Paula Dell, a breathtaking Hollywood stuntwoman and acrobat who worked on such films and television shows as Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Towering Inferno and Charlie's Angels, has died. She was 90.
Dell died Monday at her longtime home in Santa Monica, her family announced.
The 5-foot-2 Dell, who was a Queen of Muscle Beach and a performer with the Dewayne Bros. Circus, was shot out of a cannon onto a stage as a double for the much-taller Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967).
"When you are going through the air, your height doesn't matter," she said in...
Dell died Monday at her longtime home in Santa Monica, her family announced.
The 5-foot-2 Dell, who was a Queen of Muscle Beach and a performer with the Dewayne Bros. Circus, was shot out of a cannon onto a stage as a double for the much-taller Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967).
"When you are going through the air, your height doesn't matter," she said in...
- 1/13/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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