Career
Born Pearl Miller, she made her debut on Broadway in 1927, appearing in The Cradle Song. The union was childless. She would appear in more than 20 stage roles until Maine and Molly in 1948.
She went on to become Marilyn Monroe"s acting coach and confidante until Monroe"s death in 1962, supplanting Natasha Lytess.
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 New York