Paula Strasberg
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Paula Strasberg (circa 1911 – April 29, 1966) was actor Lee Strasberg's second wife and Marilyn Monroe's acting coach/confidante.
Strasberg was born Paula Miller in New York City and that was her professional name. Her first Broadway credit was in 1927 when she was around 16 years old, appearing in The Cradle Song.
She appeared in more than 20 more shows up until the comedy Me and Molly in 1948. She was blacklisted for her membership in the American Communist Party, although her husband was not and apparently suffered no adverse effects on his career.
Her children John Strasberg and the late Susan Strasberg were also actors.
Strasberg died of cancer and is interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York.
