- Born
- Height1.71 m
- A veteran character actress with a prolific career, Pamela Susan Shoop began acting while in her teens and established herself as a television regular in the early seventies. Since that time, she has appeared in several guest spots on a variety of television programs while occasionally working in theatrical films. As recurring player for Glen A. Larson, Pamela has made many appearances in at least nine different shows associated with the famed TV writer, director, and producer. While she has worked primarily in supporting and guest roles, Pamela did hold the regular part of Allison MacKenzie in the television soap opera Return to Peyton Place (1972) from 1972 to 1973.- IMDb mini biography by: <mi6hq@aol.com>
- SpouseTerrance Sweeney(November 15, 1987 - present)
- Parents
- RelativesStephen Allen Shoop(Sibling)John Shoop(Cousin)
- Her husband, Terrance Sweeney, is an ex-Jesuit priest, who served as the technical advisor on the miniseries, Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir (1983). They wrote a book together, entitled, "What God Hath Joined".
- Father, Major General Clarence A. Shoop, was Vice President of Hughes Aircraft Company, head of flight testing for Howard Hughes, and Commander-in-Chief of the California Air National Guard until his death in 1968. During World War II, General Shoop flew the first reconnaissance mission over Omaha Beach on D-Day.
- She attended high school at Beverly Hills High School and studied at the University of Southern California.
- Her brother, Steve, is a doctor in California.
- One of her eight cousins once removed, is John Shoop, who is the current head coach of the Munich Ravens in the European League of Football (ELF), and is also the nephew of Elizabeth Hartman of "Un coin de ciel bleu (1965)" fame.
- So often actors are on location during the shooting of a show and become such good friends with one another. But then when the production wraps, we go our separate ways and onto different projects.
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