Pamela Bellwood (born June 26, 1951) is an actress most famous for her role as "Claudia Blaisdel Carrington" on the primetime soap opera, Dynasty. Bellwood was born Pamela King in New York City in 1951. She studied with Sanford Meisner at the New York City Playhouse. In her early days of acting she was credited as Pamela Kingsley. Bellwood was an original cast member of Dynasty during its pilot season in early 1981 and remained on the show until 1986 when the actress became pregnant and the producers decided to write her out of the show. Bellwood also appeared in the films Airport '77 and The Incredible Shrinking Woman as well as a number of TV movies. She is currently married to photographer Nik Wheeler and continues to perform in film and on stage. Oftentimes she is now known and credited as both Pamela Bellwood and Pamela Bellwood-Wheeler.