Pamela Gaye Walker: the stage actress

born in South Bend; year not firmly documented

Pamela Gaye Walker: settled up from the unresolved list at her record's true size — a South Bend birth and upbringing, and a regional-stage career of documented distinction rather than national fame. She was born Pamela Gaye in South Bend; the listings conflict on the year — one gives 30 November 1955, another about 1956 — and no firm year is printed, because none is documented. She grew up in South Bend, a twin (her sister Patricia), and studied theatre at Saint Mary's College, starring there as Winnie in Beckett's Happy Days; one mirror account in circulation says the University of Notre Dame, and Saint Mary's governs, on the pattern of her own biography. The career that followed was built in resident theatre: a Jefferson Award nomination in Chicago, "Actress of the Year" honors for Hannah Free at Victory Gardens, her one-woman Georgia O'Keeffe play, and the founding of Ghost Ranch Productions, through which she wrote and directed Shakti's Retreat (2013) and Trifles (2009). She was a voice in The Incredibles (2004) and taught acting at Pixar University. She married the producer John Walker on 5 December 1981. A living person; the entry states the public record, at the size the record supports.

Sources:

1. Ghost Ranch Productions, company biography — the Saint Mary's theatre study and the Winnie performance, the O'Keeffe play, the company's founding, the two directed films.
2. The standard listings derived from the Internet Movie Database — the South Bend birth (the year carried as a conflict, 1955 against about 1956, and not adopted), the twin sister, the Incredibles voice credit, the Pixar University teaching, the 5 December 1981 marriage.
3. The Chicago theatre record as carried in the standard biographies — the Jefferson Award nomination and the Victory Gardens honors for Hannah Free.