Raymond Chandler was an American hardboiled crime novelist born on July 23, 1888 in Chicago, IL. He is best known for creating the iconic private eye character Phillip Marlowe, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for Double Indemnity. His most famous works include Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953).
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💰 Net worth: $85 Million (2024)
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About
Hardboiled crime Novelist who created the private eye character Phillip Marlowe, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for Double Indemnity. Some of his most important literary works are Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953).
Before Fame
He traveled to Europe in his early twenties and worked for a time in the British civil Service. He gave up this line of work to become a reporter for the Daily Express and the Bristol Gazette.
Trivia
He received his second Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for the 1946 film, The Blue Dahlia.
Family Life
He began a love affair with Cissy Pascal, a married woman eighteen years his senior, in 1919. Pascal eventually left her husband, and she and Chandler married in February of 1924.
Associated With
Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep, was made into a classic film starring Humphrey Bogart.