Monday, March 19, 2007

Cocoa Lounge Legends [#002]: Judy Pace

From The Cocoa Lounge

Cocoa Lounge Legend: Judy Pace
Judy Pace, trailblazing actress.

Judy Pace started her career by entering a beauty pageant and failing to win in a single category. A student at Los Angeles City College, Judy had hopes of earning a degree in sociology when a leg condition that she had suffered from as a child returned. She was hospitalized for months, during which time she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an actress.

Judy Pace in The Young LawyersPace found small roles in The Candy Web (1963), The Fortune Cookie (1966) and was a regular on the now classic tv hit, Peyton Place from 1968-1969. She would also co-star in the acclaimed, but short-lived series, The Young Lawyers. During the Black Action film explosion, Judy starred in the Ossie Davis-helmed Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970), Cool Breeze (1972) and The Slams (1973) (with Jim Brown ). She co-starred in the first-ever made-for-televsion film, Brian's Song (1971) as the on-screen wife of Billy Dee Williams.

Judy Pace's star rose quickly, but unfortunately, after 1973 she would be seen in very few films. She later married Baseball Hall of Famer Curt Flood, a marriage that lasted until his passing in 1997. Since then she has carried the torch for Flood, becoming a spokesperson for free agency in professional sports. Judy also co-founded The Kwanzaa Foundation with Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols.

We'd love to see Judy Pace return to the screen in a major role to push the doors she opened for young black actresses in the 60's, for today's actresses now in their 60's. Woman Power Style!

Judy and The JetsYoung Judy PaceJudy Pace Modeling for Ebony Fashion FairJudy Pace with Afro

19 comments:

Bijoy said...

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Anonymous said...

Never heard of her but shes a stunna.

Anonymous said...

Very lovely. She and the handsome actor in Cotton Comes to Harlem always make me crack up. I see you had Brenda Sykes up as well, I haven't seen such images of any of these ladies and believe me, Ive been looking for information on classic black actresses for a long time. Its very hard to come by.

Anonymous said...

Did she get on drugs on something because she just disapeared.

Anonymous said...

judy pace is one of the most beautiful actresses from the 60s and 70s black or white.

P said...

These are great pictures. I remember when I was a small child in the 70's I used to see her as bit parts on sitcoms.

I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

I still do.

Julia Pace said...

Thats my mom shes not on drugs she just left the biz to have kids..We are all in the Jet last week. She is still acting in the Theatere now.
www.juliapacemitchell.com

The Cocoa Lounge said...

Thanks for the update on your mom, Julia.

For fans, Judy Pace just returned to the Los Angeles stage in "The Divorce" a play by Donald Welch of "The Bachelorette Party" fame. The all-star cast included Ananda Lewis, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Dawn Lewis and Tatyana Ali just to name a few. Not sure if this play will continue to run or travel across the country but it's definitely been making waves here in LA.

Judy Pace still looks fabulous! Whenever she's ready to sell her beauty secrets, she's gonna have to give me a call! :D

Anonymous said...

Judy Pace was my heroine when I grew up because she was Black, she was beautiful, she was cool and she was named Judy !
So glad to have found your site. I want to featue small stories and pictures on my Blog for Black History month, I would like to use your Judy image if I could, with full attribution of course.
Thanks Judy

Anonymous said...

Judy Pace is "STILL" as beautiful and talented as she has always been. She currently is co-starring in my stage play, "The Divorce" along side Dawnn Lewis, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Freda Payne, Lynn Hamilton, Tatyana Ali & Ananda Lewis. After sellouts in LA, Miami, and Richmond, The Divorce will be coming to a town near you!

Anonymous said...

i remember judy pace in movies when i was a little kid. she was hott!! definitely, along with nichele nichols and diane carroll, she was one of the beautiful black women who donned the screen in the 60s. we were blessed with their presence.

Steve said...

I had a huge crush on Judy Pace back in the early 70s, when I was just a 10-12-year-old white kid from Wisconsin. A beautiful woman who also conveyed strength and grace:) --

Rodney Faulk said...

Judy is a great actress and national treasure I can'T wait for her next movie. the first time I say her was on a tv show called 'I Spy" she played Bill cosby's date she wore a pearl white dress and when I saw her dance on the show it was love at first site WOW. If I lived in L.A. we would dance the night away.

Victor 3X said...

Judy Pace is an extraordinary person as well as a physically beautiful woman.
I knew her at LACC and used to visit her home and met her mother, father, one of her sisters and her niece. The entire family is very attractive and talented.
Judy has a very calm spirit.
Marvelous lady.

Vincent Walker said...

I met Ms. Pace in 1970, she was a friend of my uncle, Art Walker. It was a summer LA evening, I went with my Dad to visit my uncle. As I walked through the door this stunning woman was sitting on his couch - it was Ms Pace. For a 15 year old LA kid..the meeting was true thriil. She was (and is still)gorgeous!Take care Ms. Pace.

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