A biography for Laraine Dayhasn’t been written yet.
“I'd rather win a pennant than an Academy Award.”
“M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.”
“I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.”
“My life as Mrs. Leo Durocher and baseball come first.”
“Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.”
“I enjoyed working at R.K.O. more than at M.G.M. At R.K.O., the parts were better!”
“Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.”
“Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.”
“I am very much a Republican.”