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Rita Corday
Rita Corday
	Corday in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Born	Jeanne Paule Teipo-Ite-Marma Croset; October 20, 1920; Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Died	November 23, 1992 (aged 72); Century City, Los Angeles, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California
Other names	Paula Corday; Paule Croset
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1943–1954
Spouse	Harold Nebenzal (m. 1947; div. 1961)
Children	2

Rita Corday (born Jeanne Paule Teipo-Ite-Marma Croset; October 20, 1920 – November 23, 1992) was an American actress.^[1] She appeared in 30 films during the 1940s and 1950s. She was sometimes billed as Paula Corday^[2] or Paule Croset.

Biography

Rita Corday was born Jeanne Paule Teipo-Ite-Marma Croset^[3] in Papeete, Tahiti, one of two children born to a Swiss-French father, Marc Paul Croset, traveling representative of a Swiss watch company, and an English mother, the former Lily Wigglesworth.^[4]^[5]^[6] She received theatrical training in Switzerland, Paris and Shanghai.^[7]

In 1942, RKO Pictures signed Corday to a long-term contract.^[8]^[7] She made her first film appearance in January 1943, in Hitler's Children.^[9]^[10] During her career in Hollywood, she appeared mostly in second features. In her later films she was billed as Paula Corday or Paule Croset.^[9]

Personal life

In 1943, Corday announced her engagement to Navy Ensign Marshall Buell.^[11] She married producer Harold Nebenzal in 1947^[12]^[13] and, in 1954, retired to raise their two children.^[14] They divorced in 1961.^[15]

Corday died November 21, 1992,^[16] after surgery, from complications of diabetes.^[10] She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1943	Hitler's Children	Young matron	Uncredited^[9]
1943	The Falcon Strikes Back	Mia Bruger	^[9]
1943	Mr. Lucky	Girl	Uncredited^[9]
1943	Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event		^[9]
1943	The Adventures of a Rookie	Ruth - Party Guest	^[9]
1943	Gildersleeve on Broadway	Model	Uncredited^[9]
1943	Gangway for Tomorrow	Georgine	Uncredited^[9]
1943	Government Girl	Girl in Hotel Lobby	Uncredited^[9]
1943	The Falcon and the Co-eds	Marguerita Serena	^[9]
1944	Girl Rush	Member of troupe	Uncredited^[9]
1944	The Falcon in Hollywood	Lili D'Allio	^[9]
1945	Pan-Americana	Pan American girl	Uncredited^[9]
1945	The Body Snatcher	Mrs. Marsh	^[9]
1945	What a Blonde	Sonya	Uncredited^[9]
1945	The Falcon in San Francisco	Joan Marshall	^[9]
1945	West of the Pecos	Suzanne	^[9]
1946	The Truth About Murder	Peggy	^[9]
1946	The Falcon's Alibi	Joan Meredith	^[9]
1946	Dick Tracy vs. Cueball	Mona Clyde
1947	The Exile	Katie	Credited as Paule Croset^[9]
1951	The Sword of Monte Cristo	Lady Christiane	Credited as Paula Corday^[9]
1951	Too Young to Kiss	Denise Dorcet	Credited as Paula Corday^[9]
1952	You for Me	Lucille Brown	Credited as Paula Corday^[9]
1952	Because You're Mine	Francesca Landers	Credited as Paula Corday^[9]
1952	The Black Castle	Elga Von Bruno	Credited as Paula Corday^[9]
1954	The French Line	Celeste	Credited as Paula Corday^[9]
1956	G.E. Summer Originals		TV series, episode "Dawn at Damascus"; credited as Paula Corday^[17]

References

^ "Rita Corday". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
^ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 9780786457632. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
^ Johnson, Erskine (April 6, 1943). "In Hollywood". The Evening News. The Evening News. p. 6. Retrieved October 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rita Corday -- Name Means Ball of Light". Des Moines Register. June 25, 1944. p. 49. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ "Latest Glamour Star Is Coming to Memphis". ' The Commercial Appeal. September 30, 1947. p. 13. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ "Paule Croset Wins Role 'Because She Was Ready; New Film Personality, Tyrolean Blonde, Selected for 'The Exile' by Douglas Fairbanks Jr.". The Los Angeles Times. March 9, 1947. p. 23. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Rita Corday Gets Long-Term Offer From RKO Studio". The Waco News-Tribune. The Waco News-Tribune. October 23, 1942. p. 13. Retrieved October 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rita Corday — Name Means Ball of Light". The Des Moines Register. The Des Moines Register. June 25, 1944. p. 49. Retrieved October 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "Rita Corday". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Obituary: Rita Corday; Appeared in B Movies". Los Angeles Times. December 10, 1992. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
^ Carroll, Harrison (March 27, 1943). "Behind the Scenes in Hollywood". The Wilkes-Barre Record. p. 16. Retrieved October 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Katz, Ephraim (1979). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume. Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-50601-2. P.273.
^ "Marriages". Billboard. November 29, 1947. p. 46. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
^ "Obituaries: Rita Corday". Variety. December 14, 1992. p. 62. ProQuest 1401381702. In 1954 she married producer Harold Nebenzal and retired. Survived by two children, Deborah Corday and Daniel Nebenzal.
^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2020). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2019. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476640594.
^ "Rita Corday". Variety. December 9, 1992. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
^ "General Electric Summer Originals". ctva.com. CTVA – The Classic TV Archive. Retrieved June 3, 2024.