and cast her as one of two lead roles without asking her to. audition. Her character, Mindy, was not only funny but also the love interest of Mork, an alien from the planet Ork. Mork was played by famous actor Robin Williams before he rose to fame.
The series was hugely popular in its first season and averaged number three in the 1978 Nielsen ratings. She said the hardest part of the role was keeping a straight face when acting opposite Robin, because he was always hilarious and made her laugh easily and often. As the show progressed, the network pushed for Mindy to become a more sexualized character, but Pam fought against this, with Robin supporting her.
She portrayed Karen Billings in an episode of “The Twilight Zone” titled “But Can She Type?” in 1985.
From 1986 to 1988, she played the title role of Samantha “Sam” Russell in the sitcom “My Sister Sam.” from CBS, alongside Rebecca Schaeffer. The show was a huge hit in its first season, but ratings dropped dramatically after the show was moved to Saturday nights and was taken off the air in April 1988.
Half of season two’s episodes never aired on CBS, but USA Network eventually aired all previous and remaining episodes. A year after the show was canceled, Rebecca was shot outside her apartment by an obsessed fan, Robert John Bardo, in July 1989. According to close sources, Pam was “devastated” by Rebecca’s death. Along with her other “My Sister Sam” co-stars, Pam reunited with the cast, including David Naughton, Joel Brooks and Jenny O’Hara, to record a public service announcement against violence. Pam continued her efforts by becoming a gun control advocate.
In 1987, she played Pearl in “Faerie Tale Theater” in the episode “The Little Mermaid”, but after the birth of her second child, she left acting to focus on her family, but occasionally acted in 1990s. In 1994, she played Cheryl Castorini in “Dream On”, in the episode “From Here to Paternity”.
She voiced the role of Liese in the “Self-Discipline” episode of “Adventures from the Book of Virtues” in 1996, then in 1997 she played Ronnie Boswell in “Life…and Stuff”, and from 1997 to 1999 , she voiced Perdita ‘Perdy’ in “101 Dalmatians: The Series”.
In a 2014 episode of “The Crazy Ones” titled “Love Sucks,” she played Lily, reuniting with Robin Williams for the show, and again playing her love for the comedy series. Although the two actors became well-liked by audiences, the show did not do well and was canceled. Unfortunately, Robin was already suffering from Lewy body dementia and died by suicide later that year.
In 2016, she played Arnette in “The Odd Couple” in the episode called “Taffy Days”. Pam won a People’s Choice Award in 1979 for her role in “Mork & Mindy.”
In 1987, she won her second People’s Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Program.
Film
In 1978, she played Tracy Farrell in “A Wedding”. She appeared in many films in the 1980s, including “The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything” as Bonny Lee Beaumont in 1980, “Remembrance of Love” in 1982 as Marcy Rabin, “Last of the Great Survivors” in 1984 as Laura Matthews, and in 1988 as Lucy Wedemeyer in “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story”.
She starred opposite John Ritter as Helen Knable in the comedy “Stay Tuned” in 1992, as Robyn in “The Man with Three Wives” in 1993, “A Child’s Cry for Help” in the role of Monica Shaw in 1994 and as Liz Corrigan in ‘Don’t Look Back.
Pam is a spokesperson for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. In 2016, Garry K. Marshall passed away.
Out of respect, Pam appeared in a tribute episode of “The Odd Couple”, which was dedicated to Garry, along with other actors including Cindy Williams, Ron Howard, Anson Williams, Don Most, Marion Ross and Garry’s sister, Penny Marshall. .
With his ex-manager, Mimi Weber, they create the production company Pony Productions.
Private life
On March 21, 1987, Pam married fellow actor Mark Harmon in a private ceremony. Mark’s wedding ring is shaped like an eagle’s head. In an interview with Country Living he shared: “I wear it or a few others I have because when I’m not filming I like to make sure I have something on my ring finger because I’m proud to be married and I’m ‘proud of who I’m married to.’ They would have renewed their vows on the 30the wedding anniversary in an intimate ceremony held in their garden.
Congratulation to #MarkHarmon (NCIS) and #PamDawber (MORK & MINDY) — married for 32 years! https://t.co/qj5RZhtxxr
– getTV (@gettv) March 29, 2019
The couple have two sons together – Sean Thomas Harmon was born on April 26, 1988 and is now an actor, and Ty Christian Harmon was born on June 25, 1992.
In an interview with ET, Pam explained her decision to quit her acting career to focus on her family life, “I don’t think two people can work in show business all the time and still be married.” She added that she had to do whatever she wanted professionally, including performing in musical theatre, voicing cartoons, performing in a number one show and performing on Broadway. After having her kids, her focus shifted from chasing “that celebrity thing” to wanting to drive her kids to school and participate in their school events. “I learned to teach in their art class, and so it was a different life back then, and I was very happy to do that”
Pam and Mark are both very private about their personal lives and don’t often appear in public together or with their children.
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In an interview with People while the couple were still engaged, Pam opened up about their private life: “We’re not trying to keep anything a secret, but if you don’t want it to be totally exploited by the press, you have to do it.”
Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts
- In 1996, Pam and Mark pulled a man out of a burning car.
- She has a four-octave soprano voice.
- She was a judge on the panel that chose NASA’s “Teacher in Space,” Christa McAuliffe, who later died in the space shuttle Challenger disaster.
- His hobbies include cooking, swimming, canoeing and horse riding.
- Pam was Robin Williams’ best friend.
Appearance
She is 1.69m (5ft 6in) tall, weighs 57kg (126lbs) and her vital stats are 33-25-33. She has blue eyes and brown hair.
Net Worth and Salary
At the start of 2020, Pam’s net worth was estimated at $12 million; she earns an annual income from her production company, Pony Productions. During the filming of “Mork & Mindy”, she received $15,000 per episode, a high salary at the time.
