Pamela Mason


Actor, Talk Show Host

About

Also Known As
Pamela Helen Ostrer, Pamela Kellino
Birth Place
Southend-on-Sea, England, GB
Born
March 10, 1916
Died
June 29, 1996
Cause of Death
Heart Failure

Family & Companions

Roy Kellino
Husband
Director of photography. Married 1932; divorced 1940.
James Mason
Husband
Actor. Married 1941; divorced 1964; father of Portland and Morgan; died 1984.

Bibliography

"Favorite Cat Stories of Pamela and James Mason"
Pamela Mason (1976)
"Ignoramus Ignoramus"
Pamela Mason (1950)
"The Blinds Are Drawn"
Pamela Mason (1946)
"The Cats in Our Lives"
James Mason and Pamela Mason (1946)

Notes

In describing the loquacious Pamela Mason, Nora Ephron once quipped that Mason had been "vaccinated with a phonograph needle".--quoted in Mason's NEW YORK TIMES obituary, July 2, 1996

Biography

Life Events

1947

Co-starred with James Mason on Broadway in "Bathsheba"

1960

Hosted "The Pamela Mason Show"

1969

Served as host of "The Weaker Sex (?)"

1985

Last TV acting appearance "My Wicked Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn" (CBS)

Family

Isadore Ostrer
Father
Mill owner, film producer.
Helen Spear Ostrer
Mother
Portland Mason
Daughter
Author, actor. Born 1948; father James Mason; died May 10, 2004.
Morgan Mason
Son
Producer, executive, agent. Born 1949; father James Mason.

Companions

Roy Kellino
Husband
Director of photography. Married 1932; divorced 1940.
James Mason
Husband
Actor. Married 1941; divorced 1964; father of Portland and Morgan; died 1984.

Bibliography

"Favorite Cat Stories of Pamela and James Mason"
Pamela Mason (1976)
"Ignoramus Ignoramus"
Pamela Mason (1950)
"The Blinds Are Drawn"
Pamela Mason (1946)
"The Cats in Our Lives"
James Mason and Pamela Mason (1946)
"Del Palma"
Pamela Mason (1944)
"This Little Hand"
Pamela Mason (1942)
"Marriage Is the First Step Toward Divorce"
Pamela Mason
"The Female Pleasure Hunt"
Pamela Mason

Notes

In describing the loquacious Pamela Mason, Nora Ephron once quipped that Mason had been "vaccinated with a phonograph needle".--quoted in Mason's NEW YORK TIMES obituary, July 2, 1996