Ella Raines | |
|---|---|
 Circa 1940 | |
| Born | Ella Wallace Raines August 6, 1920 |
| Died | May 30, 1988 (aged 67) Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Years active | 1943–1957, 1984 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
Ella Wallace Raines (August 6, 1920[1] – May 30, 1988) was an American film and television actress active from the early 1940s through the mid-1950s. Described as "sultry" and "mysterious", the green-eyed star[2] appeared frequently in crime pictures and film noir, but also in drama, comedy, Westerns, thrillers, and romance.
Among the leading men she starred with were John Wayne, Charles Laughton, William Powell, Randolph Scott, Franchot Tone, Brian Donlevy, and Burt Lancaster. When film roles dwindled she turned to television. Her second marriage was to Robin Olds, a U.S. Air Force triple-ace fighter pilot and Commandant of Cadets of the United States Air Force Academy.
Raines appeared as a pin-up girl in the June 2 and June 16, 1944, issues of the G.I. magazine Yank, and on the cover of Life magazine twice, in 1944 for her work in Phantom Lady, and in 1947 for Brute Force.
- ^ "Entry for Ella Wallace Raines and Ernest Raines, 6 Aug 1920". Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873–1965 – via FamilySearch.
- ^ Becklund, Laurie (June 7, 1988). "Obituaries : Ella Raines; 'Sultry' Star of '40s-Era Films". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021.