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Pam Dawber (Pamela Dawber) was born on 18 October, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., is an American actress (born 1951). Discover Pam Dawber's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Pamela Dawber
Occupation Actress, producer, singer
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 18 October 1951
Birthday 18 October
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Mark Harmon (m. 1987)

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1951

Pamela Dawber (born October 18, 1951) is an American actress best known for her lead television sitcom roles as Mindy McConnell on Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) and Samantha Russell on My Sister Sam (1986–1988).

Dawber was born in Detroit, the older of two daughters of Thelma M. (née Fisher) and Eugene E. Dawber, a commercial artist.

She went to Reid Elementary School in Goodrich and attended North Farmington High School and Oakland Community College (OCC), with the intention of transferring to a four-year college.

She deferred her studies at OCC to do some modeling work and eventually dropped out after deciding to go into modeling full-time.

Dawber moved to New York City and was initially a fashion model with Wilhelmina Models before switching to acting.

1970

She appeared in several television commercials during the 1970s (Fotomat, Noxzema, Neet, Underalls, etc.).

1977

Dawber screen-tested for the title role in Tabitha, a 1977–1978 situation comedy spun off from Bewitched, but the role instead went to Lisa Hartman.

However, ABC executives were impressed enough with her to enroll her in its "talent development" program, which paid its participants until they could find appropriate roles.

Garry Marshall recruited her from this program.

1978

Dawber's professional breakthrough came when Marshall chose her, despite her having relatively little acting experience and not having auditioned for the part, as one of the two title characters of the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy, which ran from 1978 to 1982.

She portrayed Mindy McConnell, the comedic foil and eventual love interest for the extraterrestrial Mork from the planet Ork, played by a then-unknown Robin Williams.

The show was very popular in its debut season, when it averaged at number three in the Nielsen ratings for the year.

The only major difficulty for her on set was that she often found it impossible to maintain the proper composure in character in the face of her co-star's comedic talent.

Also, pressure came from the ABC network to sexualize her character as the series progressed, which Dawber successfully resisted, with Williams' support.

1980

Dawber sang in a 1980s Los Angeles Civic Light Opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, based on the Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival production.

Her role, as Mabel, had been played by Linda Ronstadt in the New York run of the show.

1982

In the summer of 1982, Dawber performed the role of Mabel at the Minskoff Theatre in New York.

1986

From 1986 to 1988, Dawber again had the title role in a television series, playing Samantha Russell in the CBS sitcom My Sister Sam, co-starring Rebecca Schaeffer.

The series was a success in its first season, but it suffered a ratings drop in its second after moving to Saturday night.

1987

Dawber married actor Mark Harmon on March 21, 1987, in a private ceremony.

1988

My Sister Sam was cancelled in April 1988, with half of the second season's episodes never shown on CBS, but eventually broadcast (along with all previous episodes) on USA Network.

They have two sons: Sean Thomas Harmon (b. April 25, 1988), also an actor, and Ty Christian Harmon (b. June 25, 1992).

Dawber is Roman Catholic.

1989

In July 1989, over a year after the show's cancellation, Schaeffer was shot and killed in front of her apartment in Los Angeles by Robert John Bardo, an obsessed fan who had stalked her for three years.

Dawber was reportedly "devastated" by her former co-star's death.

Dawber and her other surviving My Sister Sam co-stars, Joel Brooks, David Naughton and Jenny O'Hara, all participated in a filmed public service announcement about gun violence prevention, and Dawber herself became a gun control advocate.

1992

Although mostly known for her television work, Dawber has starred in several films, including the comedy movie Stay Tuned (1992) with John Ritter and the period movie I'll Remember April (1999), alongside husband Mark Harmon.

1997

In 1997, Dawber starred in the short-lived sitcom Life... and Stuff on CBS.

2014

In 2014, she reunited with Robin Williams on his comedy series The Crazy Ones as a love interest of Williams's character.

The reunion failed to improve ratings, and it was cancelled shortly afterwards.

Williams, already suffering from Lewy body disease by this time, died by suicide later that year.

Dawber is a national spokeswoman for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

2016

Garry K. Marshall, the film-and-television comedy writer-producer-director who enabled Dawber's professional breakthrough, died in 2016.

That year, Dawber made a guest appearance on The Odd Couple in a tribute episode to Marshall, along with other Marshall alumni Ron Howard, Garry's sister Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Anson Williams, Don Most and Marion Ross.

For the first time in her career, she appeared with her husband and fellow actor, Mark Harmon on CBS' NCIS in 2021 for seven episodes as '"seasoned investigative journalist" Marcie Warren.