Actress Pam Dawber grew up in a suburb of Detroit. Her career began to take off when a friend who was going to New York suggested that Pam accompany her and bring along her modeling portfolio to show various New York modeling agents. A pretty girl, Pam had done some modeling in Detroit where she was attending Oakland Community College, and she had also worked as a model and singer in several auto trade shows. One of the top modeling agencies in New York signed Pam to an exclusive contract, and she was soon being seen in magazine advertisements and on TV commercials but Pamela was more interested in acting than in modeling. She began studying voice and acting. A leading role in a stock production of a musical comedy called "Sweet Adeline" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, led to her being auditioned for a major role on a new TV series called Tabitha. To her disappointment, Pam did not get the part, but she did get an important role in the Robert Altman film A Wedding and, shortly after, signed an exclusive contract with ABC-TV. ABC cast Pam as the female lead in Mork & Mindy and her star has been riding high ever since. Pam returned to the stage and appeared in a revival of the musical "My Fair Lady", playing Eliza Doolittle. Her hobbies are canoeing, cooking, horseback riding and swimming.



Assisted Mark in pulling a man from a burning car in 1996. Daughter-in-law of Elyse Knox. Has two sons with husband Mark Harmon: Sean Harmon (born 26 April 1988) and Ty Christian Harmon (25 June 1992). Is the second-cousin of actress Mandy Roveda. Has a four-octave soprano voice Is a national spokesperson for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America Her younger sister, Leslie, who was born with a congestive heart condition, died on December, 1976.