Paula Hill
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.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
as Miss RyanThe controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that...
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Outlaw Women
as One of Uncle Barney's GirlsA old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who...
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The Joker Is Wild
as Chorine (uncredited)Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when...
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Hellfire
as uncreditedZeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet...
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Mesa of Lost Women
as Doreen CulbertsonA mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in...
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Hot Cars
as Mrs. DavenportStory of a salesman lured into the "hot car" racket.
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Janet KelloggMickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that...
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