Background
Austin was born in Omaha, Nebraska as Pamela J. Akert. She spent part of her childhood in Europe, as her father served a tour of duty with the Air Force there.
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Pamela Austin
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Austin studied dancing at Sacramento State College, and found work with the Tony Martin nightclub act upon arriving in Hollywood.
Career
In addition to appearing in two Elvis Presley films, in 1966-1967 Austin gained fame for a long series of popular automobile television commercials for Dodge (the Charger, Coronet, Polara, and other models). As the perky "Dodge Rebellion Girl", she appeared in around twenty commercials as a damsel in distress — menaced by sharks, falling from a draw-bridge, a roof, a cargo plane, et cetera Her tag line at the end of each ad was "The Dodge Rebellion wants you!" In August 1967 she starred in the adventure-comedy film The Perils of Pauline based on the silent cliff-hanger serial.
Posters for the film referenced her Dodge commercials: That "Rebellion Girl" is dodgin" unbelievable perils.
Austin"s film and television work includes:.
