Judy Pace Biography

African American actress Judy Pace made a formidable screen debut as a blonde bar pickup in Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie (1966). Pace's cinematic high point was her portrayal of street-smart Iris in Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), for which she received many of the film's best reviews. She went on to play law student Pat Walters on the 1971 TV series The Young Lawyers. Her TV-movie credits include the role of Gale Sayers' wife Linda in Brian's Song (1969). Judy Pace was married to actor Don Mitchell. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi