Paula Shaw
Biography
Paula Shaw (July 17, 1941 – September 10, 2025) wasan American actress. A life member of The Actors Studio, Shaw has portrayed characters in numerous films and on television. She is perhaps most well known who for portraying the character of Mrs. Pamela Voorhees in the Freddy vs. Jason movie.
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Acting History
2023
Round and Round as Grandma Rosie
2022Hanukkah on Rye as Esther
2022Wedding of a Lifetime as Rose Alexander
2022The Wedding Veil Legacy as Gia
2021Debbie Macomber's A Mrs. Miracle Christmas as Helen
2021Day of the Dead as Mrs. French
2021It Was Always You as Grandma Vivien
2020Five Star Christmas as Margo Ralston
2020Elsewhere as Dora Maloney
2019Fall Back Down as Mrs. Simmons
2019Picture a Perfect Christmas as Louise Griffith
2017Coming Home for Christmas as Pippa Marley
2017Destination Wedding as Grandma Goldie
2012Hitched for the Holidays as Theresa
2011Mr. Young
2010R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Nana
2006Ties That Bind as Mrs. Vega
2005Home for the Holidays as Miss Carol Parker
2005Terminal City
2005Supernatural as Grandmother Demon
2005Killer Bash as Janine J. Gordon
2005Chupacabra Terror as Mrs. Hartman
2004The Ranch as Yetta
2003Freddy vs. Jason as Mrs. Pamela Voorhees
2003Night Creep as Dr. Wayborn
2002We'll Meet Again as Edna Barry
2002The Twilight Zone as Judge
2002Insomnia as Coroner
2001Off Season as Managing Editor
2000Reindeer Games as Aunt Lisbeth
1999So Weird as Betty Johnson
1998Da Vinci's Inquest
1998Merchants of Venus as Dolores
1995The Outer Limits as Executive
1995The Outer Limits as Mrs. Janus
1993A Stranger in the Mirror as Mrs. Czinski
1993The X-Files as Ward Nurse
1992Fatal Memories as Leah
1992Shame as Mrs. Rudolph
1991The Commish
1989Communion as Woman from Apartment
1987Beverly Hills Buntz as Mrs. Spelling
1987Wiseguy
198721 Jump Street as Mrs. Sanders
1986When the Bough Breaks as Judge
1986Witchfire as Nurse Flemmings
1984Savage Streets as Charlene
1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Wulla Jean
1982Cagney & Lacey
1979Archie Bunker's Place
1979...And Your Name Is Jonah as Ann
1977Lou Grant
1977Three's Company as Ruth Wood
1977In the Glitter Palace as Ruth
1977Chatterbox! as Policewoman
1977Herowork as Woman in Convertible
1975Starsky & Hutch
1975Barney Miller as Paula Capshaw
1974Little House on the Prairie as Angela
1974The Centerfold Girls as Mrs. Walker
1973The Roommates as Socks' Ex-Girlfriend
1972The Bob Newhart Show
1969To Hex with Sex as Lucibel
1969Freedom to Love as Sandy
1967Ironside