What is Gene Raymond?
[[File:Gene Raymond in Million Dollar Weekend.jpg|right|200px]] '''Gene Raymond''' (born '''Raymond Guion'''; August 13, 1908 – May 3, 1998) was an American actor, screenwriter, songwriter, director, producer and composer. He was born in [[New York City]]. His most notable movies include ''[[Red Dust (1932 movie)|Red Dust]]'' (1932) with [[Jean Harlow]] and [[Clark Gable]], ''[[Zoo in Budapest]]'' (1933) with [[Loretta Young]], ''[[Ex-Lady]]'' (1933) with [[Bette Davis]], ''[[Flying Down to Rio]]'' (1933) with [[Dolores del Río]], [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]], ''[[I Am Suzanne]]'' (1934) with [[Lilian Harvey]], ''[[Sadie McKee]]'' (1934) with [[Joan Crawford]], [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 movie)|Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'' (1941) with [[Carole Lombard]] and [[Robert Montgomery]], and ''[[The Locket]]'' (1946) with [[Laraine Day]], [[Brian Aherne]], and [[Robert Mitchum]]. Raymond was married to actress [[Jeanette MacDonald]] from 1937 until her death in 1965. It was alleged that Raymond was [[gay]] and he had abused MacDonald physically during their marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2013/11/gene-raymond-buddy-rogers-and-three.html|title=Gods and Foolish Grandeur: Gene Raymond, Buddy Rogers, and three rather odd Hollywood marriages|date=Nov 10, 2013|access-date=May 5, 2020}}</ref> Raymond died on May 3, 1998 from [[pneumonia]] in [[Los Angeles]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituary: Gene Raymond |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-gene-raymond-1156524.html |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=28 May 1998}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|713270}} *{{Find a Grave|4068}} *[http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/1078/gene-raymond Gene Raymond] at Virtual History {{DEFAULTSORT:Raymond, Gene}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1998 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:Am