As per our current Database, Raymond Chandler has been died on Mar 26, 1959 (age 70).
When Raymond Chandler die, Raymond Chandler was 70 years old.
| Popular As | Raymond Chandler |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Age | 70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | July 23, 1888 (Chicago, IL) |
| Birthday | July 23 |
| Town/City | Chicago, IL |
| Nationality | IL |
Raymond Chandler’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Raymond Chandler was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
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).
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.
He received his second Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for the 1946 film, The Blue Dahlia.
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.
Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep, was made into a classic film starring Humphrey Bogart.
