Paula Hill | |
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| Born | Paula Mary Hill February 15, 1926 |
| Died | February 15, 2000 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950s |
Paula Hill (also credited as Mary Hill or Sue Henderson) was a Hollywood film and television actress mostly active in the 1950s. [1] [2]
She was born Paula Mary Hill in 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama. In some of her early films, she was credited as Mary Hill, including her most known lead role in the 1953 sci-fi film Mesa of Lost Women . Later in her career, Hill appeared in smaller roles in such classic Hollywood movies as The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) and The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953).
Hill also played a number of roles in the various TV shows, such as Dragnet (1956) and The Red Skelton Show (1957). Overall, she had leading roles in some 20 programs. [3] In 1960, she retired from the movie business to be a lounge singer and theatre actress. Hill also kept a school of theatrical instruction. [4]
She returned to the screen playing cameos in Soldier of Fortune (1991) and Chump Change (2000).
A heavy smoker all her life, Paula Hill passed away from a stroke on her 74th birthday in 2000 in Los Angeles. [5] [6]
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