Los Angeles, March 15 -- Actress and former model Judy Pace, celebrated for her work in 1970s Blaxploitation cinema and remembered for her role in the acclaimed television film 'Brian's Song', has died at the age of 83.
Her daughters, attorney Shawn Pace Mitchell and actress Julia Pace Mitchell, announced that Pace died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday while visiting relatives in Marina del Rey, California, reports DEADLINE.
Born June 15, 1942, in Los Angeles, Julia Pace trained as a model, becoming Ebony Fashion Fair's youngest in 1961.
Pace made her onscreen debut in William Castle's 1963 Cold War spy film 13 Frightened Girls, launching her career as the first Black woman contracted at Columbia Studios. Throughout the '60s, she wen...