Portrait of Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: January 6, 1913

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Filmography

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

as Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)

2006
2003
Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

2000
1989
Lady in a Corner

as Grace Guthrie

1986
Christmas Eve

as Amanda Kingsley

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1962
The New Loretta Young Show

as Christine Massey

1961
The Spark

as Lucy Masters

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Carol Brown

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Barbara Devon

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Self - Host

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Laura Macklin

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Catherine Harding

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Ruth Baxter

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Mabel MacAfee

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Margaret Channing

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Kim Collet

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Judy Evans

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Audrey Curtis

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Sister Ann

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Penelope Ashley

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Miss Ryan

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Gerda Freuling

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Muriel Vail

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Edie Royal

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Janice Hite

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Victor Conrad

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Queen Nefertiti

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Ellie Winters

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Allison Bainworth

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Helen Seaton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Gretchen Brock-Miller

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Thelma Brown

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Kiku Arikawa

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Susan Parker

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Countess Barocci

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Jean Kennedy

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Pam Gates

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Judge Lila Brighton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Maria Gordella

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Susan Glover

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Margaret Hutchins

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Amy Stewart

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Eleanor Stark

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Beth Hammond

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Peggy Simms / Miss Connally

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Madeliene Vanderhoff

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Kay Mathews

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Connie Van

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Janet Forbes

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Sally Hays

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Anita Dodd

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Vera Wilson

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Augusta Smith

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Fay Davies

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Audrey Dickerson

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Polly Fry

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Norma Hutton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Alice Ward

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Donna Landon

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Katharine

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Felice Minton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Betty Rogers

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Janet Barlow

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Irene Sherwood

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Yuki Arakawa

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Katherine Ward

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Linda Perkins

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Nora Halliday

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Louise Roberts

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Margo Randall

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Isobel DeHavilland

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Margaret Underwood

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Elizabeth Collier

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Harriet Sands

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Lucy Anderson

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Betty Taylor

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Irene Dodds

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Helen Talbot

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Nancy Hamilton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Jane Seaton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Inga Helborg

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Miss Springs

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Norma Kelvin

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Sally Webster

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Harriet Patton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Kitty Coughlin

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Teddy Butler

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Alva Knox

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Madge Mason

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Marcy Thorne

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Susan Stevens - Stepmother

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Alice Hendricks

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Dr. Juliet

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Amanda Seaton

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Marcella Dawson

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Audrey - a teacher

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Lynn Roth

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Penny Blodgett

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Grace Hart

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Rita Cole

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Mary Bertch

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Susan Franklin

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Alison Ives

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Elizabeth Stacey

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Kathy Ames

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Janet Pressman

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Suzie James

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Cora Skinner

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Ellen Morgan

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Ayesha the Maharani

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Prudence Bixby

1953
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Charlotte Bronte

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Ethel Morris

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Lenore Kent

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Eve Wayne

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Self - Hostess

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Peg Lincoln

1953
1952
Because of You

as Christine Carroll Kimberly

1952
Paula

as Paula Rogers

1951
Half Angel

as Nora Gilpin

1951
Cause for Alarm!

as Ellen Jones

1950
The Costume Designer

as Self (archive footage)

1950
Key to the City

as Clarissa Standish

1949
Come to the Stable

as Sister Margaret

1949
Mother Is a Freshman

as Abigail Fortitude Abbott

1949
The Accused

as Dr. Wilma Tuttle

1947
The Bishop's Wife

as Julia Brougham

1947
The Farmer's Daughter

as Katrin Holstrom

1947
The Perfect Marriage

as Maggie Williams

1946
The Stranger

as Mary Longstreet

1945
Along Came Jones

as Cherry de Longpre

1944
And Now Tomorrow

as Emily Blair

1944
Ladies Courageous

as Roberta Harper

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1943
China

as Carolyn Grant

1942
A Night to Remember

as Nancy Troy

1941
Bedtime Story

as Jane Drake

1941
The Men in Her Life

as Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley

1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

as Annie Morgan

1940
He Stayed for Breakfast

as Marianna Duval

1940
1939
Eternally Yours

as Anita Halstead

1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

1939
Wife, Husband and Friend

as Doris Borland

1938
Kentucky

as Sally Goodwin

1938
Suez

as Countess Eugenie de Montijo

1938
Three Blind Mice

as Pamela Charters

1938
Four Men and a Prayer

as Lynn Cherrington

1937
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Ina Heath Lewis

1937
Love Under Fire

as Myra Cooper

1937
Café Metropole

as Laura Ridgeway

1937
Love Is News

as Tony Gateson

1936
Ladies in Love

as Susie Schmidt

1936
Ramona

as Ramona

1936
Private Number

as Ellen Neal

1936
The Unguarded Hour

as Lady Helen Dearden

1935
Hollywood Extra Girl

as Crusades Actor (uncredited)

1935
The Crusades

as Berengaria, Princess of Navarre

1935
Call of the Wild

as Claire Blake

1935
Shanghai

as Barbara Howard

1935
Clive of India

as Margaret Maskelyne

1934
Caravan

as Countess Wilma

1934
The White Parade

as June Arden

1934
Born to Be Bad

as Letty Strong

1934
The House of Rothschild

as Julie Rothschild

1933
Man's Castle

as Trina

1933
The Devil's in Love

as Margot Lesesne

1933
She Had to Say Yes

as Florence 'Flo' Denny

1933
1933
Heroes for Sale

as Ruth Loring

1933
1933
Grand Slam

as Marcia Stanislavsky

1933
Employees' Entrance

as Madeleine Walters West

1932
They Call It Sin

as Marion Cullen

1932
Life Begins

as Grace Sutton

1932
Week-End Marriage

as Lola Davis Hayes

1932
Play Girl

as Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis

1932
The Hatchet Man

as Sun Toya San

1931
Taxi!

as Sue Riley Nolan

1931
Platinum Blonde

as Gallagher

1931
I Like Your Nerve

as Diane Forsythe

1931
The Ruling Voice

as Gloria Bannister

1931
Big Business Girl

as Claire 'Mac' McIntyre

1931
Too Young to Marry

as Elaine Bumpstead

1931
Three Girls Lost

as Norene McMann

1931
The Stolen Jools

as Loretta Young

1931
Beau Ideal

as Isobel Brandon

1930
The Devil to Pay!

as Dorothy Hope

1930
The Right of Way

as Rosalie Evantural

1930
War Nurse

as Nurse (uncredited)

1930
The Truth About Youth

as Phyllis Ericson

1930
Kismet

as Marsinah

1930
Road to Paradise

as Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan

1930
The Second Floor Mystery

as Marion Ferguson

1930
Show Girl in Hollywood

as Loretta Young

1930
The Man from Blankley's

as Margery Seaton

1930
1929
The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number

1929
The Forward Pass

as Patricia Carlyle

1929
1929
Fast Life

as Patricia Mason Stratton

1929
The Girl in the Glass Cage

as Gladys Cosgrove

1929
The Squall

as Irma

1929
Seven Footprints to Satan

as One of Satan's Victims (uncredited)

1928
The Head Man

as Carol Watts

1928
The Magnificent Flirt

as Denise Laverne

1928
1928
The Whip Woman

as The Girl

1928
Scarlet Seas

as Margaret Barbour

1927
Her Wild Oat

as Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)

1927
Naughty But Nice

as (uncredited)

1921
The Sheik

as Arab Child (uncredited)

1921
White and Unmarried

as Child (uncredited)

1919
The Only Way

as Child on Operating Table

1917
Sirens of the Sea

as Child (as Gretchen Young)

1917
The Primrose Ring

as Fairy (uncredited)