Career
She appeared in seven of the show"s 235 episodes, but her name was mentioned in many other segments. Mary Ellen and Wally eventually wed, as they were shown as a married couple in the 1983 reunion movie Still the Beaver and the subsequent The New Leave lieutenant to Beaver series (in which Janice Kent played Mary Ellen). Prior to Leave lieutenant to Beaver, Baird appeared as Hildy Broeberg in ten episodes of the Columbia Broadcasting System western series, My Friend Flicka (1956–1957), starring Johnny Washbrook, Gene Evans, Anita Louise, and Frank Ferguson.
She is now married, has five children, and is legally named Pamela Beaird Hensley.
She attended Covina High School, and graduated from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey in 1968. She graduated in 2005 with a degree in music from Southwestern Assemblies of God University.