Blake started playing Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke at the same time that other principal cast members did. James Arness’ Matt Dillon, Milburn Stone’s Doc Adams, and Dennis Weaver’s Chester Goode ...

Matt Dillon and saloon owner Kitty Russell had amazing chemistry on screen in Gunsmoke, but there's a reason why that romance ...

Much like her co-stars, Blake initially played her character pretty close to the Gunsmoke radio show iteration. However, she fell into some hot water when she described Miss Kitty Russell as a ...

it wasn't what Arness wanted to see on "Gunsmoke." He felt it would have been too much of a shift. Also, it was easy for Matt to avoid marriage because his relationship with Miss Kitty rarely left ...

There were many Old West cowtowns in Kansas, but it was Gunsmoke with Marshal Dillon, Miss Kitty and all the assorted ... who appeared in 19 episodes, often playing a variety of menacing bad ...

Actress Amanda Blake, who died from AIDS-related hepatitis in 1989, was one tough cookie, just like her most famous character, Miss Kitty Russell on TV’s long-running Western, Gunsmoke.

Amanda Blake was best known for her long-running role of Miss Kitty on the “Gunsmoke” television show. But, especially after she retired from that show, in 1974, she was noted for her work in ...