Paula Strasberg
| Paula Strasberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paulina Miller[1] 1909[2] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, 1966 (56-57) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, acting coach |
| Spouse(s) | Lee Strasberg (c. 1934-1966; her death); 2 children |
Paula Strasberg (1909[2] – April 29, 1966) was a former stage actress who became actor and teacher Lee Strasberg's second wife, mother of actors John and Susan Strasberg as well as Marilyn Monroe's acting coach and confidante.
Career
Her first Broadway credit, as Paula Miller, was in 1927, appearing in The Cradle Song. She appeared in more than 20 more stage roles until Me and Molly in 1948. A life member of The Actors Studio,[3] Strasberg was blacklisted for her membership in the American Communist Party, although her husband was not and apparently suffered no adverse effects on his career. Paula Strasberg went on to become Marilyn Monroe's acting coach and confidante until Monroe's death in 1962, supplanting Natasha Lytess.[citation needed]
Personal life
Her children John (born 1941) and Susan Strasberg (1938-1999) were also actors. Susan Strasberg described her mother as a "combination delicatessen, pharmacist, Jewish mother".[4]
Death
Paula Strasberg died of bone marrow cancer at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan on April 29, 1966, aged 56 or 57, and is interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York.[5]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paula Strasberg at Find a Grave
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- ↑ Profile, cursumperficio.net; accessed March 4, 2015.
External links
- Paula Strasberg at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Paula Strasberg at the Internet Movie Database
- John Strasberg official site
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- Articles with unsourced statements from March 2015
- 1909 births
- 1966 deaths
- American communists
- American stage actresses
- Acting coaches
- Actors Studio members
- Burials at Westchester Hills Cemetery
- Hollywood blacklist
- Jewish American actresses
- Marilyn Monroe
- Actresses from New York City
- Cancer deaths in New York
- Date of birth unknown
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American musicians
