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Paula Raymond
Actor
Died December 31, 2003 (79 years)
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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.
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Filmography
| 1993 | Mind Twister · as Agnes |
| 1969 | Blood of Dracula's Castle · as Countess Townsend |
| 1969 | Five Bloody Graves · as Kansas Kelly |
| 1965 | The Spy with My Face · as Director |
| 1965 | Days of Our Lives (TV Series) · as Nancy |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as The Director |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as Miss Katherine |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Franny Wells |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Peg Marlowe |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Passenger |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Sylvia Genna |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Lucy Maridale |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Gloria Cameron |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Paula - Saloon Gal |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Angie Pierce |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Susan Carver |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Simone Brayden |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Katherine Ames |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Katherine Wheeler |
| 1956 | State Trooper (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | The Gun That Won the West · as Mrs. Max Gaines |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | King Richard and the Crusaders · as Queen Berengaria |
| 1953 | City That Never Sleeps · as Kathy Kelly |
| 1953 | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms · as Lee Hunter |
| 1953 | Bandits of Corsica · as Christina |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Netta Jarvais |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Pauline Cushman |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Countess |
| 1952 | The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Mrs. Elaine Barlow |
| 1951 | The Tall Target · as Ginny Beaufort |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival · as Marilla Sabinas |
| 1950 | Crisis · as Helen Ferguson |
| 1949 | Holiday Affair · as Girl at Drinking Fountain |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side · as Joan Peterson |
| 1949 | Adam's Rib · as Emerald - Kip's Girlfriend (uncredited) |