Pamela Britton (born Armilda Jane Owens; [1] March 19, 1923 – June 17, 1974) was an American actress, best known for appearing as Lorelei Brown in the television series My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) and for her female lead in the film noir classic D.O.A.

[2] Courtesy of MGM, Britton helped entertain the troops in November 1944 at Camp Roberts, California, starring in The New Moon along with Joseph Sullivan.

After a stint touring with bandleader Don McGuire, Britton's big break came when she was cast as "Gertie" and also understudied Celeste Holm (in the role of "Ado Annie") in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma!

[5] Britton portrayed the title role of the TV version of the Chic Young newspaper comic strip Blondie (1957), opposite Arthur Lake as her husband, Dagwood Bumstead.

[6] She reprised her role in Brigadoon in 1954, appeared in Annie Get Your Gun at the Santa Barbara Bowl, and then returned to Broadway to replace an ailing Janis Paige in Guys and Dolls.

After performing on tour with Don Knotts in The Mind with the Dirty Man, Britton was admitted to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where she died of brain cancer on June 17, 1974, aged 51.