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  • ELLA RAINES


    Information From IMDb


    Date of Birth
    6 August 1920, Snoqualmie Falls, Washington State, USA


    Date of Death
    30 May 1988, Sherman Oaks, California, USA (cancer of the throat)


    Birth Name
    Ella Wallace Raines


    Spouse
    Robin Olds (6 February 1947 - 1976) (divorced) 2 children
    Kenneth Trout (11 August 1942 - 22 December 1945) (divorced)


    Trivia
    She retired in 1956 after filming The Man in the Road (1956)


    Father was an engineer.


    Broke into films in 1943 as the sole contract star of a new production company, B-H Productions, established by actor Charles Boyer and director Howard Hawks. She later signed with Universal Pictures.


    Her second husband, Robin Olds, was a famous fighter pilot.
    Son of a World War I pilot, Olds was an ace
    (shot down 5 or more enemy aircraft) in WWII and 4 in Vietnam.
    They separated in 1975 and were divorced in 1976.
    Ella moved back to Hollywood and lived in Sherman Oaks
    until her death in 1988.
    She is survived by two daughters, Christina Eloise Olds
    of Vail, Colorado and Susan Olds Scott-Risner
    of North Bend, Washington and a granddaughter,
    Jennifer Newman of Santa Monica, CA.


    Mini Biography
    Ella Raines was born in Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, in 1920.
    After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the
    University of Washington as a drama student and participated in many plays.
    Following graduation, she traveled to New York and the lights of Broadway.
    She was eventually signed by Howard Hawks and played in
    Corvette K-225 (1943) as the love interest of Randolph Scott.
    She appeared in many A pictures very quickly, including Tall in the Saddle (1944) opposite John Wayne.
    She co-starred in many other films opposite such stars as
    Vincent Price, William Powell and Brian Donlevy
    (turning in a good performance as a spunky garage owner
    in director Arthur Lubin's underrated Impact (1949)).
    In the early 1950s she had her own TV series,
    "Janet Dean, Registered Nurse" (1954),
    and also had a short-lived recording career during that period.
    She died in 1988.
    IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Hafker,


    Filmography
    Actor
    1. "Matt Houston" .... Dorothy (1 episode, 1984)
    - Death Match (1984) TV episode .... Dorothy
    2. "The Christophers" (1 episode, 1956)
    - Washington Speaks for Himself (1956) TV episode
    3. "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" .... Claire Calvert (2 episodes, 1956)
    ... aka Matinee (UK: informal short title)
    ... aka Rheingold Theatre (USA)
    - Beloved Stranger (1956) TV episode .... Claire Calvert
    - Better Mousetraps (1956) TV episode
    4. The Man in the Road (1956) .... Rhona Ellison
    5. "Janet Dean, Registered Nurse" .... Janet Dean (34 episodes, 1954)
    - The Applegate Case (1954) TV episode .... Janet Dean
    - The Baker Case (1954) TV episode .... Janet Dean
    - The Banks Case (1954) TV episode .... Janet Dean
    - The Barton Case (1954) TV episode .... Janet Dean
    - The Bellamy Case (1954) TV episode .... Janet Dean
    (29 more)
    6. Ride the Man Down (1952) .... Celia Evarts
    7. "Your Show of Shows" (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
    - Episode #3.4 (1952) TV episode
    8. Fighting Coast Guard (1951) .... Louise Ryan
    ... aka Fighting U.S. Coast Guard
    9. The Second Face (1950) .... Phyllis Holmes
    10. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1950)
    - You Can't Take It with You (1950) TV episode
    11. "Lights Out" (1 episode, 1950)
    - The Ides of April (1950) TV episode
    12. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1 episode, 1950)
    ... aka Lucky Strike Theater
    ... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock
    ... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
    - The Phantom Lady (1950) TV episode
    13. Singing Guns (1950) .... Nan Morgan
    14. A Dangerous Profession (1949) .... Lucy Brackett
    15. Impact (1949) .... Marsha Peters
    16. The Walking Hills (1949) .... Chris Jackson
    17. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) .... Poppy McNaughton
    ... aka Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet (UK)
    18. Brute Force (1947) .... Cora Lister
    19. The Web (1947) .... Noel Faraday
    20. Time Out of Mind (1947) .... Clarissa 'Rissa' Fortune
    21. White Tie and Tails (1946) .... Louise Bradford
    ... aka The Swindlers (USA: new title)
    22. The Runaround (1946) .... Penelope Hampton aka Annabelle
    ... aka Deadly Enemies (USA: reissue title)
    23. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) .... Deborah Brown
    ... aka Guilty of Murder? (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Uncle Harry (UK)
    24. The Suspect (1944) .... Mary Gray
    25. Enter Arsene Lupin (1944) .... Stacie Kanares
    26. Tall in the Saddle (1944) .... Arleta 'Arly' Harolday
    27. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) .... Libby
    28. Phantom Lady (1944) .... Carol 'Kansas' Richman
    29. Cry 'Havoc' (1943) .... Connie
    30. Corvette K-225 (1943) .... Joyce Cartwright
    ... aka The Nelson Touch (UK)


    Self
    1. "The Ed Wynn Show" .... Actress / ... (1 episode, 1950)
    - Episode #1.28 (1950) TV episode .... Herself - Singer/Actress
    Archive Footage:
    1. Here's Lucy: On Location (2009)


    Previous Discussion on
    Ella Raines


    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 5 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Ella Raines was a fine and beautiful actress,
    sadly only making 1 film with Duke.


    Tall in the Saddle (1944) .... Arleta 'Arly' Harolday



    Pity there were not more, as there was
    obvious chemistry between the pair.


    Apparently when she met Duke, Bond and Fix,
    Duke had expressed concern to Ward about using
    swear words in front of her!
    Ella came to realize that Duke was prolific at swearing!

    Quote

    We had lunch, and I liked them all so much

    Quote

    I adored Duke- big old lunk of a thing. never mind his four-letter words.
    They just seemed to be like black pearls cast on hay-
    you overlooked them

    On the way back from lunch Ella overheard Duke say:-

    Quote

    I'll be goddamned if she doesn't even walk like Arly

    Ella didn't know at the time, that was to be her role.


    Ella said at the time.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 9 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Wow...thankyou ethanedwards for adding her so quickly...if only all my other wishes came true that quickly !!!!! Still think she was gorgeous and fiesty in their movie together..... Duke's face when he walks into the bar after she has been shooting at him...and he says that one word "Whisky!"

  • A short career than spanned 13 years with one guest appearance almost 30 years late. A beautiful woman with deep blue eyes. Not much of a story there. There must be a story. Why would she as quoted retire from acting in 1956? Duke seem to like her while filming, why didn't they work together more? I'll have to see Tall in the Saddle again to see her preformance. I don't recall much of her preformance. I do agree that she is a beautiful lady. May have not enjoyed acting that much.

    Cheers :cool:



    Quote

    "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it"

    - John Wayne quote