Kay Morley obit

Elaine Baird Obituary

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Elaine DeVinna Crane Baird

Elaine died peacefully in her Palm Springs home at the age of 100 years and seven months, surrounded by the love of her family and friends on November 17, 2020. Born Leona Elaine Winona DeVinna in Pocatello, Idaho, she was the fifth child and only daughter born to Lorena and Edgar DeVinna.

Professional life brought Elaine to Hollywood as one of the original "Goldwyn Girls," working with Danny Kaye in Up in Arms. She acted in countless westerns, where she exhibited her equestrian talents, including Six Gun Serenade, Trails End, and Campus Honeymoon, where she met her husband, actor Richard Crane. They had two daughters, Susan Crane, and Katherine Crane Hastings (Michael). Richard preceded Elaine in death in 1969.

Moving out of "the business," Elaine then applied her keen eye for fashion and worked in management with Bullocks Federated. Having retired from that years later, she was then re-hired to open the Bullocks Palm Desert store where she met her future husband, Lloyd Baird. Elaine also was a proud volunteer at Desert Regional Hospital up until her early 90's. She loved to travel, and would often surprise her grandchildren with soaps, lotions, shampoos, etc. from the various hotels she stayed in hidden in the pockets of clothing.

Although failing in health, nothing stopped her from exercising her right to vote and she proudly cast her ballot this November as she took pride in her civic knowledge. She will be remembered for her style, grace, and quick wit, along with her mantra of "always be kind, you never know what someone else is going through."

Elaine was preceded in death by husband, Lloyd. Along with her two daughters and son-in-law, Elaine is survived by three grandchildren: Allison Hastings Knowles (Travis), Lauren Hastings Ciulla (Peter), and Jonathan Hastings, and five great-grandchildren: Abby, Owen, Richard, Natalia, and Hazel.

Per her request, there will be no services. As Elaine often said, "everything's cool!"

 

Actress

Your Favorite Story (1953)

Your Favorite Story

7.7

TV Series

1954

2 episodes

 

Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)

Mr. & Mrs. North

7.5

TV Series

Ann Whitman

1954

1 episode

 

George Reeves in Adventures of Superman (1952)

Adventures of Superman

7.7

TV Series

Elaine Carson

1954

1 episode

 

Fireside Theatre (1949)

Fireside Theatre

7.6

TV Series

Kate

1952

1 episode

 

Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse (1951)

Schlitz Playhouse

7.6

TV Series

1952

1 episode

 

Kent Taylor in Boston Blackie (1951)

Boston Blackie

7.6

TV Series

1952

1 episode

 

Duncan Renaldo in The Cisco Kid (1950)

The Cisco Kid

7.1

TV Series

Sondra Lindsay

Martha

1951

2 episodes

 

Dana Andrews, Claude Rains, and Carla Balenda in Sealed Cargo (1951)

Sealed Cargo

6.7

Wharf Official (uncredited)

1951

 

Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in The Lone Ranger (1949)

The Lone Ranger

7.7

TV Series

Mary Vance

1949

1 episode

 

Johnny Mack Brown, Douglas Evans, Carol Henry, Kay Morley, and Max Terhune in Trails End (1949)

Trails End

6.8

Laurie Stuart

1949

 

Kay Morley, Dub Taylor, and Jimmy Wakely in Outlaw Brand (1948)

Outlaw Brand

Laura Chadwick

1948

 

Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan in Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Letter from an Unknown Woman

7.9

Daughter (uncredited)

1948

 

Hal Hackett and Lee Wilde in Campus Honeymoon (1948)

Campus Honeymoon

6.4

Polly Walker

1948

 

Joan Bennett in Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)

Secret Beyond the Door...

6.7

Sub-Deb (uncredited)

1947

 

Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, and Kay Morley in Code of the Saddle (1947)

Code of the Saddle

6.1

Bess Bentham

1947

 

Jimmy Wakely in Six-Gun Serenade (1947)

Six-Gun Serenade

5.6

Mary Saunders

1947

 

Jean Porter in Betty Co-Ed (1946)

Betty Co-Ed

6.6

Louise Morgan

1946

 

Sonja Henie and Michael O'Shea in It's a Pleasure (1945)

It's a Pleasure

5.9

Trooper (uncredited)

1945

 

Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo in The Princess and the Pirate (1944)

The Princess and the Pirate

6.8

Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1944

 

Youth Aflame (1944)

Youth Aflame

4.2

Laura White

1944

 

Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Nancy Kelly, Constance Moore, and George Murphy in Show Business (1944)

Show Business

6.4

Showgirl (uncredited)

1944

 

Dana Andrews, Danny Kaye, Constance Dowling, Dinah Shore, and The Goldwyn Girls in Up in Arms (1944)

Up in Arms

6.2

Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1944