Ella Wallace Raines

 Ella Wallace Raines (August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988)

She 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 Sanders and the 1947 thriller The Web. With the exception of Brute Force, in which Raines appeared with Burt Lancaster, none of her later films were nearly as successful as her previous movies and her career began to decline. She retired from acting in 1957, but made one further screen appearance with a guest role in the series Matt Houston in 1984. Ella Raines died from throat cancer at age 67, and is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park in Sylmar, CA (Los Angeles county).