Paula Kent
| Paula Kent Meehan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paula Jane Baer August 9, 1931 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 23, 2014 (aged 82) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills |
| Occupation | Businesswoman, philanthropist, model/actress (briefly) |
| Spouse(s) | Donald Arlen Slocum (divorced) John E. Meehan (m. 1973-2004; his death) |
| Parent(s) | Richard Moorehead Baer Lois Evelyn Martin |
Paula Jane Meehan (formerly Kent; née Baer; August 9, 1931 – June 23, 2014) was an American businesswoman, executive and philanthropist. She co-founded the Redken hair care products company. She briefly worked as an actress and fashion model.
Paula Kent Meehan was born as Paula Jane Baer, on August 9, 1931 in Beverly Hills, California. She was the daughter of Richard Moorehead Baer and his wife, Lois. Her maternal aunt was actress/dancer Paula Langlen (née Ora Pauline Hobbs). Her father was an assistant sound manager for Fox Studios, but later became an accountant.
The family moved to Burbank, where she grew up. Paula dropped out of high school, married Donald Arlen Slocum at the age of fifteen, became a mother, and was divorced a year and half later. While attempting to find jobs in television, she worked as a gas station attendant and as a secretary.
While she acted mostly in TV commercials, she played Mary Lake in a 1955 episode of the series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok titled Buckshot Comes Home. She played a waitress in an episode of State Trooper titled The Choker. She played a minor bit part as Dino's Restaurant hat check girl on 77 Sunset Strip at Warner Bros..
On May 17, 1959, she was presented as the Queen of The Congress at the 23rd Annual Congress of Beauty, a costume ball in the Biltmore Hotel sponsored by the Hollywood Hair Design Council in conjunction with the California Cosmetologist Association, which had a circus theme and entertainment for thousands of beauty operators. With her red-gold hair in a new style, she handed out preliminary trophies to a parade of models displaying both new styles and new colors for hair. Paula Kent worked with Al Lapin and it's important to know that Redken tints were at one time actually Lapinal tints. The Lapin Bros., Al, Itzy, Harold and Sam were geniuses in the business of Hair coloring and their salon was on Sunset Blvd., in Hollywood. Lapin Bros., Beauty Schools taught the correct way to color hair using fillers. As a performer, she was constantly having to fuss with her hair, but the shampoos and hair sprays caused her hair to dry out and break, and sometimes triggered allergic reactions in her scalp. In 1960, she launched a business career, co-founding with Jheri Redding, husband of her friend, a Southern California based hair care products company, Redken, with an initial investment of $3,000 she received for a Hamm's beer commercial.
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