Personal Info
Laraine Johnson
La Raine Johnson
Laraine Day
Acting
Biography
Laraine Day, born La Raine Johnson, was a major movie star of the 1940s and '50s. Raised in Utah as part of a prominent Mormon family, she came to Hollywood as a young woman, and made her film debut with an uncredited role in Stella Dallas. Before she was famous she also played the birth-mother of Tarzan and Jane's adopted son "Boy" in Tarzan Finds a Son. Her break came in 1939, with the wildly popular "Dr Kildare" sequels. Day played Kildare's nurse and love interest in the third through ninth Kildare movies, until her character married the doctor in Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day. As Mrs Kildare,…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Return to Fantasy Island
as Mrs. Grant
Murder on Flight 502
as Claire Garwood
The 3rd Voice
as Marian Forbes
Swiss Family Robinson
as Frannie (Mother)
Rendezvous in Black
as Florence Strickland
Three for Jamie Dawn
as Sue Lorenz
Toy Tiger
as Gwendolyn Taylor
Prima Donna
as Laraine Day
Too Old for Dolls
as Marge Ramsay
The Final Tribute
as Joyce Carter
TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
as Constance Fletcher · 2 ep.
Airwolf
as Amelia Davenport · 1 ep.
Hotel
as Mrs. Kupchak · 1 ep.
The Love Boat
as Vera Simpson · 2 ep.
The Sixth Sense
1 ep.
Medical Center
1 ep.
The Name of the Game
as Grace Jellicoe · 1 ep.
The F.B.I.
as Helen York · 1 ep.
Burke's Law
as Lisa Cole · 1 ep.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Ruth · 1 ep.