Laraine Day, precisely 5ft 5 (165.1 cm) tall, brought a petite yet captivating elegance to her roles as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star. Her height accentuated her graceful image in the early 1940s Dr. Kildare film series, where she shone as Nurse Mary Lamont opposite taller co-stars like Lew Ayres. This stature enhanced her poised presence in classics like Mr. Lucky (1943) and The High and the Mighty (1954), defining her glamorous Hollywood career. Born La Raine Johnson, she adopted her stage name in 1938 after training with Elias Day.