The Resume

(October 13, 1920-November 10, 2007)
Born in Roosevelt, Utah
Birth name was La Raine Johnson
Acted in 'Foreign Correspondent,' 'My Son, My Son,' 'Journey for Margaret,' 'Mr. Lucky,' 'The Locket,' and 'The Bad Man'
Portrayed Nurse Mary Lamont in the 'Dr. Kildare' films (1939-41)

Why she might be annoying:

She married three times.
She was a Goldwater Republican.
Her birth date was listed as 1917 by the studio to maker her older (she was signed at the age of sixteen).
She starred in 'I Married a Communist,' which Howard Hughes famously used to red-bait RKO players and directors.
She liked to pull practical jokes on her castmates (e.g. having a bunch of keys made with a tag reading 'If lost, please return to John Wayne, RKO Studios. Reward' and dropping them all over town).
Her family threatened a libel suit of a John F. Kennedy biographer after he reported a claim that she had been intimately involved with the future President in the early fifties (2009).

Why she might not be annoying:

She was a proud Mormon and was open about her faith.
She made her screen debut with a bit part in 'Stella Dallas.'
She adopted three children with her first husband.
She was married for to baseball manager Leo Durocher for 13 years.
She took such an active interest in baseball through her husband's job that she became known as 'The First Lady of Baseball.'
She was contractually relegated to B-movie and serial programs by MGM, losing out on roles in 'It's a Wonderful Life' and 'Sorry Wrong Number' as a result.
She was told by MGM that if she agreed to take a supporting role in 'Keep Your Powder Dry' that she would be cast in a leading role opposite Robert Taylor. They cast Katharine Hepburn instead, and she left MGM in protest.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• B-Movie Babes
• BoyWiththeGreenHair’s Profiles [Series 12]
• Cary Grant's Leading Ladies
• Celebrity San Francisco/New York Giant Fans
• Gary Cooper's Leading Ladies
• I Adopted a Child
• I am a Mormon
• I am an Angelino [Residents of Los Angeles]
• I Attended the Hollywood Premiere of ‘Giant’ [October 17, 1956]
• I Attended the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘Gone With the Wind’ [December 28, 1939]
• I Boarded the Love Boat [A-D]
• I Died in 2007 (Ranked: 87)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[C-E]
• I Married a Sports Star
• I Probably Banged John F. Kennedy
• I Visited Fantasy Island [A-D]
• I was a Girl Scout
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery [Calif]
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• John Wayne's Leading Ladies
• Look at Me, I'm with Ronald Reagan
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• Names that are Dates
• Natalie Wood Portrayed My Daughter
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Profiles 45001-45250 (Ranked: 45193)
• Ronald Reagan's Leading Ladies
• Teetotalers
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20071110)
• World War II Pin-up Girls

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying