Rita Corday

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

Biography
Rita Corday was born Jeanne Paule Teipo-Ite-Marma Croset 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. She received theatrical training in Switzerland, Paris and Shanghai.

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

Personal life
In 1943, Corday announced her engagement to Navy Ensign Marshall Buell. She married producer Harold Nebenzal in 1947 and, in 1954, retired to raise their two children. They divorced in 1961.

Corday died November 21, 1992, after surgery, from complications of diabetes. She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.