Mikki Jamison obit

Actress Mikki Jamison Dies at 70

She guest-starred on several TV shows in the 1960s and played Kent McCord's wife on "Adam-12." 

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Mikki Jamison, a starlet in the 1960s who played Kent McCord‘s wife on the NBC cop show Adam-12, died June 15 in her hometown of Spokane, Wash. She was 70.

Early in her career, Jamison appeared as a girl-next-door type on such TV series as Ripcord, Hawaiian Eye, Maverick, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (she reportedly dated Ricky Nelson), The Donna Reed Show, 77 Sunset Strip, Dennis the Menace, Hazel and My Favorite Martian.

The dark-haired beauty also played Veronica in an unsold 1964 Screen Gems TV pilot for a live-action version of The Archies comic book.

Jamison appeared as Jean Reed, the frustrated wife of young Los Angeles police officer Jim Reed (McCord), in three episodes of Adam-12, which aired for seven seasons. She left the series after marrying a stockbroker and moving to Paris.

Jamison attended Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane and then headed to Los Angeles, where she took up residence in the Hollywood Studio Club, a dormitory for young actresses. She found work at the Pasadena Playhouse and in 1962 was signed to an option by Warner Bros. and named the studio’s Hollywood Deb Star that year.

Jamison later starred in a pair of 1965 films for American International Pictures — Beach Ball and, as a ski bunny, in Ski Party opposite Frankie Avalon.

She returned to acting in the ’70s with a role on TV’s Wonder Woman and as a photojournalist who goes on a sailboat trip around the world in The Sea Gypsies (1978), her last acting job.

Survivors include her mother, Milaine, husband John, sister Molly, son Jaimie and grandchildren Cameron, Dylan, Mason and Ethan.

 

Actress

The Sea Gypsies (1978)

The Sea Gypsies

6.2

Kelly Zimmerman (as Mikki Jamison-Olsen)

1978

 

Michelle Ashburn, Chill Wills, and Muffin in Poco... Little Dog Lost (1977)

Poco... Little Dog Lost

6.2

Jane (as Mikki Jamison Olsen)

1977

 

Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman (1975)

Wonder Woman

7.0

TV Series

Camilla Moret (as Mikki Jamison-Olsen)

1976

1 episode

 

Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)

Adam-12

7.7

TV Series

Jean Reed

1969–1970

3 episodes

 

Beach Ball (1965)

Beach Ball

5.1

Augusta

1965

 

Frankie Avalon, Yvonne Craig, Dwayne Hickman, and Deborah Walley in Ski Party (1965)

Ski Party

5.2

Mikki

1965

 

William Frawley, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)

My Three Sons

7.1

TV Series

Vicky Curtis

Gloria

1964–1965

2 episodes

 

Cheryl Holdridge and Mikki Jamison in Archie (1964)

Archie

7.0

TV Movie

Veronica

1964

 

My Favorite Martian (1963)

My Favorite Martian

7.2

TV Series

Debbie

1964

1 episode

 

Susan Brown and Michael T. Mikler in The Young Marrieds (1964)

The Young Marrieds

8.3

TV Series

Jill McComb #1

1964

2 episodes

 

The New Interns (1964)

The New Interns

6.1

Student Nurse (uncredited)

1964

 

Whitney Blake, Shirley Booth, Bobby Buntrock, and Don DeFore in Hazel (1961)

Hazel

7.2

TV Series

Maria

1963

1 episode

 

Jay North in Dennis the Menace (1959)

Dennis the Menace

7.0

TV Series

Miss Bruce

1963

1 episode

 

Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)

77 Sunset Strip

7.7

TV Series

Bea

Lindy

Missy Henderson ...

1961–1963

4 episodes

 

Shelley Fabares, Donna Reed, Carl Betz, and Paul Petersen in The Donna Reed Show (1958)

The Donna Reed Show

7.4

TV Series

Bonnie

1963

1 episode

 

Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, and Ricky Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

7.4

TV Series

Joan

Betty

1962–1963

2 episodes

 

FBI Code 98 (1963)

FBI Code 98

6.1

TV Movie

Messenger (uncredited)

1963

 

Life with Archie

5.7

TV Movie

Veronica Lodge

1962

 

Ripcord (1961)

Ripcord

7.4

TV Series

Laurie Hart

1962

1 episode

 

Bob Denver and Dwayne Hickman in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

7.7

TV Series

Lottie Lee McQuiddy

1962

1 episode

 

Jane Fonda, Shelley Winters, Claire Bloom, and Glynis Johns in The Chapman Report (1962)

The Chapman Report

5.5

Little Theatre Apprentice (uncredited)

1962

 

James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)

Maverick

8.0

TV Series

Maureen (Irish Girl)

1962

1 episode

 

Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)

Hawaiian Eye

7.6

TV Series

Carol Allen

1962

1 episode