Trudi Ames

Trudi Ames
Trudi Ames as Ursula in the trailer for 1963 film Bye Bye Birdie

Trudi Ames (born Trudi Ziskind) is a former actress most notable for her uncredited but memorable role in Bye Bye Birdie as Kim's best friend Ursula. She also had a notable role as Libby in Gidget Goes to Rome and was an extra in Gypsy . In a TV special on January 7, 1965, she was named by ABC as one of the twelve most promising young actresses.^[1] She later had some minor television roles, including an episode of Green Acres and The Dick Van Dyke Show, with whom she had worked with Dick in Bye Bye Birdie.

She was the daughter of Louis Ziskind, a social worker for Los Angeles' Jewish Committee for Personal Service.^[2]

Her post-acting life has included teaching in the Los Angeles area public schools for twenty years, and working for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1978-83 as a brakeman and locomotive engineer.^[3]

As "Prashant Ziskind," she has worked as a life transitions coach, particularly for creative people including performance artists.^[4]

Filmography

The Impossible Years (1968) as Francine
Cinderella (1965) as Daughter
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1960), 2 episodes as Jenny
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965) 1 Episode as Margie
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) as Libby Bennett
Bye Bye Birdie (1963) (uncredited) as Ursula
Gypsy (1962) (uncredited) as Scottish Girl (in Uncle Jocko Scene)

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