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Ella Raines is a Actor American born on 6 august 1920 at Snoqualmie Falls (USA)
Ella Wallace Raines (August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988) was an American film and television actress.
(1950)
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Birth name Ella Wallace Raines
Nationality USA
Birth 6 august 1920 at Snoqualmie Falls (USA)
Death 30 may 1988 (at 67 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 6 august 1920 at Snoqualmie Falls (USA)
Death 30 may 1988 (at 67 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
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Raines was married, secondly, in 1947 to fighter pilot icon and United States Air Force Brigadier General Robin Olds; the couple had two children.Best films
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Filmography of Ella Raines (18 films)
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The Man in the Road (1956)
, 1h23Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit, Lisa Daniely, Russell Napier, Cyril Cusack
Roles Rhona Ellison
Rating62%
A brilliant scientist suffering from amnesia is hunted by Communist agents in search of a secret formula.
The Second Face (1950)
, 1h17Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ella Raines, Bruce Bennett, Rita Johnson, John Sutton, Patricia Knight, Roy Roberts
Roles Phyllis Holmes
Rating58%
Claire Elwood runs to her car and speeds away. Phyllis Holmes chases after her in her own car, but crashes into a truck. She is taken to the hospital, where her head is heavily bandaged. Insurance claims adjustor Mr. West visits her to find out what happened, but she refuses to talk to him. A flashback ensues.
Singing Guns (1950)
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Ella Raines, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Jeff Corey, Barry Kelley, Harry Shannon
Roles Nan Morgan
Rating62%
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, Bill Williams, Jim Backus, Roland Winters
Roles Lucy Brackett
Rating59%
The story begins as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone (Jim Backus) explains what bail bonds-men do and tells the viewers the setting is Los Angeles, California. One such man is Vince Kane (George Raft), a former cop. When one of his customers, Claude Brackett (Bill Williams), is murdered, Kane decides to investigate. He has two reasons for investigating: the curiosity of a former cop and it seems that he has fallen in love with Brackett's widow Lucy, an old flame.
Impact (1949)
, 1h51Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick
Roles Marsha Peters
Rating69%
Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has a young wife, Irene (Helen Walker), who is trying to kill him with the help of her young lover, Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett). The plan falls apart when Williams survives a hit on the head from the would-be killer. Attempting to flee the scene in Williams' Packard Clipper convertible, Torrance dies in a fiery head-on collision. The body is mistakenly identified as Williams.
The Walking Hills (1949)
, 1h18Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, Edgar Buchanan, John Arthur Kennedy, John Ireland, Jerome Courtland
Roles Chris Jackson
Rating64%
One day in contemporary Mexicali, a poker game in the back room of a cantina includes horse breeder Jim Carey, cowboys Shep and Johnny, a prospector called Old Willy, a stranger in town named Frazee and a drifter, Chalk. Guitar player Josh and bartender Bibbs are kibbitzing. Conversation turns to a legendary wagon train carrying gold bars worth $5 million lost 100 years ago in the Walking Hills, a huge area of shifting dunes across the border in the United States. Johnny, not paying attention, casually mentions how his horse recently tripped over an old wagon wheel in the hills. To keep the discovery a secret, they agree that all of them including Jim's man Cleve must join the search for the wagon train.
The Senator Was Indiscreet (1948)
, 1h28Genres Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors William Powell, Ella Raines, Arleen Whelan, Peter Lind Hayes, Ray Collins, Allen Jenkins
Roles Poppy McNaughton
Rating64%
The inept, somewhat slow-witted U.S. senator Melvin G. Ashton wants to run for President of the United States. His eager publicist, Lew Gibson, encourages him with various attention-gaining stunts, disappointing his girlfriend Poppy McNaughton, a reporter at a local newspaper.
Time Out of Mind (1947)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll, Helena Carter
Roles Clarissa 'Rissa' Fortune
Rating62%
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
Brute Force (1947)
, 1h34Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines
Roles Cora Lister
Rating75%
On a dark, rainy morning at Westgate Prison, prisoners crammed into a small cell watch through the window as Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) returns from his term in solitary confinement. Joe is angry and talks about escape. The beleaguered warden is under pressure to improve discipline. His chief of security, Capt. Munsey (Hume Cronyn), is a sadist who manipulates prisoners to inform on one another and create trouble so he can inflict punishment. The often drunk prison doctor (Art Smith) warns that the prison is a powder keg and will explode if they are not careful. He denounces Munsey's approach and complains that the public and government officials fail to understand the need for rehabilitation.
The Web (1947)
, 1h27Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price, John Abbott, Fritz Leiber
Roles Noel Faraday
Rating70%
Leopold Kroner (Fritz Leiber, Sr.), formerly of Colby Enterprises, is released after five years in prison for embezzlement. Andrew Colby (Price), claiming that Kroner has threatened him, hires lawyer Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) as a personal bodyguard. That evening, Regan hears a gunshot from Colby's study and finds Kroner there, apparently trying to kill Colby. Regan kills Kroner when he turns around, pointing the gun at him.
, 1h20Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines, Sara Allgood, Moyna MacGill, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Deborah Brown
Rating66%
Harry Quincy (Sanders) is an amiable middle-aged man working as a designer in a fabric mill in the small town of Corinth. Younger people in the factory call him "Uncle Harry". He lives as a bachelor in a large house with his two sisters; Lettie (Fitzgerald) and Hester (MacGill). Lettie is pretty but spoiled, and idles days away in bed, feigning numerous ailments. Hester is a widow and is harder working. It is made clear that although the family was rich, the money was lost in the Depression.
The Suspect (1945)
, 1h25Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Stanley Ridges, Henry Daniell, Rosalind Ivan, Molly Lamont
Roles Mary Gray
Rating73%
Philip Marshall (Charles Laughton) is a kind, henpecked accountant who strikes up an innocent friendship with a young stenographer (Ella Raines) who had approached him looking for work. He gradually finds himself falling in love with her, but keeps the relationship platonic.
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
, 1h27Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond, George "Gabby" Hayes, Audrey Long, Elisabeth Risdon
Roles Arleta 'Arly' Harolday
Rating68%
A tough quiet cowboy named Rocklin (John Wayne) boards a stagecoach headed for the Arizona town of Santa Inez in the late 1800s. He takes a seat alongside the old cantankerous driver, Dave (George "Gabby" Hayes), who enjoys giving his two women passengers—overbearing Miss Elizabeth Martin (Elisabeth Risdon) and her kindhearted niece Clara Cardell (Audrey Long)—a rough ride through the mountain roads of the sage country. When they stop to rest the horses at a roadside inn, they meet Sheriff Jackson and Bob Clews from Santa Inez, who are investigating the theft of cattle. When Rocklin asks about Red Cardell, the owner of the stolen K.C. Ranch cattle, he learns that he is Clara's great uncle and was recently murdered. A drunken Dave insults them and, pretending to be his friends, they take him to the barn for a "short laydown". Later Rocklin discovers him unconscious after being pistol-whipped. Rocklin drives the stage the rest of the way to Santa Inez.
Phantom Lady (1944)
, 1h27Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Elisha Cook, Jr., Thomas Gomez, Regis Toomey
Roles Carol 'Kansas' Richman
Rating71%
After a fight with his wife on their anniversary, Scott Henderson (Alan Curtis), a 32-year-old engineer, picks up an equally unhappy woman in a bar and they take a taxi to see a show. The woman refuses to tell him anything about herself. The star of the show, Estela Monteiro (Aurora Miranda), becomes furious when she notices that both she and the mystery woman are wearing the same unusual hat. When Henderson returns home, he finds Police Inspector Burgess (Thomas Gomez) and two of his men waiting to question him; his wife has been strangled with one of his neckties. Henderson has a solid alibi, but the bartender, taxi driver and Monteiro deny seeing the phantom lady. Henderson cannot even clearly describe the woman. He is tried and sentenced to death.
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
, 1h12Directed by Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Charles Korvin, Ella Raines, J. Carrol Naish, George Dolenz, Gale Sondergaard, Miles Mander
Roles Stacie Kanares
Rating60%