Ella Raines

Ella Wallace Raines (August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988) was an American film and television actress.

Born Ella Wallace Raubes near Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, Raines studied drama at the University of Washington and was appearing in a play there when she was seen by Howard Hawks. She became the first actor signed to the new production company he had formed with the actor Charles Boyer, “B-H Productions”, and made her film debut in Corvette K-225 in 1943. Immediately following her role in that film, she was cast in the all female war film Cry ‘Havoc’, made the same year. In 1944 she starred in a series of big films including the film noir Phantom Lady, the comedy Hail the Conquering Hero, and the John Wayne western Tall in the Saddle. Soon, she began appearing in B-films including 1945’s The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry with Geraldine Fitzgerald and George…