She was 90 years old.
In her nearly 40-year Hollywood career, Dell served as stunt double for Julie Andrews inStar!
(1968) and Jaclyn Smith on the originalCharlies Angelsseries.
Credit: Courtesy Randy Boelsems
Dell also did work forCamelot(1967),Blazing Saddles(1974),Airplane!
(1980),Mystery Men(1999), and more.
She was very active in our group until just a few years ago.
If you are a working stuntwoman today, you owe part of your career to her!
She was a genuinely kind person and she loved the legacy that is SWAMP.
RIP to a legend who helped pave the way for every stuntwoman out there.
Dell was born Paula Adele Unger Boelsems to Ralph and Clayton Unger of Longmont, Colorado, in 1926.
By 1935, the family moved to California.
There, she flourished, graduating from Stephens College and USC, and becoming Queen of Muscle Beach.
Dell was also an international acrobatic judge and a teacher.
