Judy Bamber(I)
- Actress
Lovely, buxom, and shapely blonde bombshell Judith Lee Bamber was born
on October 13, 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is of mixed
German-English and American Indian descent. Her father was an engineer
with the Ford Motor Company. Judy started modeling while in high school
so she could lose weight and correct her posture. Following graduation
from Dearborn High School in 1954, Bamber moved to Detroit to further
pursue a modeling career. While in Detroit, Judy met television
announcer Frank Robinson, whom she eventually married. In 1955, she
moved to Los Angeles, California and worked as a carhop, a laundry
clerk, a babysitter, and a dishwasher before her modeling career took
off. Bamber briefly owned her own agency and modeled for the J.C.
Penney catalog. She then began doing live commercials and was
eventually discovered by Nils Thor Granlund, who set her up with drama
coach Joe Graham. Judy attended Warner Brothers Acting School. Her
personal manager Bryon Griffin got her contracts with both Warner
Brothers and American International Pictures. (Both contracts were
subsequently dropped when the two studios found out about this.)
Bamber acted in a handful of films and television series in the 1950s and 1960s; she was especially memorable as the snippy and obnoxious Alice in Roger Corman's hilarious horror black comedy cult gem Un baquet de sang (1959). Moreover, Judy was a popular pin-up girl of the period: She graced the covers of and/or was featured in such men's magazines as "Modern Man", "Vue", "Glamor Parade", "Gaze", "Snappy", "Male Point of View", "Caper" and "Gala". In addition, Bamber also was featured as the cover model on various albums. She gave birth to son Louis I. on September 13, 1962. Judy quit acting and modeling in the mid-1960s so she could focus instead on raising her family. Bamber married Douglas W. McClary on November 11, 1967 and gave birth to son Brooks S. on November 18, 1971. McClary died at age 72 in 2004, and Judy remarried the following year. Bamber lives in Los Angeles, California.
Bamber acted in a handful of films and television series in the 1950s and 1960s; she was especially memorable as the snippy and obnoxious Alice in Roger Corman's hilarious horror black comedy cult gem Un baquet de sang (1959). Moreover, Judy was a popular pin-up girl of the period: She graced the covers of and/or was featured in such men's magazines as "Modern Man", "Vue", "Glamor Parade", "Gaze", "Snappy", "Male Point of View", "Caper" and "Gala". In addition, Bamber also was featured as the cover model on various albums. She gave birth to son Louis I. on September 13, 1962. Judy quit acting and modeling in the mid-1960s so she could focus instead on raising her family. Bamber married Douglas W. McClary on November 11, 1967 and gave birth to son Brooks S. on November 18, 1971. McClary died at age 72 in 2004, and Judy remarried the following year. Bamber lives in Los Angeles, California.
