Dr. Amanda Bentley
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| Diagnosis: Murder character | |
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| Amanda Bentley | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Jobs Held | Medical examiner/pathologist for Community General Hospital |
| Portrayed by: | Victoria Rowell |
| Seasons | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
| First Appearance: | Diagnosis of Murder |
| Latest Appearance: | Without Warning |
Dr. Amanda Bentley was a medical examiner/pathologist for Community General Hospital in the classic television show, Diagnosis: Murder. She was played by Victoria Rowell. However, in the first three TV Movies (Diagnosis of Murder, The House on Sycamore Street and A Twist of the Knife), Amanda is played by Cynthia Gibb/.
The audience finds Amanda was a orphan (just as Victoria Rowell was), taken to an orphanage when she was younger and soon adopted. Her adopted father was an owner of a yacht, and his sailors were always good friends with the family. When she was six, Amanda took up ballet. She stopped dancing for medical school, but returns to it at the end of season eight.
Amanda has been married once to Mr. Colin Livingston, a military man, and had a son, C.J. (Colin Jesse). She divorced Mr. Livingston or he died in a plane crash, depending on the episode. Later in the series, she adopts another boy, named Deon, from his abusive parents.
[edit] Trivia
- She once fainted during medical school at the sight of her first corpse. She is constantly kidded about it in the first two seasons.
- In the first two seasons, the audience can infer that Amanda liked Dr. Jack Stewart, though it was never fully stated in the show.
- In the seventh season ("Bringing Up Barbie"), C.J. begins thinking Amanda and Dr. Jesse Travis should get married, so Jesse could be his father.
