Rita Corday

Actor
Rita Corday

About

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Also Known As
Paule Croset, Rita Croset, Paula Corday, Jeanne Paule Teipotemarga, Paula Croset
Birth Place
Switzerland
Born
October 20, 1924
Died
November 23, 1992
Cause of Death
Complications Following Gall Bladder Surgery

Biography

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B-film lead who decorated five of RKO's "Falcon" detective films before signing with Universal to perform similar duties in Max Ophuls' "The Exile" (1947). Briefly using the professional names Paule and Rita Croset, Rita Corday eventually became Paula Corday when she played second leads in such light fare as "Because You're Mine" and "You for Me" (both 1952). Corday decorated two Boris K...

Filmography

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The French Line (1954)
Celeste
The Black Castle (1952)
Elga Von Bruno
You For Me (1952)
Lucille Brown
Because You're Mine (1952)
Francesca [Landers]
The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
Lady Christiane, also known as The Masked Cavalier
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Denise Dorcet

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Because You're Mine - (Original Trailer)
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Hitler's Children - (Original Trailer)

Family & Companions

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Harold Nebenzal
Husband
Producer. Married in 1954.

Biography

B-film lead who decorated five of RKO's "Falcon" detective films before signing with Universal to perform similar duties in Max Ophuls' "The Exile" (1947). Briefly using the professional names Paule and Rita Croset, Rita Corday eventually became Paula Corday when she played second leads in such light fare as "Because You're Mine" and "You for Me" (both 1952). Corday decorated two Boris Karloff chillers: she played the romantic lead in "The Black Castle" (1952) and a young mother desperately trying to arrange surgery for her crippled daughter in producer Val Lewton's "The Body Snatcher" (1945). After marrying producer Harold Nebenzal in 1954, Corday retired from the screen, making only occasional TV appearances thereafter.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The French Line (1954)
Celeste
The Black Castle (1952)
Elga Von Bruno
You For Me (1952)
Lucille Brown
Because You're Mine (1952)
Francesca [Landers]
The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
Lady Christiane, also known as The Masked Cavalier
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Denise Dorcet
The Exile (1947)
Katie
The Truth About Murder (1946)
Peggy
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
Joan Meredith
Pan-Americana (1945)
Pan American girl
West of the Pecos (1945)
Suzanne
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
Joan Marshall
What a Blonde (1945)
Sonya
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Mrs. Marsh
Government Girl (1944)
The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
Lili D'Allio
Girl Rush (1944)
Member of troupe
Hitler's Children (1943)
Young matron
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
Georgine
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
Marguerita Serena
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
Mia Bruger
The Adventures of a Rookie (1943)
Ruth
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
Model
Mr. Lucky (1943)

Life Events

1942

Placed under contract by RKO

1943

Made film acting debut in a bit part in "Hitler's Children"

1947

Signed with Universal and briefly used the names Paule Croset and Rita Croset

1954

Retired after marrying producer Harold Nebenzal

Videos

Movie Clip

Exile, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Are You An Englishman? Exiled English king Charles Stuart (writer and producer Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) at a Dutch market, charmed by flower-girl Katie (Paule Croset, a.k.a Rita Corday), then evading spies from England, early in Max Ophuls' The Exile, 1947.
Exile, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Lady Of Quality Epic single takes from director Max Ophuls, innkeeper Katie (Rita Corday) and incognito exiled king Charles (writer and producer Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) with his impostor (Robert Coote), recieving a footman (William Trenk), then shrewd Countess Anbella (Maria Montez), in The Exile, 1947.

Trailer

Because You're Mine - (Original Trailer) After being drafted, an opera star (Mario Lanza) falls for his sergeant's sister in Because You're Mine (1952).
Hitler's Children - (Original Trailer) A German-American girl is forced to enter a Hitler youth program in Hitler's Children (1943), directed by Edward Dmytryk.
French Line, The -- (Original Trailer) "Jane Russell in 3-D - It'll knock both your eyes out!" was producer Howard Hughes tagline for the color musical The French Line (1954).
Too Young To Kiss - (Original Trailer) A grown woman (June Allyson) poses as a child prodigy to advance her career as a concert pianist in Too Young To Kiss (1951).
Body Snatcher, The - (Re-issue Trailer) Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi make sinister partners in the horror classic The Body Snatcher (1945), directed by Robert Wise.

Family

Deborah Corday
Daughter
Survived her.
Daniel Nebenzal
Son
Survived her.

Companions

Harold Nebenzal
Husband
Producer. Married in 1954.

Bibliography

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