Ella Raines(1920-1988)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
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.
