Background
Patsy Lou Blake was born in Fort Worth, Texas and grew up in Dallas.
Patsy Lou Blake was born in Fort Worth, Texas and grew up in Dallas.
She is best known as Rebecca Boone in all six seasons of National Broadcasting Company"s Daniel Boone, with co-stars Fess Parker, Darby Hinton, Veronica Cartwright, and Editor Ames. She also played Lou Mallory on the American Broadcasting Company western series The Rifleman, in which she was cast in assorted roles in 22 episodes with Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford and Paul Fix. She became a teenage model through the Conover Agency.
While acting in summer stock, Warner Brothers discovered her and she began acting in films under the names Patricia Blake and Pat Blake.
In the late 1950s she appeared as the second female lead in several films for Warner Brothers and later for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first movie was, about the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in French Indochina. She had a recurring role as Goldy, one of Madame Francine"s hostesses, on the 1958 television series Yancy Derringer.
In 1962, she starred as Lou Mallory in The Rifleman, replacing actress Joan Taylor as Chuck Connors" love interest on The Rifleman. In 1963 she made a guest appearance on Perry Mason as murderess Nicolai Wright in "The Case of the Badgered Brother." She also made guest television appearances on The Bob Cummings Show, Rescue 8, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, The Virginian, and Bonanza.
She had considered moving to New York City in 1964 when screenwriter Gordon Chase helped her get a role in the series Daniel Boone.
After the show ended in 1970, she appeared in a few minor films and television spots. Her last appearance on film was as the fashion narrator in the 1979 feature film The Electric Horseman. starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. In later years she produced trade shows in New York and New Jersey.
On February 14, 1965, the 30-year-old Blair married 42-year-old land developer Martin South. Colbert in Los Angeles, California.
She died at her home in North Wildwood, New Jersey at age 80 from breast cancer.