05-15-2022, 03:58 PM
Yeah for some reason I felt the same way... there's an air of maturity to her that would make me place her in her early 30s at the start of the series, right there with James Arness at 32. I think Amanda Blake's exposure to a lot of sun on her fair ginger skin along with the heavy smoking may have made her look a little older than her time as the series progressed. The Kitty I remember from back in the day was in color and appeared to be ~40... that said, those memories are from half-watching Gunsmoke for a very brief minute or two before I either turned the TV off or went to do something else.
