Paula Raymond
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: November 23, 1924
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Agnes
as Kansas Kelly
as Countess Townsend
as Director
as Carol Wilson
as Andrea Beauvoir
as Marcia Paxton
as Judy O'Brien
as Lady Blanche Carleton
as Anne Hunter
as Passenger
as Franny Wells
as Millie Wilkins
as Linda Wills
as Angie Pierce
as Lucy Maridale
as Helen Reynolds
as Doris Shackley
as Brenda Larkin
as Terry Faye
as Katherine Ames
as Simone Brayden
as Mrs. Max Gaines
as Pat Danforth
as Queen Berengaria
as Margot Lane
as Lee Hunter
as Kathy Kelly
as Mrs. Campbell
as Christina
as Netta Jarvais
as Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
as Polly Key
as Photographer at Tennis Tournament (uncredited)
as Peggy Stauton
as Martina
as Kathleen
as Marilla Sabinas
as Ginny Beaufort
as Zoe Carnot
as Agnes Oglethorpe Young
as Orrie Masters
as Ellen Hallit
as Helen Ferguson
as Girl at Drinking Fountain (uncredited)
as Emerald - Kip's Girlfriend (uncredited)
as Judy Barton
as Guard
as Bettina Bowman