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Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Acting

Born: January 6, 1913Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child actress, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the 1948 best actress Academy Award for her role in the 1947 film The Farmer's Daughter, and received an Oscar nomination for her role in Come to the Stable, in 1950. Young then moved to the relatively new medium of television, where she had a dramatic anthology series called The Loretta Young Show, from 1953 to 1961. The series earned three Emmy Awards, and reran successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication. Young, a devout Catholic, later worked with various Catholic charities after her acting career.

Known For
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)

2008
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

Self (archive footage)

2006
Complicated Women

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

2003
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces

Lon Chaney: A thousand faces

Self (voice)

2000

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

Self

1995
Lady in a Corner

Lady in a Corner

Grace Guthrie

1989
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

1987
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Amanda Kingsley

1986
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

1975
The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

1968
The Spark

The Spark

Lucy Masters

1961
It Happens Every Thursday

It Happens Every Thursday

Jane MacAvoy

1953
Because of You

Because of You

Christine Carroll Kimberly

1952
Paula

Paula

Paula Rogers

1952
Half Angel

Half Angel

Nora Gilpin

1951
Cause for Alarm!

Cause for Alarm!

Ellen Jones

1951
The Costume Designer

The Costume Designer

Self (archive footage)

1950
You Can Change The World

You Can Change The World

Self

1950
Key to the City

Key to the City

Clarissa Standish

1950
Come to the Stable

Come to the Stable

Sister Margaret

1949
Mother Is a Freshman

Mother Is a Freshman

Abigail Fortitude Abbott

1949
The Accused

The Accused

Dr. Wilma Tuttle

1949
Rachel and the Stranger

Rachel and the Stranger

Rachel

1948
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

Julia Brougham

1947
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

Katrin Holstrom

1947
The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage

Maggie Williams

1947
The Stranger

The Stranger

Mary Longstreet

1946
Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones

Cherry de Longpre

1945
And Now Tomorrow

And Now Tomorrow

Emily Blair

1944
Ladies Courageous

Ladies Courageous

Roberta Harper

1944
Show-Business at War

Show-Business at War

Self

1943
China

China

Carolyn Grant

1943
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

Nancy Troy

1942
Bedtime Story

Bedtime Story

Jane Drake

1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941
The Men in Her Life

The Men in Her Life

Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley

1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

The Lady from Cheyenne

Annie Morgan

1941
He Stayed for Breakfast

He Stayed for Breakfast

Marianna Duval

1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Doctor Takes a Wife

June Cameron

1940
Eternally Yours

Eternally Yours

Anita Halstead

1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

1939
Wife, Husband and Friend

Wife, Husband and Friend

Doris Borland

1939
Kentucky

Kentucky

Sally Goodwin

1938
Suez

Suez

Countess Eugenie de Montijo

1938
Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

Pamela Charters

1938
Four Men and a Prayer

Four Men and a Prayer

Lynn Cherrington

1938
Second Honeymoon

Second Honeymoon

Vicky

1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Ina Heath Lewis

1937
Love Under Fire

Love Under Fire

Myra Cooper

1937
Café Metropole

Café Metropole

Laura Ridgeway

1937
Love Is News

Love Is News

Tony Gateson

1937
Ladies in Love

Ladies in Love

Susie Schmidt

1936
Ramona

Ramona

Ramona

1936
Private Number

Private Number

Ellen Neal

1936
The Unguarded Hour

The Unguarded Hour

Lady Helen Dearden

1936
Hollywood Extra Girl

Hollywood Extra Girl

Crusades Actor (uncredited)

1935
The Crusades

The Crusades

Berengaria, Princess of Navarre

1935
Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

Claire Blake

1935
Shanghai

Shanghai

Barbara Howard

1935
Clive of India

Clive of India

Margaret Maskelyne

1935
Caravan

Caravan

Countess Wilma

1934
The White Parade

The White Parade

June Arden

1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Lola Field

1934
Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad

Letty Strong

1934
The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild

Julie Rothschild

1934
Man's Castle

Man's Castle

Trina

1933
The Devil's in Love

The Devil's in Love

Margot Lesesne

1933
She Had to Say Yes

She Had to Say Yes

Florence 'Flo' Denny

1933
Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary

Mary

1933
Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale

Ruth Loring

1933
The Life of Jimmy Dolan

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

Peggy

1933
Zoo in Budapest

Zoo in Budapest

Eve

1933
Grand Slam

Grand Slam

Marcia Stanislavsky

1933
Employees' Entrance

Employees' Entrance

Madeleine Walters West

1933
They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin

Marion Cullen

1932
Life Begins

Life Begins

Grace Sutton

1932
Week-End Marriage

Week-End Marriage

Lola Davis Hayes

1932
Play Girl

Play Girl

Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis

1932
The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man

Sun Toya San

1932
Taxi!

Taxi!

Sue Riley Nolan

1932
Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde

Gallagher

1931
I Like Your Nerve

I Like Your Nerve

Diane Forsythe

1931
The Ruling Voice

The Ruling Voice

Gloria Bannister

1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'

1931
Big Business Girl

Big Business Girl

Claire 'Mac' McIntyre

1931
Too Young to Marry

Too Young to Marry

Elaine Bumpstead

1931
Three Girls Lost

Three Girls Lost

Norene McMann

1931
The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools

Loretta Young

1931
Beau Ideal

Beau Ideal

Isobel Brandon

1931
The Devil to Pay!

The Devil to Pay!

Dorothy Hope

1930
The Right of Way

The Right of Way

Rosalie Evantural

1930
War Nurse

War Nurse

Nurse (uncredited)

1930
The Truth About Youth

The Truth About Youth

Phyllis Ericson

1930
Kismet

Kismet

Marsinah

1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Self

1930
Road to Paradise

Road to Paradise

Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan

1930
The Second Floor Mystery

The Second Floor Mystery

Marion Ferguson

1930
Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood

Loretta Young

1930
The Man from Blankley's

The Man from Blankley's

Margery Seaton

1930
Loose Ankles

Loose Ankles

Ann

1930
The Show of Shows

The Show of Shows

Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number

1929
The Forward Pass

The Forward Pass

Patricia Carlyle

1929
The Careless Age

The Careless Age

Muriel

1929
Fast Life

Fast Life

Patricia Mason Stratton

1929
The Girl in the Glass Cage

The Girl in the Glass Cage

Gladys Cosgrove

1929
The Squall

The Squall

Irma

1929
Seven Footprints to Satan

Seven Footprints to Satan

One of Satan's Victims

1929
The Head Man

The Head Man

Carol Watts

1928
The Magnificent Flirt

The Magnificent Flirt

Denise Laverne

1928
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Simonetta

1928
The Whip Woman

The Whip Woman

The Girl

1928
Scarlet Seas

Scarlet Seas

Margaret Barbour

1928
Her Wild Oat

Her Wild Oat

Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)

1927
Naughty But Nice

Naughty But Nice

(uncredited)

1927
The Sheik

The Sheik

Arab Child (uncredited)

1921
White and Unmarried

White and Unmarried

Child (uncredited)

1921
The Only Way

The Only Way

Child on Operating Table

1919
Sirens of the Sea

Sirens of the Sea

Child (as Gretchen Young)

1917
The Primrose Ring

The Primrose Ring

Fairy (uncredited)

1917