Article about female, deathly pale (5)
I believe the answer is:
ashen
'deathly pale' is the definition.
'article about female' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'female' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before**).
'an' enclosing 'she' is 'ASHEN'.
(Other definitions for ashen that I've seen before include "Unhealthily pale" , "Greyish" , "Pallid like fire residue" , "(Of face) pale (with shock)" , "Pale-faced" .)