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Laraine Day is a Actor American born on 13 october 1920 at Roosevelt (USA)

Laraine Day

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Birth name Laraine Johnson
Nationality USA
Birth 13 october 1920 at Roosevelt (USA)
Death 10 november 2007 (at 87 years) at Ivins (USA)

Laraine Day (October 13, 1920 – November 10, 2007) was an American actress and a former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star.

Biography

Day's first marriage was to singer turned airport executive, James Ray Hendricks in 1942. The couple adopted three children: Christopher, Angela and Michelle. Day filed for divorce from Hendricks in December 1946. Day was granted an interlocutory divorce from Hendricks on January 20, 1947, which required her to wait one year before remarrying.

On January 21, 1947, Day traveled to Juarez, Mexico where she received a second divorce decree. Later that day, she traveled to El Paso, Texas, where she married baseball manager Leo Durocher. Upon returning to California, the judge who granted Day's interlocutory divorce from Hendricks stated that the Mexican divorce she received was not legal and, since she failed to wait the one year period for her divorce to become final, deemed her Texas marriage illegal as well. After waiting approximately one year, Day and Durocher remarried on February 16, 1948, in Santa Monica, California. During her marriage to Durocher, Day was often referred to as "The First Lady of Baseball". While Durocher was managing the New York Giants, she wrote, Day With the Giants (1952). In 1952, she wrote and published another book entitled The America We Love. She was also the host of Day With the Giants, a 15-minute television interview program broadcast before New York Giants home games. Day and Durocher divorced in June 1960.

On March 7, 1961, Day married television producer Michael Grilikhes. She and Grilikhes had two daughters, Dana Laraine (born November 13, 1962) and Gigi (born October 6, 1964). After their births, Day rarely appeared in films, and only occasionally appeared on TV, usually portraying matronly types.


Religion
Day was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Throughout her life she never swore, smoked, or drank any kind of alcohol, coffee or tea. Until her death in 2007 she retained her Mormon faith stating that, "It brings me comfort in a confusing world".

In 1961 she appeared with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in their production of Let Freedom Ring which was an inspirational one hour program dedicated to the spirit of American Freedom.

Best films

The High and the Mighty (1954)
(Actress)
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
(Actress)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(18 films)
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Laraine Day (42 films)

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Actress

Murder on Flight 502, 1h37
Directed by George McCowan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Theodore Bikel, Sonny Bono, Dane Clark, Laraine Day
Roles Claire Garwood
Rating53% 2.6630252.6630252.6630252.6630252.663025
Flight 502 takes off from New York City to London. At the airport, a fake bomb threat leads to Head of Security Robert Davenport (George Maharis) finding a letter he would not have received until the next morning. The letter explains a series of murders will take place on Flight 502 before it lands. He and his team go over the backgrounds of all the passengers to find possible suspects. In the air, Captain Larkin (Robert Stack), off duty Police Officer Daniel Myerson (Hugh O'Brian), and flight attendant Karen White (Farrah Fawcett-Majors) look for suspicious passengers. Relationships develop on board between elderly singles Charlie Parkins (Walter Pidgeon) and Ida Goldman (Molly Picon), rock star Jack Marshall (Sonny Bono) and Dorothy Saunders (Rosemarie Stack), and mystery writer Mona Briarly (Polly Bergen) and suave passenger Paul Barons (Fernando Lamas). Briarly suspects Barons is actually a criminal who got away with stealing seven million dollars from a bank, but Barons denies it.
The 3rd Voice, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London, Olga San Juan, Tom Hernández, George Eldredge
Roles Marian Forbes
Rating67% 3.3643753.3643753.3643753.3643753.364375
The Man (Edmond O'Brien) is the accomplice of Marian Forbes (Laraine Day), the spurned mistress of a tycoon. She coaches The Man in impersonating the voice and appearance and habits of the intended victim and when he has been taken care of The Man begins his masquerade in a Mexican resort. Here he meets Corey Scott (Julie London) and moves on to contemplating the murder of his tutor. But things begin to go awry.
Toy Tiger
Toy Tiger (1956)
, 1h28
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeff Chandler, Laraine Day, Timothy Hovey, Richard Haydn, Cecil Kellaway, Judson Pratt
Roles Gwendolyn Taylor
Rating63% 3.188573.188573.188573.188573.18857
New York City advertising executive Gwen Harkinson is a widow with a son, Timmy, who lives full-time in an upstate boarding school. She sends art director Rick Todd in that direction to try to rehire Mike Wyman, a former creative talent for the ad agency who has given up that life to become a sculptor.
Three for Jamie Dawn, 1h21
Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Laraine Day, Ricardo Montalbán, Richard Carlson, June Havoc, Maria Palmer, Eduard Franz
Roles Sue Lorenz
Rating68% 3.4302153.4302153.4302153.4302153.430215
La riche héritière Jamie Dawn a tiré sur son amant. Lors de son procès, son avocat tente d'influencer trois des jurés.
The High and the Mighty, 2h27
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris
Roles Lydia Rice
Rating66% 3.346153.346153.346153.346153.34615
In Honolulu, a DC-4 airliner prepares to take off for San Francisco with 17 passengers and a crew of 5. Former captain Dan Roman (John Wayne), the flight's veteran first officer known for his habit of whistling, is haunted by a crash that killed his wife and son and left him with a permanent limp. The captain, Sullivan (Robert Stack), suffers from a secret fear of responsibility after logging thousands of hours looking after the lives of passengers and crew. Young second officer Hobie Wheeler (William Campbell) and veteran navigator Lenny Wilby (Wally Brown) are contrasts in age and experience. Stewardess Spalding (Doe Avedon) attends her passengers, each with varying personal problems, including jaded former actress May Holst (Claire Trevor), unhappily married heiress Lydia Rice (Laraine Day), aging beauty queen Sally McKee (Jan Sterling) and cheerful vacationer Ed Joseph (Phil Harris). Spalding befriends the terminally ill Frank Briscoe (Paul Fix) after being charmed by his pocket watch. A last-minute arrival, Humphrey Agnew (Sidney Blackmer), causes the crew concern with his strange behavior.
The Woman on Pier 13, 1h13
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar, Thomas Gomez, Janis Carter, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Nan Lowry Collins
Rating59% 2.996232.996232.996232.996232.99623
Brad Collins (Ryan), a San Francisco shipping executive (real name Frank Johnson) who recently married Nan Lowry Collins (Laraine Day) after a brief courtship, was once involved with Communism in New York, while a stevedore during the Depression. Shortly after returning home following their honeymoon, the couple meet Christine Norman (Janis Carter), an old flame of Collins. Nan immediately dislikes her.
Without Honor, 1h9
Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Bruce Bennett, Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Agnes Moorehead, Franchot Tone, Frank Marlowe
Roles Jane Bandle
Rating60% 3.0452953.0452953.0452953.0452953.045295
A housewife (Day) is confronted during her daily chores by her married lover (Tone). The man, after a long affair, tells the woman that he has to break off their relationship. The woman threatens suicide, but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer, the two struggle and the man is stabbed in the chest and collapses. The housewife hides the body in the house. Before she can leave, her brother-in-law (Clark) arrives and tells the woman that he knows about the affair and that he has invited her husband, her lover and his wife to her house that evening so that he can tell them about the affair. The woman, in a panic worrying that they will find out about the killing, attempts to flee but cannot get away from her vengeful brother-in-law.
My Dear Secretary, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallée, Florence Bates
Roles Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord
Rating57% 2.8532952.8532952.8532952.8532952.853295
Successful novelist and playboy Owen Waterbury (Kirk Douglas) hires aspiring writer Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord (Laraine Day) as his secretary; a dream come true for Steve who admires Owen and his work. Steve soon finds out that the egomaniacal Owen has gone through a series of secretaries who have left when they are fed up with his behaviour. He is constantly in debt and cannot begin to write a contracted novel that will pay his bills including a lucrative advance by his publisher. Steve perseveres until the novel, based on the events of Steve's life and that mentions a character based on his publisher shown in an unflattering light, is refused publication.
Tycoon
Tycoon (1947)
, 2h8
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors John Wayne, Laraine Day, Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, James Gleason, Anthony Quinn
Roles Maura Alexander Munroe
Rating60% 3.048143.048143.048143.048143.04814
Johnny Munroe (John Wayne) travels to South America to build a mountain railroad tunnel for Frederick Alexander (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), a wealthy industrialist. Complications arise when Alexander insists upon a shorter, more dangerous passage and when his daughter Maura (Laraine Day) develops a romantic interest with Johnny.
The Locket
The Locket (1946)
, 1h25
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, Gene Raymond, Sharyn Moffett, Ricardo Cortez
Roles Nancy Monks Blair Patton
Rating70% 3.543623.543623.543623.543623.54362
A story told in a number of flashbacks from different points of view, this psychological drama tells the story of a bride-to-be (Day) who, as a child, was falsely accused of theft. She grows up to become a kleptomaniac, inveterate liar, and eventually a murderess.
Those Endearing Young Charms, 1h21
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Young, Laraine Day, Ann Harding, Bill Williams, Anne Jeffreys, Glen Vernon
Roles Helen Brandt
Rating59% 2.9542952.9542952.9542952.9542952.954295
This script must be run from the command line
The Story of Dr. Wassell, 2h20
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Kelly, Carol Thurston
Roles Madeleine
Rating65% 3.29463.29463.29463.29463.2946
Lors de l'offensive japonaise en Indonésie, un médecin originaire de l'Arkansas, le Dr Wassell, chercheur passionné engagé dans la Marine se consacre à soigner les blessés américains d'un navire coulé par les Japonais. Au moment ce l'offensive japonaise sur Java un navire accepte d'embarquer les blessés capables de marcher mais pas la petite douzaine sur des civières. Le Dr Wassell reste avec eux, les ramène à l'hôpital de campagne plusieurs fois bombardé, parvient à les faire transporter par un convoi anglais à travers la jungle, use de la ruse pour les faire monter à bord d'un cargo surchargé et arrive enfin en Australie.
Bride by Mistake, 1h21
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Laraine Day, Alan Marshal, Marsha Hunt, Allyn Joslyn, Edgar Buchanan, Michael St. Angel
Roles Norah Hunter
Rating62% 3.145463.145463.145463.145463.14546
Home from the war, Captain Tony Travis (Alan Marshal) eyes an estate in Santa Barbara and wonders what it must be like to be that rich. It is the property of the fabulously wealthy Nora Hunter (Laraine Day), who has secretary and friend Sylvia Lockwood (Marsha Hunt) impersonate her in public. Longtime guardian Jonathan Connors (Edgar Buchanan) protects his ward's privacy zealously. During a ship launching, a press photographer takes Nora's picture, but Connors sees to it that the camera film is ruined.
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky (1943)
, 1h40
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Alan Carney, Gladys Cooper, Henry Stephenson
Roles Dorothy Bryant
Rating70% 3.546643.546643.546643.546643.54664
Swede (Charles Bickford) rows up to a public dock in a dinghy. He hides when he spots a young woman who walks to the end of the pier. When a new night watchman (Emory Parnell) notices her as well, Swede stops him from bothering her. The sailor begins recounting her story, and the film segues into one long, continuous flashback.