- Mary Raye originally danced with Valentino in a movie entitled the "Cobra." She became very famous for her dancing role with Rudolph Valentino.

--Later, Raye teamed up with Mario (Nordio) Naldi while dancing together in an act in Europe and decided to keep the

Dance Partners

exhibition ballroom dance team and had been dancing in most of the upper-crest

Night Clubs

   - Aug. 10, 1948. WJZ-TV (WABC-TV)* New York NY, ch. 7, 7 p.m. The first WABC broadcast originated from the Palace Theater on Broadway with a four-hour show, one of the acts was Raye and Naldi. Performed for fifty-two straight weeks in a row at the Plaza Hotel.

Mario died in Florida in 1988 and after his death, Mary moved to New Jersey to live with family, where she finally died in Barneget, NJ in 2003.