Paula Hill

Paula Hill was a Hollywood film and television actress active onscreen 19471958 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 scifi B movie Mesa of Lost Women 1953 she would appear in small bit roles in classic movies of the era including Paramounts The Greatest Show On Earth 1952 Warner Bross The Beast From 20000 Fathoms1953 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