Paula Raymond
Acting • Born 1924-11-23 – Died 2003-12-31
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.
Filmography
66 credits
The Sellout
Movie • 1952
Peggy Stauton
The Spy with My Face
Movie • 1965
Director
The Tall Target
Movie • 1951
Ginny Beaufort
City That Never Sleeps
Movie • 1953
Kathy Kelly
Devil's Doorway
Movie • 1950
Orrie Masters
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Movie • 1953
Lee Hunter
Blood of Dracula's Castle
Movie • 1969
Countess Townsend
Texas Carnival
Movie • 1951
Marilla Sabinas
The Human Jungle
Movie • 1954
Pat Danforth
Crisis
Movie • 1950
Helen Ferguson
King Richard and the Crusaders
Movie • 1954
Queen Berengaria
Five Bloody Graves
Movie • 1969
Kansas Kelly
Hand of Death
Movie • 1962
Carol Wilson
Duchess of Idaho
Movie • 1950
Ellen Hallit
The Bandits of Corsica
Movie • 1953
Christina
The Gun That Won the West
Movie • 1955
Mrs. Max Gaines
The Flight That Disappeared
Movie • 1961
Marcia Paxton
Grounds for Marriage
Movie • 1951
Agnes Oglethorpe Young
Challenge of the Range
Movie • 1949
Judy Barton
The Shadow
Movie • 1954
Margot Lane
Inside Straight
Movie • 1951
Zoe Carnot
The Story of Three Loves
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Campbell
Holiday Affair
Movie • 1949
Girl at Drinking Fountain (uncredited)
Pat and Mike
Movie • 1952
Photographer at Tennis Tournament (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
Movie • 1949
Emerald - Kip's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Rusty Leads the Way
Movie • 1948
Louise Adams
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Mind Twister
Movie • 1994
Agnes
Sealed Verdict
Movie • 1948
Guard
Keep Smiling
Movie • 1938
Bettina Bowman
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Helen Reynolds
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Lady Blanche Carleton
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Netta Jarvais
Philip Marlowe
TV • 1959
The Beachcomber
TV • 1962
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Franny Wells
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Yancy Derringer
TV • 1958
Lucy Maridale
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
The Aquanauts
TV • 1960
Judy O'Brien
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Martina
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Passenger
M Squad
TV • 1957
Simone Brayden
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Millie Wilkins
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Andrea Beauvoir
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
Tightrope
TV • 1959
State Trooper
TV • 1956
The Roaring 20's
TV • 1960
Maverick
TV • 1957
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Polly Key
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Kathleen
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Countess
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Doris Shackley
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Brenda Larkin
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Terry Faye
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Katherine Ames
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Linda Wills
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Angie Pierce
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Anne Hunter