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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robin_Raymond > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robin_Raymond.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Raymond > Source revision: 1334359909 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actress (1916–1994)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Robin Raymond | image = Robin Raymond in Girls in Chains (1943).jpg | caption = Raymond in ''[Girls in Chains](/source/Girls_in_Chains)'' (1943) | birth_name = Eleanor Rae Robin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|10|04|mf=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|06|20|1916|10|04|mf=yes}} | death_place = | education = [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) [(B.A,)](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1938–1980 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Norman E. Heeb|1941|1941|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Harry A. Epstein|1947|1955|end=divorced}} }} }} '''Robin Raymond''', sometimes credited as '''Robyn Raymond''' (October 4, 1916 – June 20, 1994{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}} ) was an American film actress. Though she later claimed she was born as '''Rayemon Robin''',{{cite journal |title=Here's Hollywood |journal=Screenland |date=April 1944 |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=54–56 |url=https://archive.org/details/screenland4748unse/page/n1029/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=May 17, 2021}} census records show her birth name was Eleanor Rae Robin. Her father had changed his name from Rubin to Robin around 1920.{{cite journal |title=Tales from Sherwood Forest might be one of the reasons the name Robin got footing years ago |journal=Omaha World Herald |date=November 2, 2025 |page=B7 |url=https://omaha.com/life-entertainment/local/article_cdef57e9-b91c-44a6-bcc0-3eab0d32dd2b.html |access-date=November 3, 2025}} == Early life == Raymond graduated from [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) with a [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree and worked as a press agent in Chicago.{{cite news |title=B.A. to P.A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77829543/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 19, 1938 |page=11|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} == Career == On Broadway, Raymond portrayed Blossom Le Verne in ''See My Lawyer'' (1939).{{cite web |title=Robin Raymond |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/robin-raymond-114177 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517232438/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/robin-raymond-114177 |archive-date=May 17, 2021}} She signed a movie contract with [MGM](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) in 1941 and was cast in incidental roles for one year. The she began freelancing, ultimately appearing in more than 40 films including ''[Johnny Eager](/source/Johnny_Eager)'' (1942) and as a slave girl in ''[Arabian Nights](/source/Arabian_Nights_(1942_film))'' (1942). Her screen personality was usually that of a hard-boiled glamour girl, in the manner of the better known [Iris Adrian](/source/Iris_Adrian). Her voice and manner were so similar to Adrian's that when [PRC](/source/Producers_Releasing_Corporation)'s Iris Adrian feature ''[Shake Hands with Murder](/source/Shake_Hands_with_Murder)'' was successful and the studio wanted a sequel, Adrian wasn't available so PRC substituted Robin Raymond (in her one starring role, the 1944 feature ''[Rogues' Gallery](/source/Rogues'_Gallery_(1944_film))''.) One of Raymond's more memorable roles may have been that of a good-hearted burlesque dancer Tanya Zakoyla in the film noir ''[The Glass Wall](/source/The_Glass_Wall)'' (1953). She appeared in Episode 32 (Alpine, Texas) of ''[Trackdown](/source/Trackdown_(TV_series))'', and was featured on the ''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))'' program in the 1957 episode "The Case of the Hesitant Hostess." Raymond also appeared in a 1958 episode of ''[Dragnet](/source/Dragnet_(1951_TV_series))'' "The Big Perfume Bottle". == Personal life == Raymond married nightclub owner Norman E. Heeb in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 15, 1941. They were divorced on November 28, 1941.{{cite news |title=Actress Corrects 'Mistake' by Winning Divorce Decree |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77827797/robin-raymond/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=November 29, 1941 |page=5|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} On January 26, 1947, she married multimillionaire Harry A. Epstein in Yuma, Arizona. They were divorced on February 16, 1955.{{cite news |title=Actress Tells of Death Threat, Gets Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77827084/robin-raymond/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=February 17, 1955 |page=3|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} ==Partial filmography== [[File:Robin Raymond and Frank Sinatra 1955.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Robin Raymond and [Frank Sinatra](/source/Frank_Sinatra) in 1955]] {{Div col}} * ''[For Love or Money](/source/For_Love_or_Money_(1939_film))'' (1939) - Maid * ''[Johnny Eager](/source/Johnny_Eager)'' (1941) - Matilda * ''[Ship Ahoy](/source/Ship_Ahoy_(film))'' (1942) - Cigarette Girl (uncredited) * ''[Moontide](/source/Moontide)'' (1942) - Mildred * ''[The Tuttles of Tahiti](/source/The_Tuttles_of_Tahiti)'' (1942) - Maitu (uncredited) * ''[Sunday Punch](/source/Sunday_Punch_(film))'' (1942) - Vicky (uncredited) * ''[Tortilla Flat](/source/Tortilla_Flat_(film))'' (1942) - Woman (uncredited) * ''[The Affairs of Martha](/source/The_Affairs_of_Martha)'' (1942) - Juanita (uncredited) * ''[Calling Dr. Gillespie](/source/Calling_Dr._Gillespie)'' (1942) - Bubbles * ''[Secrets of the Underground](/source/Secrets_of_the_Underground)'' (1942) - Marianne Panois * ''[Arabian Nights](/source/Arabian_Nights_(1942_film))'' (1942) - Slave Girl * ''[Slightly Dangerous](/source/Slightly_Dangerous)'' (1943) - Girl (uncredited) * ''[Girls in Chains](/source/Girls_in_Chains)'' (1943) - Rita Randall * ''[Let's Face It](/source/Let's_Face_It_(film))'' (1943) - Mimi (uncredited) * ''[Hi'ya, Sailor](/source/Hi'ya%2C_Sailor)'' (1943) - Margie (uncredited) * ''[His Butler's Sister](/source/His_Butler's_Sister)'' (1943) - Sunshine Twin * ''[Standing Room Only](/source/Standing_Room_Only_(1944_film))'' (1944) - Assembly Line Worker (uncredited) * ''[Ladies of Washington](/source/Ladies_of_Washington)'' (1944) - Vicky O'Reilly * ''[Ghost Catchers](/source/Ghost_Catchers)'' (1944) - Miss Ware (uncredited) * ''[Are These Our Parents?](/source/Are_These_Our_Parents%3F)'' (1944) - Mona Larson * ''[Sweet and Low-Down](/source/Sweet_and_Low-Down)'' (1944) - Blonde (uncredited) * ''[Rogues' Gallery](/source/Rogues'_Gallery_(1944_film))'' (1944) - Patsy Clark (starring role) * ''[The Clock](/source/The_Clock_(1945_film))'' (1945) - Check Room Attendant (uncredited) * ''[Men in Her Diary](/source/Men_in_Her_Diary)'' (1945) - Stella * ''[Tars and Spars](/source/Tars_and_Spars)'' (1946) - Recording Studio Pitch Woman (uncredited) * ''[A Letter for Evie](/source/A_Letter_for_Evie)'' (1946) - Eloise Edgewaters * ''[Talk About a Lady](/source/Talk_About_a_Lady)'' (1946) - 'Peaches' Barkeley * ''[The Man I Love](/source/The_Man_I_Love_(1947_film))'' (1946) - Lee (uncredited) * ''[Johnny O'Clock](/source/Johnny_O'Clock)'' (1947) - Hatcheck Girl (uncredited) * ''[A Likely Story](/source/A_Likely_Story)'' (1947) - Ticket Girl * ''[The Web](/source/The_Web_(film))'' (1947) - Newspaper Librarian * ''[The Prince of Thieves](/source/The_Prince_of_Thieves)'' (1948) - Maude (uncredited) * ''[French Leave](/source/French_Leave_(1948_film))'' (1948) - Simone * ''[Mighty Joe Young](/source/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1949_film))'' (1949) - Nightclub Dancer (uncredited) * ''[Wabash Avenue](/source/Wabash_Avenue_(film))'' (1950) - Jennie * ''[Valentino](/source/Valentino_(1951_film))'' (1951) - Blonde Waitress (uncredited) * ''[The Sniper](/source/The_Sniper_(1952_film))'' (1952) - Woman Dunked at Carnival Concession (uncredited) * ''[The Glass Wall](/source/The_Glass_Wall)'' (1953) - Tanya aka Bella Zakoyla * ''[There's No Business Like Show Business](/source/There's_No_Business_Like_Show_Business_(film))'' (1954) - Lillian Sawyer * ''[Young at Heart](/source/Young_at_Heart_(1955_film))'' (1954) - Restaurant Patron (uncredited) * ''[Beyond a Reasonable Doubt](/source/Beyond_a_Reasonable_Doubt_(1956_film))'' (1956) - Terry Larue * ''[Jailhouse Rock](/source/Jailhouse_Rock_(film))'' (1957) - Dotty (uncredited) * ''[High School Confidential](/source/High_School_Confidential_(film))'' (1958) - Kitty * ''[Wild in the Country](/source/Wild_in_the_Country)'' (1961) - Flossie * ''[Twilight of Honor](/source/Twilight_of_Honor)'' (1963) - Tess Braden * ''[The Candidate](/source/The_Candidate_(1964_film))'' (1964) - Attorney Rogers * ''[Young Dillinger](/source/Young_Dillinger)'' (1965) * ''[Pendulum](/source/Pendulum_(1969_film))'' (1969) - Myra * ''[Adam-12](/source/Adam-12)'' (1970) - Marnie * ''[Psychic Killer](/source/Psychic_Killer)'' (1975) - Jury Foreman * ''[The Black Marble](/source/The_Black_Marble)'' (1980) - Millie {{div col end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Robin Raymond}} * {{IMDb name|id=0713358|name=Robin Raymond}} * {{IBDB name}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Raymond, Robin}} Category:1916 births Category:1994 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:Place of birth missing Category:Actresses from Chicago Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Northwestern University alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Robin Raymond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Raymond) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Raymond?action=history)). 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