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Paula Raymond

Paula Raymond

Birthday: 1924-11-23 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paula Raymond (November 23, 1924 – December 31, 2003) was an American model and actress. In 1950, she was put under contract by MGM, where she played opposite such leading men as Cary Grant and Dick Powell. Earlier in her career, Raymond acted in film noir thrillers such as City That Never Sleeps (with Gig Young and Marie Windsor), but later in her career she developed a horror film reputation. In 1952, she played the heroine in The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms. In the late 1950s and 1960 Raymond appeared in many television shows and low-budget horror movies including Perry Mason, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, and Blood of Dracula's Castle with Alexander D'Arcy and John Carradine. She turned down the role of saloon keeper Kitty in the long-running western classic series Gunsmoke (the role went to Amanda Blake). In 1962, Raymond was a passenger in a car that crashed into a tree on Sunset Boulevard. Her nose was severed by the rear view mirror. After only a little more than a year of extensive plastic surgery and recovery she returned to acting. In 1977, while working on the soap opera Days of our Lives, after only 3 appearances, she accidentally tripped on a telephone cord and broke her ankle. She was written out of the show. In 1984 she broke both hips, and in 1994 she broke her shoulder. Raymond was previously married. In 1944, Raymond married Floyd Leroy Patterson. In 1946, they divorced shortly after the birth of their daughter, Raeme Dorene Patterson. In 1993, Raymond's daughter died. In 2003, Raymond died at the age of 79 from a series of respiratory ailments. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paula Raymond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1969
Blood of Dracula's Castle

as    Countess Townsend

1969
Five Bloody Graves

as    Kansas Kelly

1965
The Spy with My Face

as    Director

1962
Hand of Death

as    Carol Wilson

1961
The Flight That Disappeared

as    Marcia Paxton

1955
The Gun That Won the West

as    Mrs. Max Gaines

1954
King Richard and the Crusaders

as    Queen Berengaria

1953
The Bandits of Corsica

as    Christina

1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

as    Lee Hunter

1952
The Sellout

as    Peggy Stauton

1951
Grounds for Marriage

as    Agnes Oglethorpe Young

1951
The Tall Target

as    Ginny Beaufort

1951
Texas Carnival

as    Marilla Sabinas

1951
Inside Straight

as    Zoe Carnot

1950
Crisis

as    Helen Ferguson

1950
Devil's Doorway

as    Orrie Masters

1949
Challenge of the Range

as    Judy Barton

1948
Rusty Leads the Way

as    Louise Adams