LARAINE DAY
Laraine Day
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: October 13, 1920
Deathday: November 10, 2007
Place of Birth: Roosevelt, Utah, USA
Biography
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 Jane's adopted son "Boy" in Tarzan Finds a Son. Her break came in 1939, with the wildly popular "Dr Kildare" sequels. Day played Kildare's nurse and love interest in the third through ninth Kildare movies, until her character married the doctor in Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day. As Mrs Kildare, she was written out of the next, and last, Kildare feature.
Filmography
Starring
1984·
AirwolfAmelia Davenport
1984·
Murder, She WroteConstance Fletcher
1982·
HotelMrs. Kupchak
Mrs. Grant
1977·
The Love BoatVera Simpson
1975·
Murder on Flight 502Claire Garwood
1972·
The Sixth Sense1969·
Medical Center1968·
The Name of the GameGrace Jellicoe
1965·
The F.B.I.Helen York
1963·
Burke's LawLisa Cole
Ruth
1961·
The New BreedVivian Cowley
1960·
CheckmateAmnesiac Woman
1960·
The 3rd VoiceMarian Forbes
1958·
PursuitKathy Nelson
Mother
1956·
Rendezvous in BlackFlorence Strickland
1956·
Prima DonnaLaraine Day
1956·
Toy TigerGwendolyn Taylor
1956·
Three for Jamie DawnSue Lorenz
Laraine Day
1955·
The Final TributeJoyce Carter
1955·
Too Old for DollsMarge Ramsay
1954·
Climax!Ellen Parker
Lydia Rice
1953·
Letter to LorettaSara Lewis, Karen McCall, Carol Potter
Mrs. Lorenz
1950·
What's My Line?Self
1950·
Lux Video TheatrePhyllis Dietrichson, Lydia, Claire Brandon, Lynn, Louise Howell, Charlotte Vale, Sophie
1950·
Your Show of Shows1950·
The Woman on Pier 13Nan Lowry Collins
1949·
Without HonorJane Bandle
1948·
My Dear SecretaryStephanie 'Steve' Gaylord
1947·
TycoonMaura Alexander Munroe
1946·
The LocketNancy
Helen Brandt
1945·
Keep Your Powder DryLeigh Rand
1944·
Twenty Years After(archive footage)
1944·
Bride by MistakeNorah Hunter
Madeleine
1943·
Mr. LuckyDorothy Bryant
1942·
Mr. Gardenia JonesJoanne
Mrs. Gail Farwood
Edwina 'Eddie' Brown
1942·
Journey for MargaretNora Davis
1942·
The Glass KeyNurse (uncredited)
1941·
The Bad ManLucia Pell
Mary Dugan
1941·
KathleenMartha Kent
Nurse Mary Lamont
1941·
Unholy PartnersMiss 'Croney' Cronin
Nurse Mary Lamont
1940·
My Son, My Son!Maeve O’Riordan
1940·
I Take This WomanLinda Rodgers
Kate Lattimer
Nurse Mary Lamont
1940·
Dr. Kildare's CrisisNurse Mary Lamont
Nurse Mary Lamont
Carol Fisher
1939·
Think FirstMarjorie (Margie) Smith
1939·
Arizona LegionLetty Meade (as Laraine Johnson)
1939·
Sergeant MaddenEileen Daly
Nurse Mary Lamont
1939·
Calling Dr. KildareNurse Mary Lamont
1939·
Tarzan Finds a Son!Mrs. Richard Lancing
1938·
Scandal StreetPeg Smith (as Laraine Johnson)
1938·
Border G-ManBetty Holden (as Laraine Johnson)
1938·
Painted DesertCarol Banning
1937·
Stella DallasGirl at Soda Shop / Train Passenger (uncredited)