Laraine Day

Laraine Day

Acting

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…

Filmography

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Murder, She Wrote ★ 7.5 Murder, She Wrote 1984 Airwolf ★ 7.6 Airwolf 1984 Hotel ★ 6.8 Hotel 1982 Return to Fantasy Island ★ 6.0 Return to Fantasy Island 1978 The Love Boat ★ 6.3 The Love Boat 1977 Murder on Flight 502 ★ 5.9 Murder on Flight 502 1975 The Sixth Sense ★ 6.3 The Sixth Sense 1972 Medical Center ★ 6.4 Medical Center 1969 The Name of the Game ★ 7.0 The Name of the Game 1968 The F.B.I. ★ 5.6 The F.B.I. 1965 Burke's Law ★ 6.3 Burke's Law 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ★ 7.8 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 The New Breed ★ 7.7 The New Breed 1961 Checkmate ★ 4.8 Checkmate 1960 The 3rd Voice ★ 5.9 The 3rd Voice 1960 Pursuit ★ 8.0 Pursuit 1958 Swiss Family Robinson ★ 10.0 Swiss Family Robinson 1958 Rendezvous in Black Rendezvous in Black 1956 Three for Jamie Dawn ★ 6.5 Three for Jamie Dawn 1956 Toy Tiger ★ 6.9 Toy Tiger 1956 Prima Donna Prima Donna 1956 The Final Tribute The Final Tribute 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ★ 7.0 Screen Director's Playhouse 1955 Too Old for Dolls Too Old for Dolls 1955 Climax! ★ 3.8 Climax! 1954 The High and the Mighty ★ 5.9 The High and the Mighty 1954 Letter to Loretta ★ 6.6 Letter to Loretta 1953 General Electric Theater ★ 6.8 General Electric Theater 1953 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ★ 7.2 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951 Lux Video Theatre ★ 6.7 Lux Video Theatre 1950 The Woman on Pier 13 ★ 5.3 The Woman on Pier 13 1950 Your Show of Shows ★ 7.3 Your Show of Shows 1950 Without Honor ★ 4.7 Without Honor 1949 My Dear Secretary ★ 6.1 My Dear Secretary 1948 Tycoon ★ 5.6 Tycoon 1947 The Locket ★ 6.3 The Locket 1946 Those Endearing Young Charms ★ 9.0 Those Endearing Young Charms 1945 Keep Your Powder Dry ★ 6.1 Keep Your Powder Dry 1945 Bride by Mistake ★ 6.7 Bride by Mistake 1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell ★ 6.4 The Story of Dr. Wassell 1944 Twenty Years After ★ 8.0 Twenty Years After 1944 Mr. Lucky ★ 7.0 Mr. Lucky 1943 Journey for Margaret ★ 6.7 Journey for Margaret 1942 The Glass Key ★ 6.6 The Glass Key 1942 Mr. Gardenia Jones ★ 5.0 Mr. Gardenia Jones 1942 Fingers at the Window ★ 5.7 Fingers at the Window 1942 A Yank on the Burma Road ★ 5.7 A Yank on the Burma Road 1942 Kathleen ★ 6.0 Kathleen 1941 Unholy Partners ★ 7.6 Unholy Partners 1941 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day ★ 6.8 Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day 1941 The People Vs. Dr. Kildare ★ 7.0 The People Vs. Dr. Kildare 1941 The Bad Man ★ 5.9 The Bad Man 1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan ★ 6.5 The Trial of Mary Dugan 1941 Dr. Kildare's Crisis ★ 6.7 Dr. Kildare's Crisis 1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home ★ 6.8 Dr. Kildare Goes Home 1940 Foreign Correspondent ★ 7.0 Foreign Correspondent 1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case ★ 4.8 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 1940 And One Was Beautiful ★ 6.7 And One Was Beautiful 1940 My Son, My Son! ★ 4.8 My Son, My Son! 1940 I Take This Woman ★ 5.9 I Take This Woman 1940 The Secret of Dr. Kildare ★ 6.1 The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939 Think First ★ 7.7 Think First 1939 Tarzan Finds a Son! ★ 6.2 Tarzan Finds a Son! 1939 Calling Dr. Kildare ★ 6.6 Calling Dr. Kildare 1939 Sergeant Madden ★ 7.5 Sergeant Madden 1939 Arizona Legion ★ 5.5 Arizona Legion 1939 Painted Desert ★ 6.0 Painted Desert 1938 Border G-Man ★ 5.6 Border G-Man 1938 Scandal Street ★ 8.0 Scandal Street 1938 Stella Dallas ★ 6.8 Stella Dallas 1937