Irma St. Paule (March , â€" January , ) was a Ukrainian-born American
character actress who appeared on stage, screen and television from
to . Often portraying elderly characters, she appeared in productions
on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre productions
across the United States during her career.Irma St. Paule was born on
March , in Odessa in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Her
mother was from Russia and her father came from Turkey. At an early
age, St. Paule and her family moved to New York City. She later moved
to Chicago after she was married. There, St Paule enrolled at the
Goodman School of Drama (now the Theatre School at DePaul University)
to study as a ballerina. After she and her husband were granted a
divorce, she returned to New York City and later said of her
relocation to an interviewer, "By then, my family was mostly gone so I
was able to do as I wished. And I did!".Later in life, St. Paule began
a career in acting, appearing in several films and television shows
from , often playing grandmothers of Italian descent. Films in which
she was credited in during the s were The Oracle (), Walls of Glass
(), Psychos in Love () and Rain (). St. Paule made her debut in a
television film by being cast in The Bride in Black in , and portrayed
Ya Ya Andros on the NBC soap opera Guiding Light from to . In the
meantime, she was cast in three films in : St. Paule played Teresa in
The Cemetery Club, Household Saints, and The Saint of Fort Washington.
She later was seen in Who Do I Gotta Kill? (), Party Girl, Mother
Theresa in Jeffrey, and Monkeys (the final three films were released
in ).
character actress who appeared on stage, screen and television from
to . Often portraying elderly characters, she appeared in productions
on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre productions
across the United States during her career.Irma St. Paule was born on
March , in Odessa in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Her
mother was from Russia and her father came from Turkey. At an early
age, St. Paule and her family moved to New York City. She later moved
to Chicago after she was married. There, St Paule enrolled at the
Goodman School of Drama (now the Theatre School at DePaul University)
to study as a ballerina. After she and her husband were granted a
divorce, she returned to New York City and later said of her
relocation to an interviewer, "By then, my family was mostly gone so I
was able to do as I wished. And I did!".Later in life, St. Paule began
a career in acting, appearing in several films and television shows
from , often playing grandmothers of Italian descent. Films in which
she was credited in during the s were The Oracle (), Walls of Glass
(), Psychos in Love () and Rain (). St. Paule made her debut in a
television film by being cast in The Bride in Black in , and portrayed
Ya Ya Andros on the NBC soap opera Guiding Light from to . In the
meantime, she was cast in three films in : St. Paule played Teresa in
The Cemetery Club, Household Saints, and The Saint of Fort Washington.
She later was seen in Who Do I Gotta Kill? (), Party Girl, Mother
Theresa in Jeffrey, and Monkeys (the final three films were released
in ).
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