Pamela Kosh obit

Pamela Amy Gilmore

 

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Burbank California – Pamela Kosh Gilmore, 93, passed peacefully on May 4, 2022, at home near her loving husband of 53 years, Walter Gilmore Jr, DGA. Using her maiden name Kosh as her stage name, Pam was a beloved actor in sitcoms, dramas, commercials and daytime dramas. She was born October 1, 1928, in Crayford, Kent, England as the youngest of 6 children. She is predeceased by her parents Alfred and Rose Kosh, her brother Alfred and her 4 sisters Rose, Violet, Iris and Marguerite. She had no children but has many nieces and nephews in various places around the world who will miss her. Also, her many fans will be saddened to hear of our loss.

As a child, Pam lived through the German bombing of London. At an early age she aspired to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, but her family decided it would be more practical to send her to Bexleyheath School to learn the employable skills of a secretary. Though she hated the job it led her to jobs associated with scripts, publishing, and the theater. She joined the Austral Players and the Erith Playhouse and started her amateur career as an actor. As with all actors she continued working at a variety of jobs to support herself. Pam eventually landed a job with ITV Television. When Pam came here in 1960, ITV was able to secure a job in Television for her in New York.

After living and working in Florida, Pam drove cross country with friends to land in Hollywood. Over the next four years, Pam got an agent and was cast in the movie “Star” with Julie Andrews. This was the time she earned her Screen Actors Guild card.

She joined the Burbank Little Theater and there met her future husband, Walt. She and Walt together with a third partner, George Stratton, bought the oldest bowling alley in Burbank, complete with a house perched on top. After three years of hard work, they made the house livable and converted the building into The Golden Mall Playhouse. In this popular theater, they directed and produced many plays and showcases and also rented the building as location shoots for many major and minor television programs and movies. Henry Winkler auditioned for his role as Fonzie in the theater.

Pam played her roles with lovable and at times quirky character acting and she was much sought after for many popular television programs. Some of the more popular titles include The Gilmore Girls, the King of Queens, Frasier, Saved by the Bell, and even Star Trek: the Next Generation. She played in 49 episodes of Days of Our Lives. Her roles ranged from that of a charlady to two Queens of England, Elizabeth and Victoria. She enhanced all her roles with her own humanity

Pam brought joy and humor wherever she went, and she and Walt went very many places as they loved to cruise all over the world. She could enliven any gathering without needing to be the center of attention. She and Walt were very active in the Los Angeles Cinema Club and together won many awards for various videos they created together.

Pam’s remains will be interred at a private service.

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From 1985 to 2017, she became a prolific character actress on television and in films, often portraying socialites, matriarchs, school-teachers, and neighbors, and everything from charladies to two queens of England, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria.

She had a recurring role as Lavinia Peach on Days of Our Lives, appearing in almost fifty episodes over six years (from 1986 to 1992).

She played landlady Mrs. Carmichael and later Data's housekeeper Jessel in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Tor.com said she was "delightfully harumphy" in the latter role.

On Saved by the Bell she was known as the near-deaf "batty and British" Mrs. Simpson and also appeared in the pilot for Saved by the Bell: The New Class.

She also had a recurring role as Martha on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and as Flora in several episodes of The King of Queens from 2001 to 2006. She appeared in other roles in the latter show, totalling ten episodes overall. She was in two episodes of Gilmore Girls and three episodes of Ned and Stacey. In Frasier she played romance novelist Dierdre Sauvage who lived in Frasier's building and was besotted by Martin Crane. She portrayed Queen Victoria in Northern Exposure.

Some of her other appearances include guest-starring and recurring roles in shows such as Murder, She Wrote, Hotel, ER, Charmed, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Mama's Family, My Name is Earl, Monk, Dynasty, Jake and the Fatman, Murphy Brown, Charmed, L.A. Law, The Bernie Mac Show, Pushing Daisies, The Division, and Matlock. She also appeared in Desperate Housewives.

Other roles

Her film roles included Star! (1968), Dark Holiday (1989), Sweet Temptation (1996), and Double Take (2001) - and she had a voice role in Superman vs. The Elite.

 

Actress

Thomas Haden Church, Debra Messing, Nadia Dajani, and Greg Germann in Ned and Stacey (1995)

Ned and Stacey

7.0

TV Series

Customer #2

Fran

Mrs. Aldridge

1997–2017

3 episodes

 

Superman vs. The Elite (2012)

Superman vs. The Elite

7.0

Video

Abigail

Cockney Woman (voice)

2012

 

Anna Friel and Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (2007)

Pushing Daisies

8.4

TV Series

Curator

2007

1 episode

 

Desperate Housewives (2004)

Desperate Housewives

7.6

TV Series

Mrs. McKeever

2007

1 episode

 

Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Steeples, and Nadine Velazquez in My Name Is Earl (2005)

My Name Is Earl

7.8

TV Series

Mrs. O'Leary

2007

1 episode

 

Tony Shalhoub in Monk (2002)

Monk

8.1

TV Series

Older Lady

2007

1 episode

 

Jenna Elfman in Courting Alex (2006)

Courting Alex

5.4

TV Series

Mrs. Baxter

2006

1 episode

 

Thick and Thin (2006)

Thick and Thin

6.4

TV Series

Winnie

2006

1 episode

 

Jerry Stiller, Kevin James, and Leah Remini in The King of Queens (1998)

The King of Queens

7.4

TV Series

Flora

Margaret

Maria ...

2001–2006

10 episodes

 

George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)

ER

7.9

TV Series

Emma Scott

2006

1 episode

 

Charlie Finn, Zachary Knighton, and Rachelle Lefevre in Life on a Stick (2005)

Life on a Stick

5.9

TV Series

Old Woman

2005

1 episode

 

Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)

Alias

7.6

TV Series

Helen

2005

1 episode

 

Bernie Mac in The Bernie Mac Show (2001)

The Bernie Mac Show

7.2

TV Series

2005

1 episode

 

Bonnie Bedelia, Nancy McKeon, Lela Rochon, Lisa Vidal, and Tracey Needham in The Division (2001)

The Division

6.5

TV Series

Marge-Anne

2002

1 episode

 

So Little Time (2001)

So Little Time

6.2

TV Series

Manuelo's Friend

2002

1 episode

 

Eddie Griffin and Orlando Jones in Double Take (2001)

Double Take

5.4

Nun

2001

 

Providence (1999)

Providence

6.7

TV Series

Docent

Mrs. Hubbard

1999–2000

2 episodes

 

Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)

Gilmore Girls

8.2

TV Series

Elderly Female

2000

1 episode

 

Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, and Shannen Doherty in Charmed (1998)

Charmed

7.2

TV Series

Betty

1999

1 episode

 

Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (1999)

Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane

6.7

TV Series

Henrietta

1999

1 episode

 

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

7.9

TV Series

Regina (segment "The Gathering")

1999

1 episode

 

Nicholas Guest, Josh Holland, Elena Lyons, James Madio, Thomas Magiar, Kristen Miller, Marquita Terry, and Angela Visser in USA High (1997)

USA High

6.5

TV Series

The Queen of England

1998

1 episode

 

Duane Davis, Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Kathy Trageser, and Nick Wechsler in Team Knight Rider (1997)

Team Knight Rider

4.5

TV Series

Elder (as Pam Kosh)

1998

1 episode

 

Constance Marie, Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, Christine Burke, Harriet Sansom Harris, Michael Landes, Jim Pirri, and Jonathan Slavin in Union Square (1997)

Union Square

4.6

TV Series

Old Lady

1997

1 episode

 

Reginald VelJohnson, Jaimee Foxworth, Telma Hopkins, Rosetta LeNoire, Bryton James, Darius McCrary, Jo Marie Payton, Jaleel White, and Kellie Shanygne Williams in Family Matters (1989)

Family Matters

6.6

TV Series

Natalie

1996

1 episode

 

Candice Bergen in Murphy Brown (1988)

Murphy Brown

6.9

TV Series

Mrs. Stokes

1996

1 episode

 

Kirk (1995)

Kirk

2.8

TV Series

Dr. Grace Turnbull

1996

2 episodes

 

Sweet Temptation (1996)

Sweet Temptation

6.5

TV Movie

Dowager

1996

 

The Crew (1995)

The Crew

7.3

TV Series

1996

1 episode

 

Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Peri Gilpin, and Jane Leeves in Frasier (1993)

Frasier

8.2

TV Series

Dierdre Sauvage

1995

1 episode

 

Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.7

TV Series

Jessel

Mrs. Carmichael

1992–1994

2 episodes

 

Northern Exposure (1990)

Northern Exposure

8.4

TV Series

Queen Victoria

1994

1 episode

 

Jane Seymour, Chad Allen, Joe Lando, and Shawn Toovey in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

6.8

TV Series

Martha

1993

3 episodes

 

Jonathan Angel, Natalia Cigliuti, Dennis Haskins, Bianca Lawson, Isaac Lidsky, Bonnie Russavage, and Robert Sutherland Telfer in Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

3.9

TV Series

Miss Simpson

1993

1 episode

 

Days of Our Lives (1965)

Days of Our Lives

5.2

TV Series

Lavinia Peach

1986–1992

49 episodes

 

Elizabeth Berkley, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Leanna Creel, Dustin Diamond, Dennis Haskins, Mario Lopez, and Lark Voorhies in Saved by the Bell (1989)

Saved by the Bell

7.1

TV Series

Miss Simpson

Mrs. Simpson

1989–1991

4 episodes

 

William Conrad and Joe Penny in Jake and the Fatman (1987)

Jake and the Fatman

6.4

TV Series

Mrs. Teewhistle

1991

1 episode

 

Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)

Matlock

7.1

TV Series

Housekeeper

1991

1 episode

 

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990)

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

7.2

TV Series

Helen

1990

1 episode

 

Vicki Lawrence in Mama's Family (1983)

Mama's Family

7.3

TV Series

Dame Goode

1990

1 episode

 

Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven (1984)

Highway to Heaven

6.8

TV Series

Agatha

1989

1 episode

 

Dark Holiday (1989)

Dark Holiday

5.4

TV Movie

Connie Devon

1989

 

Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, and Betty White in The Golden Girls (1985)

The Golden Girls

8.2

TV Series

Woman

1989

1 episode

 

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, She Wrote

7.2

TV Series

Mrs. Dexter-Hundley

1987

1 episode

 

L.A. Law (1986)

L.A. Law

7.1

TV Series

Delores Kirby

1987

1 episode

 

Dynasty (1981)

Dynasty

6.4

TV Series

Embassy Official

1986

1 episode

 

Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)

Hotel

6.3

TV Series

Harriet Smith

1985

1 episode

 

Star! (1968)

Star!

6.4

Guest on Bus (uncredited)

1968