Pamela Tiffin, R.I.P.

Above, Horst Buchholz and Pamela Tiffin in One, Two, Three. 

On August 16, 1977, I was at home watching the 1961 James Cagney comedy, One, Two, Three on television when a news bulletin broke in.

It was to announce that Elvis Presley had died at his Graceland Mansion.

The actress in One, Two, Three died today in New York. She was Pamela Tiffin. She was 78. The cause of death was not revealed.

According to the New York Daily News:

Pamela Tiffin, the brunette beauty who achieved film stardom in her late teens for her performances in “One, Two, Three” and “Summer and Smoke,” is dead at 78.

The actress and model died Friday in New York City, reported La Repubblica.

Tiffin’s husband, Edmondo Damon, told the La Repubblica that she had passed away on Friday, and a friend of the actress confirmed her passing to Deadline.

“Pamela was that rare commodity in the (1960s); the beautiful girl next door who could be quite funny,” explained Tom Lisanti, author of “Pamela Tiffin: Hollywood to Rome, 1961 to 1974″ in a 2015 interview for the Oklahoma Gazette. “Actresses who looked like her were not supposed to have her comedic ability and were to play the ingenue only.”

Yes, she was quite a looker and was also very funny.

R.I.P.

Oddly, last night I was watching The Magnificent Seven, which introduced Tiffin's co-star, Horst Buchholz. It was probably the first movie I've seen him in since I watched One, Two, Three in 1977. I haven't seen One, Two, Three since then.

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