Laraine Day
Acting
Born: 1920-10-13 · Roosevelt, Utah, USA
Died: 2007-11-10
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
🎬 Movies (30)
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
Mrs. Grant
Murder on Flight 502
1975
Claire Garwood
The 3rd Voice
1960
Marian Forbes
Swiss Family Robinson
1958
Frannie (Mother)
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
Sue Lorenz
Toy Tiger
1956
Gwendolyn Taylor
Prima Donna
1956
Laraine Day
Rendezvous in Black
1956
Florence Strickland
Too Old for Dolls
1955
Marge Ramsay
The Final Tribute
1955
Joyce Carter
The High and the Mighty
1954
Lydia Rice
The Woman on Pier 13
1950
Nan Lowry Collins
Without Honor
1949
Jane Bandle
My Dear Secretary
1948
Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord
Tycoon
1947
Maura Alexander Munroe
The Locket
1946
Nancy
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
Leigh Rand
Those Endearing Young Charms
1945
Helen Brandt
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
Madeleine
Bride by Mistake
1944
Norah Hunter
Twenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
Mr. Lucky
1943
Dorothy Bryant
The Glass Key
1942
Nurse (uncredited)
Journey for Margaret
1942
Nora Davis
Fingers at the Window
1942
Edwina 'Eddie' Brown
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942
Gail Farwood
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
Joanne
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941
Nurse Mary Lamont
Unholy Partners
1941
Miss 'Croney' Cronin
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941
Nurse Mary Lamont
📺 TV Shows (21)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Constance Fletcher
Airwolf
1984
Amelia Davenport
Hotel
1982
Mrs. Kupchak
The Love Boat
1977
Vera Simpson
The Sixth Sense
1972
Medical Center
1969
The Name of the Game
1968
Grace Jellicoe
The F.B.I.
1965
Helen York
Burke's Law
1963
Lisa Cole
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Ruth
The New Breed
1961
Vivian Cowley
Checkmate
1960
Amnesiac Woman
Pursuit
1958
Kathy Nelson
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Laraine Day
Climax!
1954
Ellen Parker
General Electric Theater
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
Sara Lewis
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Mrs. Lorenz
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Phyllis Dietrichson
Your Show of Shows
1950
What's My Line?
1950
Self