Paula Raymond (born Paula Ramona Wright; November 23, 1924 – December 31, 2003) was an American model and actress who played the leading lady in numerous movies and television series including Crisis (1950) with Cary Grant.

[2] Raymond was born on November 23, 1924, as Paula Ramona Wright in San Francisco, California.

She told author Leo Verswijver "I got started modeling at $25 an hour and [I] forgot all about acting, because I was earning a living.

[5] Raymond's first acting role was playing Bettina Bowman in Keep Smiling (1938),[5] credited as Paula Rae Wright.

In 1950, she was put under contract by MGM, where she played opposite leading men such as Cary Grant and Dick Powell.

Early in her career, Raymond acted in film noir thrillers such as the cult classic City That Never Sleeps (with Gig Young, Mala Powers and Marie Windsor), and later in her career, she acted in horror films.

"[6] Raymond appeared in a 1959 episode "The Paymaster" of the ABC/Desilu western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.

In 1960, she appeared in two episodes of Bat Masterson, once as Angie in “Last of the Night Raiders” and as Linda Wells in “Mr.

She also appeared in the third episode of the first season, initially broadcast on February 3, 1959, in the science fiction series Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond titled "Emergency Only", which also memorably featured Jocelyn Brando as a screaming fortune teller at a party.

In 1977, while working on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, after only three appearances, she accidentally tripped on a telephone cord and broke her ankle.

[8] On December 31, 2003, Raymond died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles[5] from a series of respiratory ailments.