Judy Pace, a model and actress known for her roles in Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, has died. She was 83.
The Brian’s Song actress’ daughters Shawn and Julia Pace Mitchell announced that their mother “died peacefully in her sleep” on Wednesday while visiting family in Marina Del Rey.
Born June 15, 1942 in Los Angeles, Julia Pace trained as a model, becoming Ebony Fashion Fair’s youngest in 1961.
Pace made her onscreen debut in William Castle’s 1963 Cold War spy film 13 Frightened Girls, launching her career as the first Black woman contracted at Columbia Studios. Throughout the ’60s, she went on to TV appearances in episodes of I Spy, Batman, Bewitched, Days of Our Lives, The Flying Nun, The Mod Squad, Tarzan and Peyton Place.
She won an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress during her time as Pat Walters on The Young
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