Ella Raines(1920-1988)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ella Raines was born in Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, in 1920. After
graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of
Washington as a drama student and participated in many plays. Following
graduation, she traveled to New York and the lights of Broadway. She
was eventually signed by Howard Hawks and played in Merten sissit (1943) as the love
interest of Randolph Scott. She appeared in many A pictures very quickly,
including Cowboy 'puhdistaa' kaupungin (1944) opposite John Wayne. She co-starred in many other films
opposite such stars as Vincent Price, William Powell and Brian Donlevy (turning in a good
performance as a spunky garage owner in director Arthur Lubin's underrated
Tuhoava isku (1949)). In the early 1950s she had her own TV series, Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954), and
also had a short-lived recording career during that period. She died in
1988.
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