Years active 1943–84 Name Ella Raines | Role Film actress | |
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Full Name Ella Wallace Raines Born August 6, 1920 ( 1920-08-06 ) Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, U.S. Died May 30, 1988, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States Children Christina Eloise Olds, Susan Olds Scott-Risner, Robert Ernest Olds Movies Tall in the Saddle, The Strange Affair of U, Hail the Conquering Hero, Brute Force, Impact Similar People Robin Olds, Robert Siodmak, Audrey Long, Edwin L Marin, Arthur Lubin | ||
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Ella Wallace Raines (born Ella Wallace Raubes, August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988) was an American film and television actress.
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- Life and career
- Personal life
- Death
- Filmography
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Life and career
Born Ella Wallace Raines near Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, Ella Raines studied drama at the University of Washington and was appearing in a play there when she was seen by director Howard Hawks. She became the first actor signed to the new production company he had formed with the actor Charles Boyer, "B-H Productions," and made her film debut in Corvette K-225 in 1943.
Immediately following her role in that film, Raines was cast in the all-female war film Cry "Havoc", made the same year. In 1944, she appeared as a pin-up girl in the June 2 issue of the GI magazine Yank. She starred in a series of big films including the film noir Phantom Lady, the comedy Hail the Conquering Hero, and the John Wayne western Tall in the Saddle.
Soon, she began appearing in such films as 1945's The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry with Geraldine Fitzgerald and George Sanders and the 1947 thriller The Web. With the exception of Brute Force, in which Raines appeared with Burt Lancaster, none of her later films were nearly as successful as her previous movies and her career began to decline.
Raines appeared on the cover of Life magazine twice, once in 1944 for her work in Phantom Lady and once in 1947 for Brute Force.
In 1954 and 1955 she starred in the television series Janet Dean, Registered Nurse. She also appeared in such television series as Robert Montgomery Presents, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, Lights Out, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse and The Christophers.
She retired from acting in 1957, but made one further screen appearance with a guest role in the series Matt Houston in 1984.
Raines has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard, and for television at 6600 Hollywood Boulevard.
Personal life
On August 11, 1942, a few days after her graduation from the University of Washington, Raines married her high school sweetheart, United States Army Air Forces Major Kenneth William Trout. The couple divorced December 18, 1945.
On February 6, 1947, Raines married fighter pilot Robin Olds, who eventually became promoted to United States Air Force Brigadier General; the couple had two children. They separated in 1975 and divorced in 1976.
Death
She died from throat cancer in Sherman Oaks, California in 1988, aged 67.