Paula Strasberg

Paula Strasberg (born Pearl Miller; March 8, 1909 – April 29, 1966) was an American stage actress.

Born Pearl Miller to a Jewish family,[3] she made her debut on Broadway in 1927, appearing in The Cradle Song.

A life member of the Actors Studio,[4] she married Lee Strasberg in 1935, just days after her first marriage ended.

She was later blacklisted for her membership in the American Communist Party, although her husband was not a member and suffered no adverse effects on his career.

[6] Paula Strasberg died of bone marrow cancer at Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan on April 29, 1966, aged 57, and is interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York.