- Pamela Green
Pamela Green (born
March 28 ,1932 inKingston upon Thames ,Surrey ,England ) rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s as an English glamour model and actress. She was a regular model forZoltán Glass ,Horace Roye , andJohn Everard .She founded Kamera with photographer
Harrison Marks in 1953. [ [http://www.pamela-green.com/kamera.live Pamela Green: Kamera] . Official site. Retrieved 26 May 2007.] In 1960, she appeared in the psychological thriller "Peeping Tom", directed by Michael Powell. When the film was released, the nude shot of Green had to be cut after protests from Local Watch Committees in various towns before its scheduled screening [Even though it is just one breast exposed for just a few seconds] , but in 1979 she was rediscovered by a new generation of fans when it was shown in its original version at the 1979New York Film Festival , through the efforts ofMartin Scorsese . [ [http://www.pamela-green.com/tom.live Pamela Green: Peeping Tom] . Official site. Retrieved 26 May 2007.]After dissolving the partnership with Harrison Marks in 1967, she moved to the Isle of Wight and married
Douglas Webb , a glamour photographer, with whom she made more photographs. Pamela started figure modelling to pay for her art school studies and moved on to photographic modelling because it paid more.She was responsible for staging and props and costumes, choosing and training other models, as well as modelling herself. She was the main initiator and business organizer of Kamera and its successors. She is also an accomplished painter and classical pianist.
References
* Simon Sheridan "Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema" 2007 (third edition) (Reynolds & Hearn books)
External links
* [http://www.pamela-green.com Official Site]
* [http://www.pamela-green.co.uk/ Art of the Nude]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338220/ Internet Movie Database filmography]
* [http://www.bizarremag.com/sleaze/interviews/2271/pamela_green.html Interview] with Bizarre magazine
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