Beloved Hallmark Channel actress Paula Shaw has died. She was 84.
The news was confirmed via the official website for THE MAX, the personal development workshop Shaw created and led for over 30 years.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce Paula passed away peacefully on Wednesday Sept. 10, 2025 morning at 9:00 am,” the statement read. “Paula touched countless lives through The MAX, the Mastery, and her transformational work. Her legacy lives on in the communities she created and the lives she changed.”
Shaw made many appearances on the Hallmark Channel in the later years of her career. In addition to her role as Charlotte Jeffers in the series “Cedar Cove,” Shaw appeared in Hallmark Channel films including “It Was Always You,” “Five Star Christmas,” “Hanukkah on Rye,” and “Round and Round.”
The actress also played Jason Voorhees’ mother, Pamela, in the 2003 horror film “Freddy vs. Jason” and Mrs. Byrne in the Canadian sitcom “Mr. Young.”
Shaw’s agent, Jamie Levitt, reacted to her death in a statement shared with Entertainment Weekly.
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“She loved making people laugh. She created ‘family’ in every work environment. She would often speak to me of making people in production laugh … the folks behind the scenes. She tried to make everyone’s lives a little better before she left them,” Levitt said. “She made my life better.”
Hallmark screenwriter Julie Sherman Wolfe, who wrote “Hanukkah on Rye,” also shared a tribute via her Instagram Story.
“So sad to hear about Paula Shaw’s passing. We often chatted on Facetime after she filmed ‘Hanukkah on Rye,’ mostly about our shared heritage (and trying to figure out if we were related!),” Wolfe wrote. “We never found out, but it didn’t matter. She will always be one of my honorary bubbies.”