Paula Blackton

{{Short description|American actress and film director}}

{{Redirect|Paula Dean|the American chef|Paula Deen}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Paula Blackton

| image = Paulablackton.jpg

| caption = Paula Blackton, c. 1912

| birth_date = August 1, 1881

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, United States

| birth_name = Paula Hilburn

| death_date = March 27, 1930 (aged 48)

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress, director

}}

Paula Blackton (née Hilburn; known professionally as Paula Dean; August 1, 1881 – March 27, 1930) was a silent-screen actress and film director.

Filmography

  • The Littlest Scout (1919)
  • The Diary of a Puppy (1917)
  • The Fairy Godfather (1917)
  • Satin and Calico (1917)
  • A Spring Idyl (1917)
  • The Collie Market (1917)
  • The Little Strategist (1917)

=Director=

  • The Littlest Scout (1919)

=Writer=

  • The Littlest Scout (1919)

Family

In 1906, the Georgia-born Paula Hilburn married director and producer J. Stuart Blackton. They had two children, Violet Virginia Blackton (Mrs Woolrich; 1910–1965) and Charles Stuart Blackton (1914–2007), both of whom became film actors, and featured in their mother's productions.{{Cite journal|last=Orman|first=Felix|date=July 16, 1921|title=So This Is London!|url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturestu01unse/page/n101?q=scenarists|journal=The Motion Picture Studio|volume=1|pages=19|via=Internet Archive}}

Death

Paula Blackton died of cancer in 1930 at the age of 48. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.{{cn|date=December 2021}}

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