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Raymond Stross (22 May 1916 – 31 July 1988) was a British film producer. BFI.org His work was notable in part for its relatively frank sexual content and his long professional association with wife actor Anne Heywood.
He then went to work for various distributors and became branch manager in Northern Ireland for Columbia pictures. Stross bought a cimema in Belfast and bought up a chain. Then he bought another chain at Norwich. In 1948 Stross travelled to the US to increase his knowledge and prepare for the move into production.
Stross' first film as producer was the 1951 production of Hell is Sold Out, which included Richard Attenborough in his first comedy role. He soon became an "international" producer, frequently using American stars in his movies in order to make them more appealing to the world market.
Ray Stiles, bassist with Mud and The Hollies, called himself Stross in tribute.
Stross had a huge box office success with The Fox (1967).
In July 1959 Stross announced he would marry actress Anne Heywood, who he met making A Terrible Beauty. "It was love at first sight," said Heywood. Stross apparently proposed the day after they met. He was still married to Corey-James who was by then a literary agent. He cited David Deutsch as a co-respondent in the divorce case. Stross was granted a divorce on account of adultery between Deutsch and his second wife. Corey-James later announced she would marry Deutsch.
Stross and Haywood married in March 1960 and they had a son and daughter. He died in 1988 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.
Personal life
Stross was married to an American with whom he had a daughter, Laraine. He then married actress Clare Corey-James in March 1955 and attend the premiere of As Long as They's Happy that night.
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