Laraine Day, born La Raine Johnson, was a major movie star of the 1940s and 50s. Raised in Utah as part of a prominent Mormon family, she came to Hollywood as a young woman, and made her film debut with an uncredited role in Stella Dallas. Before she was famous she also played the birth-mother of Tarzan and Janes adopted son Boy in Tarzan Finds a Son. Her break came in 1939, with the wildly popular Dr Kildare sequels. Day played Kildares nurse and love interest in the third through ninth Kildare movies, until her character married the doctor in Dr. Kildares Wedding Day. As Mrs Kildare, she was written out of the next, and last, Kildare feature. In 1942, she starred with Ayres again in the underrated axe murder melodrama Fingers at the Window. Over subsequent decades, her memorable films included the flashback-within-flashback-within-flashback drama The Locket, the gangster comedy Mr Lucky, and the campy paranoia piece I Married A Communist. She was among the all-star passengers in the overwrought airliner-in-peril drama The High and the Mighty, and in Hitchcocks Foreign Correspondent it was Day who encouraged Joel McCrea to give his stirring report of the air raid at the films climax Hitchcocks thinly-veiled plea for America to enter World War II. When television became a viable income source, Day found the small screen more inviting and less time-consuming than making movies, and she became primarily a TV actress. She had a 15-minute series of uplifting vignettes called Daydreaming with Laraine, and another 15-minute daily celebrity chat show called The Laraine Day Show. Married to New York Giants manager Leo Durocher, Day became one of TVs first female sports reporters when she hosted Day with the Giants, an early 1950s baseball talk show with Giants players that aired on New York Citys Channel 11. Her last film was a low-budget thriller, The Third Voice, in 1960, but she continued taking occasional guest roles on TV series Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Murder, She Wrote, etc. through the mid-1980s. Following her retierment she spent the remainder of her life active in the Mormon church, Republican politics, and various charity related work. Upon the death of her third husband Michael Grilikhes in March 2007 she moved back to her native Utah where she died that November at age 87. She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA.​

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Foreign Correspondent

Carol Fisher

Фильм 1940

The Woman on Pier 13

Nan Lowry Collins

Фильм 1950

The Glass Key

Nurse (uncredited)

Фильм 1942

The 3rd Voice

Marian Forbes

Фильм 1960

Without Honor

Jane Bandle

Фильм 1949

Journey for Margaret

Nora Davis

Фильм 1942

Fingers at the Window

Edwina 'Eddie' Brown

Фильм 1942

Swiss Family Robinson

Mother

Фильм 1958

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Nurse Mary Lamont

Фильм 1941

Tycoon

Maura Alexander Munroe

Фильм 1947

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Nurse Mary Lamont

Фильм 1940

Unholy Partners

Miss 'Croney' Cronin

Фильм 1941

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Nurse Mary Lamont

Фильм 1940

Calling Dr. Kildare

Nurse Mary Lamont

Фильм 1939

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Nurse Mary Lamont

Фильм 1940

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Nurse Mary Lamont

Фильм 1939

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

Nurse Mary Lamont

Фильм 1941

And One Was Beautiful

Kate Lattimer

Фильм 1940

Sergeant Madden

Eileen Daly

Фильм 1939

Three for Jamie Dawn

Sue Lorenz

Фильм 1956

Toy Tiger

Gwendolyn Taylor

Фильм 1956

My Son, My Son!

Maeve O’Riordan

Фильм 1940

Stella Dallas

Girl at Soda Shop / Train Passenger (uncredited)

Фильм 1937

Return to Fantasy Island

Mrs. Grant

Фильм 1978

Those Endearing Young Charms

Helen Brandt

Фильм 1945

Painted Desert

Carol Banning

Фильм 1938

Border G-Man

Betty Holden (as Laraine Johnson)

Фильм 1938

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Mary Dugan

Фильм 1941

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Self

Фильм 1940

Think First

Marjorie (Margie) Smith

Фильм 1939

Twenty Years After

(archive footage)

Фильм 1944

Scandal Street

Peg Smith (as Laraine Johnson)

Фильм 1938

Mr. Gardenia Jones

Joanne

Фильм 1942

Too Old for Dolls

Marge Ramsay

Фильм 1955

The Final Tribute

Joyce Carter

Фильм 1955

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Murder, She Wrote

Constance Fletcher

Tv 1984

Burke's Law

Lisa Cole

Tv 1963

The F.B.I.

Helen York

Tv 1965

Airwolf

Amelia Davenport

Tv 1984

Hotel

Mrs. Kupchak

Tv 1982

Medical Center

Tv 1969

General Electric Theater

Tv 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Sophie

Tv 1950

Your Show of Shows

Tv 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Mrs. Lorenz

Tv 1951

Climax!

Ellen Parker

Tv 1954

The Sixth Sense

Tv 1972

The New Breed

Vivian Cowley

Tv 1961

Letter to Loretta

Carol Potter

Tv 1953

Letter to Loretta

Karen McCall

Tv 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Charlotte Vale

Tv 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Louise Howell

Tv 1950

Letter to Loretta

Sara Lewis

Tv 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Lynn

Tv 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Claire Brandon

Tv 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Lydia

Tv 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Phyllis Dietrichson

Tv 1950

Pursuit

Kathy Nelson

Tv 1958

Checkmate

Amnesiac Woman

Tv 1960

The Name of the Game

Grace Jellicoe

Tv 1968

The Love Boat

Vera Simpson

Tv 1977

What's My Line?

Self - Panelist

Tv 1950

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Tv 1950

Screen Director's Playhouse

Laraine Day

Tv 1955

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Ruth

Tv 1962