who played miss kitty in gunsmoke
Amanda Blake Amanda Blake. Amanda Blake (February 20, 1929 â August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress, Miss Kitty Russell, on the western television series, Gunsmoke. Along with her third husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in captivity.