SNOQUALMIE VALLEY PEOPLEELLA RAINES, ACTRESS | ||
Personal Info: | ||
| Ella's Parents: Ernest N. &
Margaret Bird (Zachary) Raines, both born in North Carolina Ella Wallace Raines born 6 Aug 1920 at Snoqualmie Falls, Washington Graduated from University of Washington, majored in drama Married 1st Kenneth Trout (High School Sweetheart & Major, USAF), 1942; divorced 1945 Married 2nd Robin Olds (See Fast Movers: Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience) (Brig. General, USAF), 1947; divorced 1975 Children: two daughters Died 30 May 1988 at Sherman Oaks, California; age 67 years; cause of death: throat cancer Buried ?? June 1988 at Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando, California | ||
Her 23 Movies: | ||
| Name & Year | Genre | Information |
| Cry Havoc - 1943 | Drama | Director: Richard Thorpe; Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, and others. |
| Corvette K-225/The Nelson Touch (UK) - 1943 | Action/Adventure | Director: Richard Rosson; Cast: Randolph Scott, James Brown, Barry Fitzgerald, Andy Devine, Fuzzy Knight, and others. |
| Phantom Lady - 1944 | Film Noir/Mystery | Director: Robert Siodmak, Universal Studios; Cast: Franchot Tone, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Thomas Gomez, Fay Helm, Elisha Cook Jr., and others. |
| Hail the Conquering Hero - August 1944 | Comedy | Director: Preston Sturges, Paramount; Cast: Eddie Bracken, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, and others. |
| Tall in the Saddle - 1944 | Western | Director: Edwin L. Marin; Cast: John Wayne, Ward Bond, George "Gabby" Hayes, Audrey Long, and others. |
| The Suspect - 1944 | Drama/Thriller | Director: Robert Siodmak; Cast: Charles Laughton, Stanley Ridges, Molly Lamont, Henry Daniell, Lon Chaney Jr., and others. |
| Enter Arsene Lupin - 1944 | Crime | Director: Ford Beebe; Cast: Charles Korvin, J. Carrol Naish, and others. |
| The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry - 1945 | Film Noir/Drama | Director: Robert Siodmak; Cast: George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sara Allgood, Moyna MacGill, and others. |
| The Runaround - 1946 | Comedy | Director: Charles Lamont; Cast: Rod Cameron, Broderick Crawford, Frank McHugh, and others. |
| White Tie and Tails - 1946 | Comedy | Director: Charles Barton; Cast: Dan Duryea, William Bendix, Richard Gaines, Barbara Brown, and others. |
| The Web - 1947 | Film Noir/Thriller | Director: Michael Gordon; Cast: Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price, Maria Palmer, John Abbott, and others. |
| Time Out of Mind - 1947 | Drama | Director: Robert Siodmak; Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll, Helena Carter, John Abbott, and others. |
| The Senator Was Indiscreet - 1947 | Comedy | Director: George S. Kaufman, Universal Studios; Cast: William Powell, Peter Lind Hayes, Arleen Whelan, Ray Collins, and others. |
| Brute Force - 1947 | Film Noir/Drama | Director: Jules Dassin; Cast: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, and others. |
| The Walking Hills - 1949 | Western | Director: John Sturges; Cast: William Bishop, Edgar Buchanan, Russell Collins, Jerome Courtland, Reed Howes, John Ireland, Arthur Kennedy, Randolph Scott, and others. |
| Impact - April 1949 | Crime/Drama | Director: Arthur Lubin, United Artists; Cast: Brian Donlevy, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, and others. |
| A Dangerous Profession - 1949 | Crime | Director: Ted Tetzlaff; Cast: George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Bill William, Jim Backus, Roland Winters, and others |
| Singing Guns - 1950 | Western | Director: Robert G. Springsteen; Cast: Vaughn Monroe, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Jeff Corey, and others; in color. |
| The Second Face - 1950 | Drama | Director: Jack Bernhard; Cast: Bruce Bennett, Rita Johnson, Jane Darwell, John Sutton, and others. |
| Fighting Coast Guard - 1951 | War | Director: Joseph Kane, Republic Pictures; Cast: Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, John Russell, Richard Jaeckel, William Murphy, Martin Milner, Steve Brodie, Hugh O'Brian, and others. |
| Ride the Man Down - 1953 | Western | Director: Joseph Kane, Republic Pictures; Cast: Rod Cameron, Brian Donlevy, and others; in color. |
| Janet Dean: Registered Nurse - 1954 | Drama | Director: |
| The Man in the Road - 1957 | Thriller | Director: Lance Comfort; Cast: Derek Farr, Donald Wolfit, Lisa Daniely, and others. |
Miscellaneous: | ||
| "Life Magazine" (Cover Photo) - February 28, 1944, issue | ||
| "Yank Magazine: The Army Weekly" (Pinup Girl) - June 2, 1944; July 28, 1944; & August 17, 1945, issues | ||
| "Ecran Magazine" (Argentina) (Back Cover Photo) - November 14, 1944, issue | ||
| "Lux Radio Theater" (Radio, "The Suspect" episode w/Charles Laughton, Rosalind Evon) - April 9, 1945 | ||
| "The Screen Guild Theater" (Radio, "Flesh and Fantasy" episode w/Charles Boyer) - April 23, 1945 | ||
| "Look Magazine" (Article) - July 10, 1945, issue | ||
| "Film Magazine" (Cover Photo) - October 1945, issue | ||
| "Cine Radio Magazine" (Uruguay) (Cover Photo) - December 27, 1946, issue | ||
| "Life Magazine" (Cover Photo) - August 11, 1947, issue | ||
| "Movie Lobby Card" ("The Web," Universal Pictures Co., Inc.) - 1947 | ||
| "Cine-Mundial Magazine" (Cover Photo) - February 1, 1948, issue | ||
| "Son of God's Country" (Appeared in person with other Hollywood stars at movie showings during "Atomic Frontier Days," Richland, WA) - September 4-6, 1948 | ||
| "Your Show of Shows" (TV Series, one episode) - 1950 | ||
| "Movie Lobby Card" ("The Second Face") - 1950 | ||
| "Second Man" (Country Playhouse performance, Fayetteville, NY, w/John Baragrey, James Doohan & Julie Christy) - August 19-24, 1951 | ||
| "Movie Star Trading Card" ("Famosas Estrellas," Spanish set) - circa 1953 | ||
| "North Carolina Azalea Festival Queen" - 1954 | ||
| "Movie Lobby Card" ("Tall in the Saddle," w/John Wayne, RKO) - 1957 | ||
| "Flying Doctor/Janet Dean, Registered Nurse" (TV series) - 1959 | ||
| "Matt Houston" (TV Series, one episode) - 1982 | ||
| "Golden Boot Award" (Western Movies & TV award) - 1984 | ||
Links of Interest: | ||
| Doug Stickney's Photo Gallery for Ella Raines - http://silverscreensirens.com/raines.htm | ||
| Ella Raines Filmography Site - http://us.imdb.com/Name?Raines,+Ella#Actress | ||
| The House (234 Magnolia) in "Impact" - http://www.alphais.com/larkspur/40750.html | ||
| Corriganville, a Location for "Impact" - http://www.oxy.edu/~jerry/corrigan.htm | ||
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