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Joan Lorring

Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Stage Actress | * 04/17/1926 († 88, 05/30/2014) | Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)
Joan Lorring (born Madeline Ellis; April 17, 1926 – May 30, 2014) was an American actress and singer known for her work in film and theatre. For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green (1945), Lorring was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Lorring also originated the role of Marie Buckholder in Come Back, Little Sheba on Broadway in 1950, for which she won a Donaldson Award (an early version of the Tony Award). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Thriller

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On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make ...

Three Strangers

Certification unknown

1946 | 3.2/5 | 1h 32min
Thriller
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In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable ren ...

The Lost Moment

Certification unknown

1947 | 3.4/5 | 1h 29min
Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
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A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims. ...

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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1944 | 3.0/5 | 1h 47min
Drama
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The Corn Is Green

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1945 | 3.6/5 | 1h 55min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Joan Lorring

Donaldson Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Joan Lorring as Actress(13)

as Judy Willinger1974 The Midnight Man
as Martha1966 The Star Wagon
as Angela, a lonely woman1952 Stranger on the Prowl
as Marion Rostina1951 The Big Night
as Shirley Mae1948 Good Sam
as Dorothy1947 The Gangster
as Amelia1947 The Lost Moment
as Celestine1947 The Other Love
as Icey Crane1946 Three Strangers
as Lottie Rawson1946 The Verdict
as Bessie Watty1945 The Corn Is Green
as Sonia1944 Song of Russia
as Pepita1944 The Bridge of San Luis Rey

TV Shows/Series with Joan Lorring as Actress(7)

as Mrs. Cummings1977 The Love Boat
1965 For the People
as Helen Norby1955 Norby
as Emma Borden1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
1949 Suspense
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Full Name: Joan Lorring
Born: Saturday, 04/17 1926 (April) in Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)
Died: Friday, 05/30 2014 (May) in Sleepy Hollow (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Joan Lorring (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Dellie Ellis (nickname)"
Joan Lorring frequently works together with these people:
John Newland (19x, Crew)
Vaughn Taylor (18x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (15x, Actor)
Robert H. Harris (14x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Russell Collins (11x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (10x, Actor)
Jackie Cooper (10x, Actor)
Walter Matthau (10x, Actor)
Henry Jones (10x, Actor)
Leora Dana (10x, Actress)
Anne Seymour (10x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:306884, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024