Judy Pace, Blaxploitation Star and ‘Brian’s Song’ Actress, Dies at 83

Judy Pace, who has best known for her work in several Blaxploitation films including “The Slams” and “Cotton Comes to Harlem,” died Wednesday. She was 83.

Pace’s death was confirmed to media by her daughters Shawn and Julia Pace Mitchell.

Pace’s career also included roles on “Batman,” “Bewitched,” “Days of Our Lives” and more. She played Linda Sayers, the wife of Gale Sayers, in “Brian’s Song.”

Her entry into cinema was intentional, she told Roger Ebert. Pace set up a five year plan for making the jump. “I figured if I didn’t make it by then, I’d quit wasting my time,” she explained. “I spent two years studying,…