Pamela Baird
{{short description|American former actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
|occupation=Actress
|othername=Pamela Beaird
Pamela Baird
Pamela Beaird Hensley
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1945|4|6}}
|birth_place= Bexar County, TX
|yearsactive=1955–1964
|spouses = {{marriage|Robert H. Hensley |August 1973|May 22, 2016|reason=died}}
|children= Robert Henry II
John David
Stephen Paul
Daniel Jonathan
Elizabeth Katherine
}}
Pamela Baird (born Pamela Beaird; April 6, 1945) is a former television actress, best remembered for playing Mary Ellen Rogers, the girlfriend of Wally Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver. Baird was born in Bexar County, Texas. In 1963, she graduated from Covina High School in Covina, California,Covina High School Alumni List http://covinahighschool.org/alumni-list-b.html and then graduated from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1968.
In 1973, Baird married fellow Texan Robert Hensley, and the couple had five children.Obituary for Robert Hensley, Boze Mitchell McKibbin Funeral Home https://memorials.bozemitchellmckibbin.com/robert-hensley/2659333/obituary.php
Acting career
Her first recurring role was of Hildy Broeberg on the 1956–1957 western series My Friend Flicka.Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 – Present, 1st Edition, page 426, Ballantine Books, 1979 She played Nancy, one of Kelly's (Noreen Corcoran's) friends on the sitcom Bachelor Father from 1957 to 1962.Bob Leszczak, From Small Screen to Vinyl, page 16, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015
Baird is best known for her role as "Mary Ellen Rogers", the girlfriend of Wally Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver from 1957 to 1963. Her last acting roles were guest appearances on Mr. Novak and Perry Mason in 1964.
Later life
In January 1973, Baird became reacquainted with Robert H. Hensley, a friend from the Hollywood Christian Group. Hensley had been an actor, using the professional name of Bob Henry. He also recorded songs, using the name Jericho Brown,Screen Actor, Volumes 18-21, Screen Actors Guild, 1976 and in 1960 he had a top ten hit, “Look for a Star”.Honor Roll of Hits (Look For a Star #6 - Jericho Brown), Billboard, August 15, 1960, page 32
The couple married, had five children, and the family traveled the country starting churches and singing Gospel songs. In 2005, Baird (Pamela Beaird Hensley) earned a degree in music from Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Her husband died on May 22, 2016.
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Category:Westminster Choir College alumni
Category:Actors from Bexar County, Texas
Category:American child actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from Greater Los Angeles
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)