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Laraine Day (1920–2007)

Actress

Born into a prominent Mormon family in Utah, Laraine Day's acting career began after her parents moved to Long Beach, California, where she joined the Long Beach Players. She appeared in her first film in 1937 in a bit part, then did leads in several George O'Brien westerns. Signing a contract with MGM... See full bio »

Born:

Laraine Johnson
in Roosevelt, Utah, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Ivins, Utah, USA
Still of Laraine Day and Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent Still of Anthony Quinn, John Wayne and Laraine Day in Tycoon Still of Anthony Quinn, John Wayne and Laraine Day in Tycoon Lorraine Day, c. 1945. Gary Cooper and Laraine Day in The Story of Dr. Wassell
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1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Constance Fletcher
– Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2 (1986) … Constance Fletcher
– Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1 (1986) … Constance Fletcher
 
1985 Hotel (TV series)
Mrs. Kupchak
– Second Offense (1985) … Mrs. Kupchak
 
1985 Airwolf (TV series)
Amelia Davenport
– Eruption (1985) … Amelia Davenport
 
1979 Lou Grant (TV series)
Lauren Sinclair
– Hollywood (1979) … Lauren Sinclair
 
1978-1979 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Mrs. Cummings / Mrs. Grant
– The Wedding (1979) … Mrs. Cummings
– Return to Fantasy Island (1978) … Mrs. Grant
 
1978 The Love Boat (TV series)
Vera Simpson
– Marooned/The Search/Isaac's Holiday: Part 1 (1978) … Vera Simpson
– Marooned/The Search/Isaac's Holiday: Part 1 (1978) … Vera Simpson
 
1975 Murder on Flight 502 (TV movie)
Claire Garwood
 
1973 Medical Center (TV series)
Arelene Gillette
– Broken Image (1973) … Arelene Gillette
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Marion Ford
– The Heart That Wouldn't Stay Buried (1972) … Marion Ford
 
1969 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ellen York
– Gamble with Death (1969) … Ellen York
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Grace Jellicoe
– The Taker (1968) … Grace Jellicoe
 
1967 The World: Color It Happy (TV movie)
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Cassie Vance
– The Cassie Vance Story (1963) … Cassie Vance
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Lisa Cole
– Who Killed Billy Jo? (1963) … Lisa Cole
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Ruth
– Death and the Joyful Woman (1963) … Ruth
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Vivian Cowley
– A Motive Named Walter (1962) … Vivian Cowley
 
1962 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Aunt Charlotte
– Not Aunt Charlotte! (1962) … Aunt Charlotte
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Woman
– To the Best of My Recollection (1961) … Woman
 
1960 Moment of Fear (TV series)
– Cage of Air (1960)
 
1960 The 3rd Voice
Marian Forbes
 
1956-1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Florence Strickland / Lauren Hughes
– Dark as the Night (1959) … Lauren Hughes
– Rendezvous in Black (1956) … Florence Strickland
 
1958 Rendezvous (TV series)
– Alone (1958)
 
1958 Swiss Family Robinson (TV movie)
Mother
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
Kathy Nelson
– Tiger on a Bicycle (1958) … Kathy Nelson
 
1955-1957 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Carol Potter / Karen McCall / Sara Lewis
– Man in a Hurry (1957) … Karen McCall
– A Pattern of Deceit (1955) … Sara Lewis
– Slander (1955) … Carol Potter
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Lorenz
– Bitter Parting (1957) … Mrs. Lorenz
 
1957 Climax! (TV series)
Ellen Parker
– Walk a Tightrope (1957) … Ellen Parker
 
1952-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Ann Crawford / Claire Beagle / Margaret Allen / …
– Torn (1957) … Vicki Hollister
– The Women Who Dared (1956) … Margaret Allen
– Too Old for Dolls (1955) … Marge Ramsay
– The Legal Beagles (1954) … Claire Beagle
– Turn Back the Clock (1954) … Ann Crawford
See all 7 episodes »
 
1951-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Charlotte Vale / Louise Howell / Lydia / …
– Possessed (1957) … Louise Howell
– Now, Voyager (1956) … Charlotte Vale
– Double Indemnity (1954) … Phyllis Dietrichson
– Call Me Mrs. (1954) … Lydia
– Women Who Wait (1953)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1956 Three for Jamie Dawn
Sue Lorenz
 
1956 The Toy Tiger
Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Taylor
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– Tomorrow We May Part (1956)
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Joyce Carter
– The Final Tribute (1955) … Joyce Carter
 
1954 The High and the Mighty
Lydia Rice
 
1953 Double Play (TV series)
Co-host (1953)
 
1953 Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (1953)
 
1953 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– Hired Mother (1953)
 
1951 Daydreaming with Laraine (TV series)
Host
 
1951 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV series)
– The Crisis (1951)
 
1949 Without Honor
Jane Bandle
 
1949 The Woman on Pier 13
Nan Lowry Collins
 
1948 My Dear Secretary
Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord
 
1947 Tycoon
Maura
 
1946 The Locket
Nancy
 
1945 Those Endearing Young Charms
Helen Brandt
 
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry
Leigh Rand
 
1944 Bride by Mistake
Norah Hunter
 
1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
Madeleine
 
1943 Mr. Lucky
Dorothy Bryant
 
1942 Journey for Margaret
Nora Davis
 
1942 Mister Gardenia Jones (documentary short)
Joanne
 
1942 Fingers at the Window
Edwina Brown
 
1942 Dr. Kildare's Victory
Nurse Mary Lamont in Photo (uncredited)
 
1942 A Yank on the Burma Road
Mrs. Gail Farwood
 
1941 Kathleen
Dr. Angela Martha 'Angel' Kent
 
1941 Unholy Partners
Miss 'Croney' Cronin
 
1941 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Mary Lamont
 
1941 The People vs. Dr. Kildare
Nurse Mary Lamont
 
1941 The Bad Man
Lucia Pell
 
1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mary Dugan
 
1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Mary Lamont
 
1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Mary Lamont
 
1940 Foreign Correspondent
Carol Fisher
 
1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Nurse Mary Lamont
 
1940 And One Was Beautiful
Kate Lattimer
 
1940 My Son, My Son!
Maeve O'Riorden
 
1940 I Take This Woman
Linda Rodgers
 
1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Nurse Mary Lamont
 
1939 Think First (short)
Marjorie (Margie) Smith
 
1939 Tarzan Finds a Son!
Mrs. Richard Lancing
 
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare
Mary Lamont
 
1939 Sergeant Madden
Eileen Daly
 
1939 Arizona Legion
Letty Meade (as Laraine Johnson)
 
1938 Painted Desert
Miss Carol Banning (as Laraine Johnson)
 
1938 Border G-Man
Betty Holden (as Laraine Johnson)
 
1938 Scandal Street
Peg Smith (as Laraine Johnson)
 
1937 Stella Dallas
Girl at Resort and on Train (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2004 Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2004 American Masters (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2008 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2004 Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (video documentary short)
Herself - 'Carol Fisher'
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1971 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
– Episode dated 25 October 1971 (1971) … Guest Appearance
 
1963-1967 You Don't Say (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 July 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 29 April 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1965 I'll Bet (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 August 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 March 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1961 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 11 December 1961 (1961) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1959 The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1951-1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 12 January 1958 (1958) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 8 May 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 1 May 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 31 May 1953 (1953) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 9 September 1951 (1951) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1957 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.11 (1957) … Herself
 
1952-1957 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself - Panelist / Herself - Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 3 April 1957 (1957) … Herself - Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 30 April 1953 (1953) … Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 16 April 1953 (1953) … Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 18 September 1952 (1952) … Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 31 July 1952 (1952) … Herself - Panelist
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Herself - Laraine Day Durocher
– Prima Donna (1956) … Herself - Laraine Day Durocher
 
1956 Inside Beverly Hills (TV movie)
Herself
 
1955 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 19 July 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 12 July 1955 (1955) … Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 5 July 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 2 May 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 18 April 1955 (1955) … Herself - Guest Panelist
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1954 Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles (TV movie)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1950-1953 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #5.23 (1953) … Herself - Actress
– Episode #3.3 (1950) … Herself - Actress
 
1951-1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Actress / Herself - Guest Actress (Sketch)
– Episode #3.8 (1952) … Herself - Guest Actress (Sketch)
– Episode #1.38 (1951) … Herself - Guest Actress
 
1951 Down You Go (TV series)
Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 26 September 1951 (1951) … Herself - Panelist
 
1951 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Herself - Guest Performer
– Episode #2.38 (1951) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
1951 The Laraine Day Show (TV series)
Herself - Host
 
1949 Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.6 (1949) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Memorial Tribute
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

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She once formed a theatre under the direction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 5 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Laraine Johnson

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on John F. Kennedy] His liberal agenda and womanizing lifestyle are no good for America. See more »

Trivia:

She was an honorary member of the National Federation of Republican Women along with Cyd Charisse, Rhonda Fleming, and Coleen Gray. See more »

Trademark:

Her Mormon faith See more »

Nickname:

The Girl Next Door See more »

Star Sign:

Libra