Paula Shaw

Acting

Born July 17, 1941, The Bronx, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• 2023Round and Round — Grandma Rosie
• 2022Hanukkah on Rye — Esther
• 2022The Wedding Veil Legacy — Gia
• 2022Wedding of a Lifetime — Rose Alexander
• Day of the Dead — Mrs. French
• 2021Debbie Macomber's A Mrs. Miracle Christmas — Helen
• 2021It Was Always You — Grandma Vivien
• 2020Elsewhere — Dora Maloney
• 2020Five Star Christmas — Margo Ralston
• 2019Fall Back Down — Mrs. Simmons
• 2019Picture a Perfect Christmas — Louise Griffith
• 2017Coming Home for Christmas — Pippa Marley
• 2017Destination Wedding — Grandma Goldie
• 2013Twist of Faith — Hava Fisher
• 2012Hitched for the Holidays — Theresa
• Mr. Young
• R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour — Nana
• 2006Ties That Bind — Mrs. Vega
• 2005Chupacabra Terror — Mrs. Hartman
• 2005Home for the Holidays — Miss Carol Parker
• 2005Killer Bash — Janine J. Gordon
• Supernatural — Grandmother Demon
• Terminal City
• 2004The Ranch — Yetta
• 2003Freddy vs. Jason — Mrs. Pamela Voorhees
• 2003Night Creep — Dr. Wayborn
• 2002Insomnia — Coroner
• The Twilight Zone — Judge
• 2002We'll Meet Again — Edna Barry
• 2001Off Season — Managing Editor
• 2000Reindeer Games — Aunt Lisbeth
• So Weird — Betty Johnson
• Da Vinci's Inquest
• 1998Merchants of Venus — Dolores
• The Outer Limits — Executive, Mrs. Janus
• 1993A Stranger in the Mirror — Mrs. Czinski
• The X-Files — Ward Nurse
• 1992Fatal Memories — Leah
• 1992Shame — Mrs. Rudolph
• The Commish
• 1989Communion — Woman from Apartment
• 21 Jump Street — Mrs. Sanders, Judge Jones
• Beverly Hills Buntz — Mrs. Spelling
• Wiseguy
• 1986When the Bough Breaks — Judge
• 1986Witchfire — Nurse Flemmings
• 1984Savage Streets — Charlene
• Cagney & Lacey
• 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Wulla Jean
• 1979...And Your Name Is Jonah — Ann
• Archie Bunker's Place
• 1977Chatterbox! — Policewoman
• 1977Herowork — Woman in Convertible
• 1977In the Glitter Palace — Ruth
• Lou Grant
• Three's Company — Ruth Wood
• Barney Miller — Paula Capshaw
• Starsky & Hutch
• Little House on the Prairie — Angela
• 1974The Centerfold Girls — Mrs. Walker
• 1973The Roommates — Socks' Ex-Girlfriend
• The Bob Newhart Show — Dr. Tammy Ziegler
• 1969Freedom to Love — Sandy
• 1969To Hex with Sex — Lucibel
• Ironside