Studied with Sanford Meisner' at the New York City Playhouse. In her early acting days she was credited as Pamela Kingsley. She was an original cast member of
Dynasty (1981) but was written off the series early in the third season in late 1982. She appeared once in March 1983 to help usher in Jack Coleman as a recast Steven Carrington, and Bellwood later returned full-time in the fall of 1983.