Loretta Young

About

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

The StrangerMovie • 1946Call of the WildMovie • 1935The Bishop's WifeMovie • 1947The Farmer's DaughterMovie • 1947Platinum BlondeMovie • 1931Along Came JonesMovie • 1945The Story of Alexander Graham BellMovie • 1939The AccusedMovie • 1949Heroes for SaleMovie • 1933Rachel and the StrangerMovie • 1948Midnight MaryMovie • 1933Cause for Alarm!Movie • 1951The SheikMovie • 1921Born to Be BadMovie • 1934The Devil to Pay!Movie • 1930Come to the StableMovie • 1949Laugh, Clown, LaughMovie • 1928Man's CastleMovie • 1933Taxi!Movie • 1932The House of RothschildMovie • 1934Employees' EntranceMovie • 1933The Stolen JoolsMovie • 1931Eternally YoursMovie • 1939