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Whitney Blake (February 20, 1925 - September 28, 2002) was a film and television actress, and mother of actress Meredith Baxter. She also directed films and was co-creator, with her third husband, writer Allan Manings (One Day at a Time).

The attractive blonde actress (born Nancy Whitney) appeared on a number of television programs but is probably best remembered for playing "Mrs. B." on the sitcom Hazel (1961) starring Shirley Booth. After demand for her in television and films dwindled, Blake became a hostess of a Los Angeles television talk show. After that, Blake reinvented herself again and became a film director, producer and writer.

She appeared on the first episode of the long running television program Perry Mason and appeared in the first film version of a Mike Hammer novel when she starred in My Gun Is Quick
in the 1950s.

She died of cancer at her home in Edgartown, Massachusetts at the age of 77.

Trivia

Singer Whitney Houston
was named after her.

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