# Pamela Susan Shoop

Pamela Susan Shoop (born June 7, 1948) is an American character actress in films and on television. She often appeared on television series created by Glen A. Larson. She is known for her role in Halloween II (1981) as Nurse Karen Bailey.

## Early years

Shoop is the daughter of actress Julie Bishop and test pilot Clarence A. Shoop (who was an executive at Hughes Aircraft Company and commander of the California Air National Guard). As a Major General in World War II, he flew the first photographic reconnaissance mission over Omaha Beach on D-Day.
She was educated at Westlake School for Girls and Beverly Hills High School, graduating in the latter in the class of 1966.
She studied acting at University of Southern California and at Villa Mercede in Florence, Italy, graduating in the class of 1967.

## Career

Shoop had her first stage role as the only female in a production of Generation, which opened January 30, 1968 at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona. Her father died during the rehearsals, but her mother Julie Bishop, and the play's director and star Robert Cummings, urged her to stay with the week-long production. Her screen debut came in the short film Frog Story.
Shoop's best known film role was in the horror film Halloween II (1981) as Nurse Karen Bailey.
On television, Shoop starred on NBC's Return to Peyton Place as Alison MacKenzie Tate #2 from 1973-1974, taking over the role from Katherine Glass, and she had the role of Miss Dorothy Carlyle on Galactica 1980. She appeared in the pilot episode of Knight Rider ("Knight of the Phoenix") and later on in the season four premiere ("Knight of the Juggernaut"). She also appeared in the pilot episode of Magnum, P.I.
Other guest appearances include The Mod Squad, B. J. and the Bear, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Simon & Simon, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk and Murder, She Wrote. Shoop's last credited appearance was a 1996 episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, but she continues to attend conventions associated with films in which she appeared. She appeared in the 2006 DVD release Halloween: 25 Years of Terror.

## Personal life

On November 15, 1987, Shoop married Terrance Sweeney, a former Jesuit priest, in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Together, they wrote What God Hath Joined (ISBN 034538203X).
Shoop works with charitable groups, including Good Tidings, the National Charity League, and Achievement Rewards for College Scientists.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | Changes | Student Hippie Sculptress | (voice, uncredited) |
| 1972 | Frog Story (Short) | Frog girl | |
| 1977 | Empire of the Ants | Coreen Bradford | (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1978 | The One Man Jury | Wendy Sommerset | (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1981 | Halloween II | Nurse Karen Bailey | |
| 2006 | Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (Video Documentary) | Herself | |
| 2013 | The Night She Came Home!! (Video Documentary) | Herself | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | The Interns (TV Series) | Janet Keller | Episode: "Mondays Can Be Fatal" (1.10) |
| 1972 | Night Gallery (TV Series) | Mrs. Foster | Episode: "The Sins of the Fathers/You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore" (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1972 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) | Muriel Davis | Episode: "The Corruptor" (7.23) |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) | Patty Lewis | Episode: "The Bear That Didn't Get Up" (1.7) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1972 | Mannix (TV Series) | Jan Lachlan | Episode: "To Kill a Memory" (6.7) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1972 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) | Carol Bridgewater | Episode: "Crime Club" (5.11) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1973-1974 | Return to Peyton Place (TV Series) | Alison MacKenzie Tate #2 | |
| 1976 | Switch (TV Series) | Sue Zirk | Episode: "Before the Holocaust" (1.19) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1976 | Gemini Man (TV Miniseries) | Barby | Episode: "Sam Casey, Sam Casey" (1.3) |
| 1976 | Emergency! (TV Series) | Marcia Emerson | Episode: "That Time of Year" (6.4) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1976 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) | Magda | Episode: "The Feminum Mystique: Part 1" (1.5) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1976 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) | Magda | Episode: "The Feminum Mystique: Part 2" (1.6) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1977 | Keeper of the Wild (TV Series) | Holly James | Episode: (1.1) |
| 1977 | Code R (TV Series) | Debbie Payton | Episode: "Beauty and the Beach" (1.10) |
| 1977 | 79 Park Avenue (TV Miniseries) | Angie Harding | |
| 1978 | The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) | Carol Abrams | Episode: "Terror in Times Square" (1.6) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1978 | Kaz (TV Series) | Laura Colcourt | Episode: "A Fine Romance" (1.9) |
| 1979 | Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) | IFB Interviewer | Episode: "The Man With Nine Lives" (1.15) |
| 1979 | Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (TV Movie) | Betty Denton | |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) | Tangie | Episode: "Vegas in Space" (1.3) |
| 1979 | Vega$ (TV Series) | Maryann Silverton | Episode: "Runaway" (2.4) |
| 1979 | B. J. and the Bear (TV Series) | Alison Spencer | Episode: "Silent Night, Unholy Night" (2.12) |
| 1979 | CHiPs ( TV Series) | Alice Piermont | Episode: "Christmas Watch" (3.15) |
| 1980 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) | Tangie | Episode: "A Blast for Buck" (1.14) (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| 1980 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) | Jennifer Fair | Episode: "School for Assassins" (12.12) |
| 1980 | Vega$ (TV Series) | Maryann Silverton | Episode: "The Private Eye Connection" (2.11) |
| 1980 | Galactica 1980 (TV Series) | Dorothy Carlyle | Episode: "Galactica Discovers Earth: Part 1" (1.1) |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) | Alice Cook | Episode: "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii" (1.1) |
| 1980 | B. J. and the Bear (TV Series) | Dolly Reed | Episode: "The Fast and the Furious: Part 1" (3.3) |
| 1980 | B. J. and the Bear (TV Series) | Dolly Reed | Episode: "The Fast and the Furious: Part 2" (3.4) |
| 1981 | Fitz and Bones (TV Series) | | Episode: "To Kill a Ghost" (1.3) |
| 1981 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) | Mira Dutton | Episode: "Lillian Russell/The Lagoon" (5.8) |
| 1981 | CHiPs (TV Series) | Chickee | Episode: "Mitchell & Woods" (5.12) |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) | Rhonda Starr | Episode: "The Meek Shall Inherit Rhonda" (1.2) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) | Maggie | Episode: "Knight of the Phoenix" (1.1) |
| 1982 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) | Marnie Greer | Episode: "Bail and Bond" (2.1) |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker (TV Series) | Sheila Benson | Episode: "A Cry for Help" (2.9) |
| 1983 | Fame (TV Series) | Nancy | Episode: "Relationships" (2.13) |
| 1983 | Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV Series) | Sister Teresa / Brigid Harrington | Episode "Force of Habit" (1.16) |
| 1983 | The Rousters (TV Movie) | Trish Callahan | |
| 1983 | The Rousters (TV Series) | Trish Callahan | Episode: "The Rousters" (1.1) |
| 1984 | Masquerade (TV Series) | | Episode: "Oil" (1.7) (as Pamela Shoop) |
| 1984 | Whiz Kids (TV Series) | Marcie | Episode: "The Sufi Project" (1.15) |
| 1985 | I Had Three Wives (TV Series) | Vicki | Episode: "Bedtime Stories" (1.3) |
| 1985 | Knight Rider (TV Series) | Marta Simmons | Episode: "Knight of the Juggernaut" (4.1) |
| 1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Carla Quite | Episode: "Fast Food for Thought" (3.12) |
| 1986 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) | Katie McCallum | Episode: "Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1" (3.1) |
| 1986 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) | Katie McCallum | Episode: "Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2" (3.2) |
| 1987 | The Law and Harry McGraw (TV Series) | | Episode: "Mr. Chapman, I Presume?" (1.3) |
| 1987 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) | Jenny Burgess | Episode: "Deep Water Death" (6.13) |
| 1988 | The Highwayman (TV Series) | Dr. Chadway | Episode: "Send in the Clones" (1.5) |
| 1988 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) | Beth Eastwick | Episode: "Beauty and Deceased" (8.1) |
| 1991 | Dragnet (TV Series) | Sue Cunningham | Episode: "Armored Truck 211s" (1.20) |
| 1992 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) | Dorothy Porter | Episode: "Badge of Honor" (8.21) |
| 1992 | Dangerous Curves (TV Series) | Stella | Episode: "Old Acquaintance" (2.5) |
| 1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) | Dr. Jennifer Harmon | Episode: "Dark Vision" (4.1) |

## Books

Books :
| Year | Author | Book | Publisher | Notes |
| April 13, 1993 | Pamela Susan Shoop (as Pamela Shoop Sweeney) Terrance Sweeney (as Terrance A. Sweeney) | What God Hath Joined: the Real Life Love Story that Shook the Catholic Church | Ballantine Books | Hardcover / Paperback |