Biography
Ella Wallace Raines (August 6, 1920 – 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 appeared frequently in crime pictures and film noir, but also in drama, comedy, Westerns, thrillers, and romance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ella Raines, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Man in the Road
1956
as Rhona Ellison
A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Celia Evarts
After Celia's father dies, a war erupts over control of his land.
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Louise Ryan
Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.
The Second Face
1950
as Phyllis Holmes
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has trans...
Singing Guns
1950
as Nan Morgan
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new jo...
A Dangerous Profession
1949
as Lucy Brackett
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Impact
1949
as Marsha Peters
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
The Walking Hills
1949
as Chris Jackson
A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.
The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947
as Poppy McNaughton
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary ...
Brute Force
1947
as Cora Lister
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of e...
The Web
1947
as Noel Faraday
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly real...
Time Out of Mind
1947
as Clarissa 'Rissa' Fortune
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Louise Bradford
When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress.
The Runaround
1946
as Penelope 'Annabelle' Hampton
Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945
as Deborah Brown
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows si...
The Suspect
1945
as Mary Gray
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henp...
Enter Arsène Lupin
1944
as Stacie Kanares
A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn't know it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.
Tall in the Saddle
1944
as Arleta 'Arly' Harolday
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwar...
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Libby
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to ...
Phantom Lady
1944
as Carol 'Kansas' Richman
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Connie
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitres...
Corvette K-225
1943
as Joyce Cartwright
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.