Pamela Tiffin (born October 13, 1942) is a retired American film actress.

Life and career

Pamela Tiffin Wonso was born in Oklahoma City to Stanley and Grace Wonso and grew up in Chicago, where she achieved success as a teen model. She moved to New York City and attended Hunter College. She was discovered by producer Hal Wallis having lunch at the Paramount Pictures studio commissary while on a visit to Los Angeles with her mother, and was cast in a film version of the play Summer and Smoke by playwright Tennessee Williams.

She then starred opposite screen legend James Cagney in the comedy One, Two, Three, directed by Billy Wilder. She received a Golden Globe nomination for this film as well as for Summer and Smoke. She also did some television work, appearing opposite David Janssen in The Fugitive episode "The Girl from Little Egypt" in 1963.

There were leading roles in the musical State Fair and the comedy Come Fly with Me. She co-starred with Paul Newman in the private-detective film Harper in 1966. In 1968, she co-starred with Nino Manfredi and Ugo Tognazzi in one of the most famous Italian comedies Straziami, ma di baci saziami by Dino Risi.