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Former Model, Film and TV Actress, Best Known for Hit ‘Brian’s Song,’ Dies at 83
Judy Pace broke barriers as the first Black spokesmodel for Fashion Fair Cosmetics and won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in 1970, inspiring future Black actresses.
- On March 11, Judy Pace, actress and model, died peacefully in her sleep while visiting family in Marina del Rey; she was 83.
- Early in her career, Pace was Ebony Fashion Fair national tour's youngest model and became the first TV and print spokesmodel for Fashion Fair Cosmetics, also securing a long-term contract at Columbia Studios and appearing on The Dating Game.
- On screen, Pace played Linda Sayers in Brian's Song , won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress for The Young Lawyers, and appeared in Cotton Comes to Harlem and The Slams.
- Her family asked that donations be made to the NAACP in lieu of flowers; she is survived by daughters Shawn Pace Mitchell and Julia Pace Mitchell, grandson Stephen Lamar Hightower III, and son-in-law Otto Strong.
- Beyond roles, Pace co-founded the Kwanza Foundation in 1971 with Nichelle Nichols to support Black women in film and is credited with opening doors for Black actresses amid role scarcity.
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Former model, film and TV actress, best known for hit ‘Brian’s Song,’ dies at 83
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