Paula Hill

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Paula Hill was a Hollywood film and television actress active onscreen 1947-1958. She was born Paula Mary Hill in 1926 in Birmingham AL. She was credited as Mary Hill in some of early films including her biggest lead role in the sci-fi B movie, Mesa of Lost Women (1953), she would appear in small/ bit roles in classic movies of the era, including Paramount’s “The Greatest Show On Earth” (1952) & Warner Bros’s “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms”(1953). Paula Hill had several substantial roles in TV shows including Dragnet (1956), The Man Called X (1957) & Mike Hammer (1958) - revealing not only was she a beauty but a great actress capable of both melodrama and - in Burns & Allen (1955) and The Red Skelton Show (1957) - comedic timing . She retired from the screen in 1960 becoming a lounge singer and acting in theatre. She returned to the screen in cameos in Soldier of Fortune (1991) and Chump Change (2000). Hill died on her 74th birthday in 2000, from a stroke.