Pamelyn Ferdin is a former child actress who appeared in many roles on TV, commercials, and movies. She had a recurring role as Felix Unger’s daughter on “The Odd Couple”, and was a regular on the short-lived “Paul Lynde Show”.
She left acting in her late teens, worked for a while as a registered nurse, and became an animal rights activist.
As a grade-school kid, I had a serious crush on her, but I had to keep it secret. All my buddies thought she was homely. She had a distinctive prominent nose, and a distinctive nasal voice. Both of which I thought were cute as hell. Kind of a gentile version of Fran Drescher.
As Paul Lynde’s growing, precocious 14-year-old daughter, Ferdin was given more risque dialogue. She once made a sassy remark about waterbeds which prompted Lynde to comment, “It’s a pity. She’s too old to spank, too young for religious sacrifice!”
I’ve never heard her called a great beauty. Hence, the title of this thread.
In 2004, she accused the parents of Kelly Keen, a three-year-old child killed in a coyote attack, of murdering their daughter and using the story of an animal attack to cover up the crime. This was part of her protest against public efforts to control the coyote population near suburban homes.[21]
IMDb says, yes, she voiced Lucy in several specials. I remember her from TV series like Space Academy, and from the animated adaptation of Charlotte’s Web.
“And the Children Shall Lead,” yes. One of the worst Trek episodes, the kids were doing bad things, but that was because they were all possessed and controlled by an evil attorney.
Aside from ‘Star Trek,’ I remember her mostly from the ‘Night Gallery’ vignette ‘Brenda.’ Weird story about a friendless obnoxious kid who befriends a. . . Swamp Thing-ish monster.
In the short-lived CBS sitcom Blondie (1968), she played the daughter of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead (“Cookie,” I think) opposite Peter Robbins (the original voice of Charlie Brown in the Peanuts specials) as their son Alexander.