Paula Trueman
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| Paula Trueman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paula Trueman April 25, 1897, 1900, or 1907  New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | March 23, 1994 New York City, New York, United States |
| Years active | 1930–1988 |
| Spouse(s) | Harold Sterner |
Paula Trueman (born April 25, 1897,[1] 1900,[2] or 1907,[3] died March 3, 1994) was an American film, television, and theater actress. The daughter of Joseph and Eva Cohn Trueman, she was born and raised in New York City, and eductated at Hunter College, before gaining admission to the Neighborhood Playhouse to study dancing.[1]
Her stage career began with The Grand Street Follies revues in 1924, and at the end of that year she made her dramatic debut in The Little Clay Tart. She was also in the 1930 revue Sweet and Low opposite Fannie Brice, George Jessel, and James Barton,[4] and appeared in Kiss and Tell, For Love or Money and Wake Up, Darling in the 1940s and 1950s.[1]
Her film debut in 1934's Crime Without Passion starring Claude Raines did not lead to a significant Hollywood career at the time, but she enjoyed an Indian summer after playing Mrs. Fenty in Paint Your Wagon opposite Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in 1969. The latter also cast her in a brief but scene-stealing role as Grandma Sarah in The Outlaw Josey Wales, and for the next decade she could be seen in a number of significant films of the era, including Annie Hall and Zelig by Woody Allen, Dirty Dancing, and an uncredited role in Moonstruck, her final feature film.[1]
She died of natural causes in New York Hospital in 1994, leaving behind a stepson, Michael Sterner,[1] by her husband Harold, an architect whom she married in 1936.[5]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Lucy (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Dirty Dancing | Mrs. Schumacher |
| 1987 | Sweet Lorraine | Mrs. Falkman |
| 1985 | Grace Quigley | Dorothy Trugert |
| 1984 | Mrs. Soffel | Mrs. Stevenson |
| 1983 | Zelig | Woman on Telephone |
| 1980 | Can't Stop the Music | Stick-up Lady |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Street Stranger |
| 1976 | The Outlaw Josey Wales | Grandma Sarah |
| 1975 | The Stepford Wives | Welcome Wagon Lady |
| 1974 | Homebodies | Mattie |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | Nurse |
| 1969 | Paint Your Wagon | Mrs. Fenty |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Miss Peabody (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion | Buster Malloy |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Paula Trueman, 96, Stage and Film Actress", Obituary, The New York Times, March 25, 1994
- ^ "Biography for Paula Trueman", IMDB.com
- ^ Paula Trueman Filmography, Fandango.com
- ^ "'Sweet and Low' has audacious fun; Fannie Brice, George Jessel and James Barton Starred in Musical Revue", The New York Times, November 18, 1930
- ^ "Paula Trueman wed to Harold Sterner; Stage and Screen Actress the Bride of Architect, Son of Noted Painter", The New York Times, November 18, 1936
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