Paula Drew
American actress, singer, and commercial spokesperson
About Paula Drew
Paula Drew (born Tamara Victoria Dubin; June 1, 1925 — July 30, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and commercial spokesperson, best known for appearing in Hollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Early years Drew was born in Detroit as Tamara Victoria Dubin, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Dubin, a factory superintendent and a nurse, respectively. Her father was from Bessarabia, and her mother was from Russia. She had two brothers. Drew graduated from Fordson High School and, while working as a secretary for an attorney, she took night classes at Fordson Junior college. She began "singing seriously" when she was 14 years old. Wanger "went out of business", and she returned to her Detroit home. The Vigilantes Return (1947), Watch the Birdie (1950), and Danger Zone (1951).
Buffalo, New York In 1954 Drew moved to Buffalo, New York, where she began making Milk for Health radio and television commercials. That stint lasted for eight years
Drew was vice-president of Nevil Enterprises Inc., a plastic-manufacturing company based in Buffalo, for six years, doing public relations. After that, she was secretary to the president of Woldman Drug Stores for six years. In the late 1970s, she returned to television in commercials for Tops Friendly Markets.
Personal life Drew married Dr. Ira M. Altshuler, a psychiatrist, on May 4, 1949, in Bowling Green, Ohio. Forty-three days later he sued for divorce.
She later married Hyman Eidlitz and moved to Toronto, where she died at the age of 94. She and Eidlitz are buried at Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park.
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