Loretta Young



First NameLoretta
Middle NameMichaela
Last NameYoung
Full Name at BirthGretchen Michaela Young
Other NamesAttila the Nun
Saint Loretta
Gretchen Young
Age87 (age at death)
Date of BirthJanuary 6, 1913
BirthplaceSalt Lake City, Utah
Date of DeathAugust 12, 2000
Location of DeathLos Angeles, California
Cause of DeathOvarian Cancer
Height5' 6" (168 cm)
BuildSlim
Eye ColorGrey
Hair ColorBrown - Light
Star SignCapricorn
ReligionRoman Catholic
EthnicityWhite
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategoryActress
Claim to FamePlatinum Blonde, WAMPAS Baby Star of 1929
Brand EndorsementsLustre-Creme Shampoo (Magazine Advertisement) [1952]
FatherJohn Earl Young
George Belzer (step father)
MotherGladys Royal Young
Brother(s)John R. Young
Sister(s)Polly Ann Young
Sally Blane
Georgiana Young
Other Family MembersChristopher Lewis (son)
Judy Lewis (daughter)
Peter Lewis (son)
FriendsIrene Dunne, jane wyman, David Niven, Mae Murray, Danny Thomas, Rosalind Russell

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.


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Filmography

Selected Loretta Young film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1994
Life Along the Mississippi
Narrator

1989
Lady in the Corner
Grace Guthrie

1986
Christmas Eve
Amanda Kingsley

1962
Christine Massey

1953
Inga Helborg, Sister Ann, Edie Royal, Edie Royal

1953
It Happens Every Thursday
Jane MacAvoy

1952
Christine Carroll Kimberly

1952
Paula Rogers

1951
Ellen Jones

1951
Nora Gilpin

1950
Clarissa Standish

1949
Sister Margaret

1949
Abigail Fortitude Abbott

1949
Dr. Wilma Tuttle

1948
Rachel Harvey

1947
Katrin Holstrom

1947
Maggie Williams

1946
Mary Longstreet

1945
Cherry de Longpre

1944
Emily Blair

1944
Roberta Harper

1943
Carolyn Grant

1942
Nancy Troy

1941
Lina Varsavina

1941
Jane Drake

1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Annie Morgan

1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
Marianna Duval

1940
June Cameron

1939
Anita Halstead

1939
Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

1939
Doris Borland

1938
Miss Lynn Cherrington

1938
Sally Goodwin

1938
Countess Eugenie de Montijo

1938
Pamela Charters

1937
Laura Ridgeway

1937
Tony Gateson

1937
Vicky

1937
Ina Heath Lewis

1937
Myra Cooper

1936
Susie Schmidt

1936
Ellen Neal

1936
Ramona

1936
Lady Helen Dudley Dearden

1935
Margaret Maskelyne Clive

1935
Claire Blake

1935
Berengaria, Princess of Navarre

1935
Shanghai
Barbara Howard

1934
Letty Strong

1934
Julie Rothschild

1934
June Arden

1934
Countess Wilma

1933
Madeleine Walters West

1933
Ruth Loring Holmes

1933
Trina

1933
Mary Martin

1933
Florence 'Flo' Denny

1933
Grand Slam
Marcia Stanislavsky

1933
The Devil's in Love
Margot Lesesne

1933
Eve

1932
Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis

1932
Sue Riley Nolan

1932
Sun Toya San

1932
Marion Cullen

1932
Week-End Marriage
Lola Davis Hayes

1932
Grace Sutton

1931
Gallagher

1931
Norene McMann

1931
Too Young to Marry
Elaine Bumpstead

1931
Isobel Brandon

1931
Big Business Girl
Claire 'Mac' McIntyre

1931
I Like Your Nerve
Diane Forsythe

1931
The Ruling Voice
Gloria Bannister

1931
The Right of Way
Rosalie Evantural

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

1930
The Devil to Pay!
Dorothy Hope

1930
Marsinah

1930
Loose Ankles
Ann Harper Berry

1930
Road to Paradise
Mary Brennan/Margaret Waring

1930
Margery Seaton

1930
The Second Floor Mystery
Marion Ferguson

1930
The Truth About Youth
Phyllis Ericson

1930
War Nurse
Nurse

1929
One of Satan's victims

1929
The Forward Pass
Patricia Carlyle

1929
'Meet My Sister' number

1929
Fast Life
Patricia Mason Stratton

1929
The Squall
Irma

1929
The Careless Age
Muriel

1929
The Girl in the Glass Cage
Gladys Cosgrove

1928
Simonetta

1928
The Head Man
Carol Watts

1928
The Magnificent Flirt
Denise Laverne

1928
The Girl

1928
Margaret Barbour

1927
Bit by Ping Pong Table

1927
Bit Part

1921
Arab Child

1921
White and Unmarried
Child

1919
The Only Way
Child on the operating table

1917
Sirens of the Sea
Child

1917
Fairy

Soundtrack Credits

1951
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1937
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1936
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1932
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1930
The Devil to Pay!
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Academy Award for Best Actress
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (1981–1999)
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Academy Award for Best Actress (1941–1960)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series (1952–1975)
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