Robin Raymond

American actress (1916–1994)

Norman E. Heeb

(m. 1941; div. 1941)

Harry A. Epstein

(m. 1947; div. 1955)

Robin Raymond, sometimes credited as Robyn Raymond (born Rayemon Robin,^[1] October 4, 1916 – June 20, 1994^{[citation needed]} ) was an American film actress.

Early life

Raymond graduated from Northwestern University with a BA degree and worked as a press agent in Chicago.^[2]

Career

On Broadway, Raymond portrayed Blossom Le Verne in See My Lawyer (1939).^[3]

She signed a movie contract with MGM 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 (1942) and as a slave girl in Arabian Nights (1942). Her screen personality was usually that of a hard-boiled glamour girl, in the manner of the better known Iris Adrian. Her voice and manner were so similar to Adrian's that when PRC's Iris Adrian feature 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.)

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 (1953). She appeared in Episode 32 (Alpine, Texas) of Trackdown, and was featured on the Perry Mason program in the 1957 episode "The Case of the Hesitant Hostess."

Personal life

Raymond married nightclub owner Norman E. Heeb in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 15, 1941. They were divorced on November 28, 1941.^[4] On January 26, 1947, she married multimillionaire Harry A. Epstein in Yuma, Arizona. They were divorced on February 16, 1955.^[5]

Partial filmography

For Love or Money (1939) - Maid
Johnny Eager (1941) - Matilda
Ship Ahoy (1942) - Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Moontide (1942) - Mildred
The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) - Maitu (uncredited)
Sunday Punch (1942) - Vicky (uncredited)
Tortilla Flat (1942) - Woman (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha (1942) - Juanita (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) - Bubbles
Secrets of the Underground (1942) - Marianne Panois
Arabian Nights (1942) - Slave Girl
Slightly Dangerous (1943) - Girl (uncredited)
Girls in Chains (1943) - Rita Randall
Let's Face It (1943) - Mimi (uncredited)
Hi'ya, Sailor (1943) - Margie (uncredited)
His Butler's Sister (1943) - Sunshine Twin
Standing Room Only (1944) - Assembly Line Worker (uncredited)
Ladies of Washington (1944) - Vicky O'Reilly
Ghost Catchers (1944) - Miss Ware (uncredited)
Are These Our Parents? (1944) - Mona Larson
Sweet and Low-Down (1944) - Blonde (uncredited)
Rogues' Gallery (1944) - Patsy Clark (starring role)
The Clock (1945) - Check Room Attendant (uncredited)
Men in Her Diary (1945) - Stella
Tars and Spars (1946) - Recording Studio Pitch Woman (uncredited)
A Letter for Evie (1946) - Eloise Edgewaters
Talk About a Lady (1946) - 'Peaches' Barkeley
The Man I Love (1946) - Lee (uncredited)
Johnny O'Clock (1947) - Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
A Likely Story (1947) - Ticket Girl
The Web (1947) - Newspaper Librarian
The Prince of Thieves (1948) - Maude (uncredited)
French Leave (1948) - Simone
Mighty Joe Young (1949) - Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Wabash Avenue (1950) - Jennie
Valentino (1951) - Blonde Waitress (uncredited)
The Sniper (1952) - Woman Dunked at Carnival Concession (uncredited)
The Glass Wall (1953) - Tanya aka Bella Zakoyla
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) - Lillian Sawyer
Young at Heart (1954) - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) - Terry Larue
Jailhouse Rock (1957) - Dotty (uncredited)
High School Confidential (1958) - Kitty
Wild in the Country (1961) - Flossie
Twilight of Honor (1963) - Tess Braden
The Candidate (1964) - Attorney Rogers
Young Dillinger (1965)
Pendulum (1969) - Myra
Psychic Killer (1975) - Jury Foreman
The Black Marble (1980) - Millie

References

^ "Here's Hollywood". Screenland. 48 (6): 54–56. April 1944. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
^ "B.A. to P.A." The Los Angeles Times. April 19, 1938. p. 11. Retrieved May 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Robin Raymond". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
^ "Actress Corrects 'Mistake' by Winning Divorce Decree". The Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1941. p. 5. Retrieved May 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Actress Tells of Death Threat, Gets Divorce". The Los Angeles Times. February 17, 1955. p. 3. Retrieved May 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.