By Harris Lentz, III
British model Pamela Green was a blonde bombshell who appeared in little to nothing in magazines and short films from the mid-1950s. She is most notable for her role as a scantily-clad victim of a homicidal photographer in the controversial 1960 thriller Peeping Tom. Director Michael Powell cast her as the ill-fated Milly, a model for psychopath Karl Boehm, who used his camera tripod as a murder weapon to capture his subjects terror as he impaled them.
Green was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, on March 28, 1929. She began posing as a model while in her teens, and performed as a chorus dancer in West End show. She met theatrical photographer George Harrison Marks while working as a model in 1953. They soon teamed professionally and personally, producing provocative postcards for sale in shops in Soho. They published the racy magazine Kamera, which usually featured Green in various stages of undress.
British model Pamela Green was a blonde bombshell who appeared in little to nothing in magazines and short films from the mid-1950s. She is most notable for her role as a scantily-clad victim of a homicidal photographer in the controversial 1960 thriller Peeping Tom. Director Michael Powell cast her as the ill-fated Milly, a model for psychopath Karl Boehm, who used his camera tripod as a murder weapon to capture his subjects terror as he impaled them.
Green was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, on March 28, 1929. She began posing as a model while in her teens, and performed as a chorus dancer in West End show. She met theatrical photographer George Harrison Marks while working as a model in 1953. They soon teamed professionally and personally, producing provocative postcards for sale in shops in Soho. They published the racy magazine Kamera, which usually featured Green in various stages of undress.
- 5/20/2010
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Pin-up of the 1950s best known for her cameo role in the film Peeping Tom
Although best-known for her cameo appearance in Peeping Tom, Michael Powell's classic 1959 film, Pamela Green, who has died aged 81, was the leading British pin-up of that period. For a generation of young men, her lithe figure, long blonde hair and photogenic features represented an unattainable ideal of feminine allure. Her role in Peeping Tom was the first appearance of a naked woman in a British feature film.
The only child of an English architect and his Dutch wife, Green spent her first decade in the Netherlands. On the eve of the second world war, she and her parents decamped to England. Always keen on painting and drawing, in 1947 she was accepted on to the fine art course at St Martin's, one of London's leading art schools. Between sessions in the painting studio and the life room,...
Although best-known for her cameo appearance in Peeping Tom, Michael Powell's classic 1959 film, Pamela Green, who has died aged 81, was the leading British pin-up of that period. For a generation of young men, her lithe figure, long blonde hair and photogenic features represented an unattainable ideal of feminine allure. Her role in Peeping Tom was the first appearance of a naked woman in a British feature film.
The only child of an English architect and his Dutch wife, Green spent her first decade in the Netherlands. On the eve of the second world war, she and her parents decamped to England. Always keen on painting and drawing, in 1947 she was accepted on to the fine art course at St Martin's, one of London's leading art schools. Between sessions in the painting studio and the life room,...
- 5/19/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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