Background
Payton-Wright, Pamela was born on November 1, 1941 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Gordon Edgar and Eleanor Ruth (McKinley) Payton Wright.
Payton-Wright, Pamela was born on November 1, 1941 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Gordon Edgar and Eleanor Ruth (McKinley) Payton Wright.
Graduate, St. Mary's Junior College, 1961. Bachelor, Birmingham Southern College, 1963. Postgraduate, Royal Academy Dramatic Art, London, 1963—1965.
Theater debut in Diary of A Scoundrel, Servant of Two Masters, MotherCourage, and Anatole, 1965-1966. Appeared in productions including Exit the King, 1968. The Showoff, 1968; Cherry Orchard, 1968.
The Crucible. Broadway shows include, Jimmy Shine, 1969, All Over Town, 1975. Mourning becomes Electra, 1972 (Drama Desk Award). Glass Menagerie, 1976.
Romeo and Juliet, 1977. Off broadway plays include, The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Man in the Moon Marigolds, 1976. Jessie and the BanditQueen.
Lunch Girls, 1978; Summerfolk, 1979. Films include, Resurrection, 1979. Going in Style, 1979.
At the Dark End of the Street, 1981;The Haunting of Rosalind (film for tv), 1973. Appeared as Louisa Catherine Adams on tv series The Adams Chronicles, (emmy nomination), 1975. Look Homeward Angel, 1972.
Guest appearances on numerous tv shows. Public theater productions include The seagull, 1980. Don Juan, 1982, Hamlet, 1982.
Hariman Theater production, Hedda Gabler, The Misanthrope, 1982-1983. Passion Play, 1984-1985. Other films and productions include, Troilusand Cressida, Othello, As you like it, 1976.
Starlight, 1985; On theVerge, 1986. My Little Girl, 1985. Little eyolf, 1985; Ironweed, 1987.
Streetcar Named Desire, Night of the Iguana, 1988. M. Butterfly, 1988-1989. The Freshman, 1989; The Road to Mecca, 1990.
Way of the World, 1991. Mistress Warren's Profession, 1992. Quartermine's Terms, 1993.
Six Degrees of Separation, 1993 (Best Actress-Drama Critics Forum). Me and Veronica, 1993. Ghosts, the Show-Off, 1994.
Unspoken, 1995; Touchof the Poet, 1996. Glass Menagerie, (Best Actress, Baltimore City Paper). She Stoops to Conquer, 1997.
Richard III, 1997-1998. In Dreams, 1998.
0em. Actors Equity Association, American Federation television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild. member Milwaukee Reparatory Company, 1965-1966, Trinity Square Playhouse, 1966-1967. Cln. Playhouse, 1969.
Married David Arthur Butler, May 8, 1978 (divorced 1989). 1 child, Oliver Dickon Hedley.