Laraine Day
American actress (1920-2007) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 87
Laraine Day was an American actress, radio and television commentator, and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) contract star. As a leading lady, she was paired opposite major film stars, including Robert Mitchum, Lana Turner, Cary Grant, Ronald Reagan, Kirk Douglas, and John Wayne.
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AirwolfSeries, Amelia Davenport1978
Fantasy IslandSeries, Mrs. Cummings
Return to Fantasy IslandFilm, 1978Mrs. Grant1975
Murder on Flight 502Film, Claire Garwood1972
The Sixth SenseSeries1968
The Name of the GameSeries, Grace Jellicoe1963
Burke's LawSeries, Lisa Cole1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Ruth1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward
CheckmateSeries, 1960Amnesiac Woman1956
Toy TigerFilm, Gwendolyn Taylor1955
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, Laraine Day1954
The High and the MightyFilm, Lydia Rice1953
General Electric TheaterSeries1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Sophie1949
Without HonorFilm, Jane Bandle1948
My Dear SecretaryFilm, Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord1947
TycoonFilm, Maura Alexander Munroe1945
Keep Your Powder DryFilm, Leigh Rand1944
Bride by MistakeFilm, Norah Hunter1943
Mr. LuckyFilm, Dorothy Bryant1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding DayFilm, Nurse Mary Lamont1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundFilm1938
Border G-ManFilm, Betty Holden (as Laraine Johnson)1937
Stella DallasFilm, Girl at Soda Shop / Train Passenger (uncredited)1920Born13 October 1920People around Laraine
Lew Ayres Also in Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Alma Kruger Also in Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Harold S. Bucquet Directed Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
Lionel Barrymore Also in Calling Dr. Kildare and The Bad Man
Willis Goldbeck Wrote The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
Frederick Schiller Faust Wrote Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
Walter Kingsford Also in Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
Nell Craig Also in Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
Emma Dunn Also in Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
George H. Reed Also in The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
Horace McMahon Also in Calling Dr. Kildare and Sergeant Madden
Josef von Sternberg Directed I Take This Woman and Sergeant Madden
Richard Thorpe Directed Tarzan Finds a Son! and The Bad Man
W. S. Van Dyke Directed I Take This Woman (1940)
Nat Pendleton Also in Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Blossom Rock Also in Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)
Richard Wallace Directed Tycoon and Bride by Mistake
Roy Webb Wrote The Locket, Mr. Lucky and Painted Desert- David Howard Directed Painted Desert (1938)
- J. Walter Ruben Produced Sergeant Madden and The Bad Man
John Wayne Produced The High and the Mighty (1954)
Marsha Hunt Also in The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
Marjorie Main Also in Stella Dallas (1937)- Franz Waxman Wrote Journey for Margaret and The Bad Man
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Mr. Lucky 1943
Foreign Correspondent 1940
Stella Dallas 1937
The Glass Key 1942
Tarzan Finds a Son! 1939
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Television 22
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In addition to her numerous film and television roles, she acted on stage, conducted her own radio and television shows, and wrote two books. Because of her marriage to Leo Durocher and her involvement with his baseball career, she was known as the "First Lady of Baseball". Her best-known films include Foreign Correspondent; My Son, My Son; Journey for Margaret; Mr. Lucky; The Locket; and the Dr. Kildare series.
