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Laraine Day

Laraine Day

Acting·1920–2007·49 films

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,

Filmography

Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent (1940)Carol Fisher
The Glass Key
The Glass Key (1942)Nurse (uncredited)
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)Mrs. Richard Lancing
Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas (1937)Girl at Soda Shop / Train Passenger (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty (1954)Lydia Rice
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky (1943)Dorothy Bryant
The Locket
The Locket (1946)Nancy
The Woman on Pier 13
The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)Nan Lowry Collins
My Dear Secretary
My Dear Secretary (1948)Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord
The Story of Dr. Wassell
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)Madeleine
Journey for Margaret
Journey for Margaret (1942)Nora Davis
Tycoon
Tycoon (1947)Maura Alexander Munroe
Without Honor
Without Honor (1949)Jane Bandle
Murder on Flight 502
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)Claire Garwood
Fingers at the Window
Fingers at the Window (1942)Edwina 'Eddie' Brown
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)Nurse Mary Lamont
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)Nurse Mary Lamont
The 3rd Voice
The 3rd Voice (1960)Marian Forbes
I Take This Woman
I Take This Woman (1940)Linda Rodgers
Calling Dr. Kildare
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939)Nurse Mary Lamont
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)Nurse Mary Lamont
Keep Your Powder Dry
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)Leigh Rand
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)Nurse Mary Lamont
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)Self
And One Was Beautiful
And One Was Beautiful (1940)Kate Lattimer
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Mr. Gardenia Jones (1942)Joanne
My Son, My Son!
My Son, My Son! (1940)Maeve O’Riordan
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)Nurse Mary Lamont
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)Nurse Mary Lamont
Bride by Mistake
Bride by Mistake (1944)Norah Hunter
The Bad Man
The Bad Man (1941)Lucia Pell
Painted Desert
Painted Desert (1938)Carol Banning
Border G-Man
Border G-Man (1938)Betty Holden (as Laraine Johnson)
Unholy Partners
Unholy Partners (1941)Miss 'Croney' Cronin
Return to Fantasy Island
Return to Fantasy Island (1978)Mrs. Grant
Toy Tiger
Toy Tiger (1956)Gwendolyn Taylor
Kathleen
Kathleen (1941)Martha Kent
Arizona Legion
Arizona Legion (1939)Letty Meade (as Laraine Johnson)
Think First
Think First (1939)Marjorie (Margie) Smith
Sergeant Madden
Sergeant Madden (1939)Eileen Daly
Three for Jamie Dawn
Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)Sue Lorenz
The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)Mary Dugan
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After (1944)(archive footage)
A Yank on the Burma Road
A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)Gail Farwood
Scandal Street
Scandal Street (1938)Peg Smith (as Laraine Johnson)
Those Endearing Young Charms
Those Endearing Young Charms (1945)Helen Brandt
Prima Donna
Prima Donna (1956)Laraine Day
Rendezvous in Black
Rendezvous in Black (1956)Florence Strickland
Too Old for Dolls
Too Old for Dolls (1955)Marge Ramsay