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Laraine Day was an American actress, radio and television commentator and a former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star. As a leading lady, she was paired opposite major film stars including Lana Turner, Cary Grant, Ronald Reagan, Kirk Douglas, and John Wayne. As well as having had numerous film and television roles, she acted on stage, conducted her own radio and television shows, and wrote two books. Owing to her marriage to Leo Durocher and her involvement with his baseball career, she was known as "the First Lady of Baseball". Her best-known films include Foreign Correspondent, My Son, My Son, Journey for Margaret, Mr. Lucky, The Locket, and the Dr. Kildare series.
Birth Name
Laraine Johnson
Born
Wednesday, 13 October 1920
Died
Saturday, 10 November 2007
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2008 |
Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock | Self - 'Carol Fisher' | 2004 |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
Murder, She Wrote | Constance Fletcher | 1984 |
Airwolf | Amelia Davenport | 1984 |
Hotel | Mrs. Kupchak | 1982 |
Lou Grant | Laura Sinclair | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Vera Simpson | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Mrs. Cummings / Mrs. Grant | 1977 |
Murder on Flight 502 | Claire Garwood | 1975 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2008 |
Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock | Self - 'Carol Fisher' | 2004 |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
Murder, She Wrote | Constance Fletcher | 1984 |
Airwolf | Amelia Davenport | 1984 |
Hotel | Mrs. Kupchak | 1982 |
Lou Grant | Laura Sinclair | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Vera Simpson | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Mrs. Cummings / Mrs. Grant | 1977 |
Murder on Flight 502 | Claire Garwood | 1975 |
The Sixth Sense | Marion Ford | 1972 |
Medical Center | Arelene Gillette | 1969 |
The Name of the Game | Grace Jellicoe | 1968 |
Dream Girl of '67 | Self - Fashion Hostess | 1966 |
The F.B.I. | Helen York | 1965 |
I'll Bet | Self | 1965 |
Burke's Law | Lisa Cole | 1963 |
You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Ruth | 1962 |
The New Breed | Vivian Cowley | 1961 |
Follow the Sun | Aunt Charlotte | 1961 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Checkmate | Woman | 1960 |
The 3rd Voice | Marian Forbes | 1960 |
Pursuit | Kathy Nelson | 1958 |
Swiss Family Robinson | Mother | 1958 |
Wagon Train | Cassie Vance | 1957 |
High Low Quiz | Self | 1957 |
Playhouse 90 | Florence Strickland / Lauren Hughes | 1956 |
Three for Jamie Dawn | Sue Lorenz | 1956 |
The Toy Tiger | Gwendolyn Taylor / Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Taylor | 1956 |
Screen Directors Playhouse | Joyce Carter / Self - Laraine Day Durocher | 1955 |
Make the Connection | Panelist | 1955 |
Climax! | Ellen Parker | 1954 |
Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles | Self - Audience Member | 1954 |
The High and the Mighty | Lydia Rice | 1954 |
Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
The Loretta Young Show | Carol Potter / Karen McCall / Sara Lewis | 1953 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Ann Crawford / Claire Beagle / Linda Ames / Margaret Allen / Marge Ramsay / Sally Reynolds / Vicki Hollister | 1952 |
I've Got a Secret | Self - Panelist | 1952 |
Quick as a Flash | Self | 1952 |
The U.S. Royal Showcase | Self | 1952 |
The Name's the Same | Self - Panelist / Self | 1951 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Mrs. Lorenz | 1951 |
Down You Go | Herself | 1951 |
Daydreaming with Laraine | Self - Host | 1951 |
The Laraine Day Show | Self - Host | 1951 |
The James Melton Show | Self | 1951 |
The Frank Sinatra Show | Self | 1950 |
Big Town | Commercial / Self | 1950 |
All Star Revue | Self - Guest Actress | 1950 |
Lux Video Theatre | Sophie / Phyllis Dietrichson / Lynn / Lydia / Louise Howell / Charlotte Vale | 1950 |
Star of the Family | Self | 1950 |
Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Performer / Self - Benrus wrist watch commercial | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Herself - Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
Without Honor | Jane Bandle | 1949 |
The Woman on Pier 13 | Nan Collins / Nan Lowry Collins | 1949 |
Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet | Self | 1949 |
This Is Show Business | Self - Panelist | 1949 |
Who Said That? | Self | 1948 |
My Dear Secretary | Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord | 1948 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actress | 1948 |
Tycoon | Maura / Maura Alexander Munroe | 1947 |
The Locket | Nancy Monks Blair Patton / Nancy | 1946 |
Those Endearing Young Charms | Helen Brandt | 1945 |
Keep Your Powder Dry | Leigh Rand | 1945 |
Bride by Mistake | Norah Hunter | 1944 |
The Story of Dr. Wassell | Madeleine | 1944 |
Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944 |
Mr. Lucky | Dorothy Bryant | 1943 |
Journey for Margaret | Nora Davis | 1942 |
Mister Gardenia Jones | Joanne | 1942 |
Fingers at the Window | Edwina Brown / Edwina 'Eddie' Brown | 1942 |
A Yank on the Burma Road | Mrs. Gail Farwood | 1942 |
Kathleen | Dr. Martha Kent / Martha Kent | 1941 |
Unholy Partners | Miss 'Croney' Cronin | 1941 |
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Mary Lamont | 1941 |
The People vs. Dr. Kildare | Nurse Mary Lamont | 1941 |
The Bad Man | Lucia Pell | 1941 |
The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mary Dugan | 1941 |
Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Mary Lamont | 1940 |
The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940 |
Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Mary Lamont / Nurse Mary Lamont | 1940 |
Foreign Correspondent | Carol Fisher | 1940 |
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Nurse Mary Lamont | 1940 |
And One Was Beautiful | Kate Lattimer | 1940 |
My Son, My Son! | Maeve O'Riorden / Maeve O’Riordan | 1940 |
I Take This Woman | Linda Rodgers | 1940 |
The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Nurse Mary Lamont | 1939 |
Think First | Marjorie (Margie) Smith | 1939 |
Tarzan Finds a Son! | Mrs. Richard Lancing | 1939 |
Calling Dr. Kildare | Mary Lamont / Nurse Mary Lamont | 1939 |
Sergeant Madden | Eileen Daly | 1939 |
Arizona Legion | Letty Meade (as Laraine Johnson) / Letty Meade | 1939 |
Painted Desert | Miss Carol Banning / Carol Banning | 1938 |
Border G-Man | Betty Holden / Betty Holden (as Laraine Johnson) | 1938 |
Scandal Street | Peg Smith (as Laraine Johnson) / Peg Smith | 1938 |
Stella Dallas | Girl at Soda Shop / Train Passenger | 1937 |