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Loretta Young

Film Actress / Screenwriter / Television Actress / Actress | * 01/06/1913 († 87, 08/12/2000) | Salt Lake City, Utah (United States of America (USA))
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Loretta Young (born Gretchen Michaela Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She received numerous honors including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in film and television. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Farmer's Daughter (1947), and received her second Academy Award nomination for her role in Come to the Stable (1949). She also starred in films such as Born to Be Bad (1934), Call of the Wild (1935), The Crusades (1935), Eternally Yours (1939), The Stranger (... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to invo ...

Midnight Mary

NR

1933 | 3.5/5 | 1h 14min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
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A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married. ...

The Doctor Takes a Wife

NR

1940 | 3.4/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy
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An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme C ...

The Stranger

NR

1946 | 3.6/5 | 1h 36min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics. ...

The Farmer's Daughter

NR

1947 | 3.6/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Loretta Young

Academy Award for Best Actress Siena Medal Crystal Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 3x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 2x Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Loretta Young as Actress(122)

as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)2007 Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)2006 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)2003 Complicated Women
as Self (voice)2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
1995 Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Grace Guthrie1989 Lady in a Corner
as Amanda Kingsley1986 Christmas Eve
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage)1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archival footage)1968 The Movie Orgy
as Self - 'Rebecca' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Lucy Masters1961 The Spark
as Jane MacAvoy1953 It Happens Every Thursday
as Paula Rogers1952 Paula
as Christine Carroll Kimberly1952 Because of You
as Ellen Jones1951 Cause for Alarm!
as Nora Gilpin1951 Half Angel
as Self (archive footage)1950 The Costume Designer
as Clarissa Standish1950 Key to the City
as herself1950 You Can Change The World
as Sister Margaret1949 Come to the Stable
as Dr. Wilma Tuttle1949 The Accused
as Abigail Fortitude Abbott1949 Mother Is a Freshman
as Rachel Harvey1948 Rachel and the Stranger
as Maggie Williams1947 The Perfect Marriage
as Katrin Holstrom1947 The Farmer's Daughter
as Julia Brougham1947 The Bishop's Wife
as Mary Longstreet1946 The Stranger
as Cherry de Longpre1945 Along Came Jones
as Roberta Harper1944 Ladies Courageous
as Emily Blair1944 And Now Tomorrow
as herself1943 Show-Business at War
as Carolyn Grant1943 China
as Nancy Troy1942 A Night to Remember
as Annie Morgan1941 The Lady from Cheyenne
as Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley1941 The Men in Her Life
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as Jane Drake1941 Bedtime Story
as Marianna Duval1940 He Stayed for Breakfast
as June Cameron1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Anita Halstead1939 Eternally Yours
as Doris Borland1939 Wife, Husband and Friend
as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Countess Eugenie de Montijo1938 Suez
as Sally Goodwin1938 Kentucky
as Lynn Cherrington1938 Four Men and a Prayer
as Pamela Charters1938 Three Blind Mice
as Laura Ridgeway1937 Café Metropole
as Tony Gateson1937 Love Is News
as Myra Cooper1937 Love Under Fire
as Vicky1937 Second Honeymoon
as Ina Heath Lewis1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Ellen Neal1936 Private Number
as Señora Moreno1936 Ramona
as Susie Schmidt1936 Ladies In Love
as Lady Helen Dearden1936 The Unguarded Hour
as Barbara Howard1935 Shanghai
as Claire Blake1935 Call of the Wild
as Berengaria, Princess of Navarre1935 The Crusades
as Margaret Maskelyne1935 Clive of India
as Crusades Actor1935 Hollywood Extra Girl
as Lola Field1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as June Arden1934 The White Parade
as Countess Wilma1934 Caravan
as Letty Strong1934 Born to Be Bad
as Julie Rothschild1934 The House of Rothschild
as Eve1933 Zoo in Budapest
as Florence 'Flo' Denny1933 She Had to Say Yes
as Ruth Loring1933 Heroes for Sale
as Marcia Stanislavsky1933 Grand Slam
as Margot Lesesne1933 The Devil's in Love
as Trina1933 Man's Castle
as Madeleine1933 Employees' Entrance
as Mary Martin1933 Midnight Mary
as Peggy1933 The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis1932 Play Girl
as Grace Sutton1932 Life Begins
as Marion Cullen1932 They Call It Sin
as Sun Toya San1932 The Hatchet Man
as Lola Davis Hayes1932 Week-End Marriage
as Diane Forsythe1931 I Like Your Nerve
as herself1931 The Stolen Jools
as Norene McMann1931 Three Girls Lost
as Gloria Bannister1931 The Ruling Voice
as Sue Riley Nolan1931 Taxi!
as Claire 'Mac' McIntyre1931 Big Business Girl
as Isobel Brandon1931 Beau Ideal
as Gallagher1931 Platinum Blonde
1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'
as Elaine Bumpstead1931 Too Young to Marry
as Mary Brennan / Margaret Waring1930 Road to Paradise
as Marion Ferguson1930 The Second Floor Mystery
as Dorothy Hope1930 The Devil to Pay!
as Phyllis Ericson1930 The Truth About Youth
as herself1930 Show Girl in Hollywood
as herself1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Marsinah1930 Kismet
as Nurse (uncredited)1930 War Nurse
as Ann1930 Loose Ankles
as Rosalie Evantural1930 The Right of Way
as Margery Seaton1930 The Man from Blankley's
as Gladys Cosgrove1929 The Girl in the Glass Cage
as Patricia Mason Stratton1929 Fast Life
as Irma1929 The Squall
as Muriel1929 The Careless Age
as Patricia Carlyle1929 The Forward Pass
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number1929 Show of Shows
as One of Satan's Victims (uncredited)1929 Seven Footprints to Satan
as Carol Watts1928 The Head Man
as Simonetta1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as The Girl1928 The Whip Woman
as Margaret Barbour1928 Scarlet Seas
as Denise Laverne1928 The Magnificent Flirt
as (uncredited)1927 Naughty But Nice
as Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)1927 Her Wild Oat
as Arab Child (uncredited)1921 The Sheik
as Child (uncredited)1921 White and Unmarried
as Child on Operating Table1919 The Only Way
as Child (as Gretchen Young)1917 Sirens of the Sea
as Fairy (uncredited)1917 The Primrose Ring

TV Shows/Series with Loretta Young as Actress(118)

1962 The New Loretta Young Show
as Carol Brown1953 Letter to Loretta
as Jenny1953 Letter to Loretta
as Nancy Hamilton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Helen Talbot1953 Letter to Loretta
as Betty Taylor1953 Letter to Loretta
as Jane Seaton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Kitty Coughlin1953 Letter to Loretta
as Paula1953 Letter to Loretta
as Irene Dodds1953 Letter to Loretta
as Sally Webster1953 Letter to Loretta
as Inga Helborg1953 Letter to Loretta
as Alva Knox1953 Letter to Loretta
as Madge Mason1953 Letter to Loretta
as Marcy Thorne1953 Letter to Loretta
as Miss Springs1953 Letter to Loretta
as Susan Stevens - Stepmother1953 Letter to Loretta
as Norma Kelvin1953 Letter to Loretta
as Harriet Patton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Teddy Butler1953 Letter to Loretta
as Rita Cole1953 Letter to Loretta
as Dr. Juliet1953 Letter to Loretta
as Elizabeth Stacey1953 Letter to Loretta
as Kathy Ames1953 Letter to Loretta
as Mary Bertch1953 Letter to Loretta
as Alison Ives1953 Letter to Loretta
as Amanda Seaton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Penny Blodgett1953 Letter to Loretta
as Scottie1953 Letter to Loretta
as Audrey - a teacher1953 Letter to Loretta
as Suzie James1953 Letter to Loretta
as Grace Hart1953 Letter to Loretta
as Cora Skinner1953 Letter to Loretta
as Lynn Roth1953 Letter to Loretta
as Marcella Dawson1953 Letter to Loretta
as Alice Hendricks1953 Letter to Loretta
as Janet Pressman1953 Letter to Loretta
as Susan Franklin1953 Letter to Loretta
as Ellen Morgan1953 Letter to Loretta
as Ayesha the Maharani1953 Letter to Loretta
as Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress1953 Letter to Loretta
as Prudence Bixby1953 Letter to Loretta
as Kiyoshi1953 Letter to Loretta
as Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms1953 Letter to Loretta
as Ruth Baxter1953 Letter to Loretta
as Margaret Channing1953 Letter to Loretta
as Kim Collet1953 Letter to Loretta
as Helen Seaton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Judy Evans1953 Letter to Loretta
as Laura Macklin1953 Letter to Loretta
as Catherine Harding1953 Letter to Loretta
as Mabel MacAfee1953 Letter to Loretta
as Audrey Curtis1953 Letter to Loretta
as Janice Hite1953 Letter to Loretta
as Sister Ann1953 Letter to Loretta
as Gerda Freuling1953 Letter to Loretta
as Queen Nefertiti1953 Letter to Loretta
as Victor Conrad1953 Letter to Loretta
as Penelope Ashley1953 Letter to Loretta
as Ellie Winters1953 Letter to Loretta
as Muriel Vail1953 Letter to Loretta
as Miss Ryan1953 Letter to Loretta
as Gretchen Brock-Miller1953 Letter to Loretta
as Martha1953 Letter to Loretta
as Countess1953 Letter to Loretta
as Allison Bainworth1953 Letter to Loretta
as Edie Royal1953 Letter to Loretta
as Thelma Brown1953 Letter to Loretta
as Kiku Arikawa1953 Letter to Loretta
as Susan Parker1953 Letter to Loretta
as Countess Barocci1953 Letter to Loretta
as Jean Kennedy1953 Letter to Loretta
as Pam Gates1953 Letter to Loretta
as Janet Forbes1953 Letter to Loretta
as Judge Lila Brighton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Alma1953 Letter to Loretta
as Beth Hammond1953 Letter to Loretta
as Peggy Simms / Miss Connally1953 Letter to Loretta
as Amy Stewart1953 Letter to Loretta
as Maria Gordella1953 Letter to Loretta
as Margaret Hutchins1953 Letter to Loretta
as Eleanor Stark1953 Letter to Loretta
as Kay Mathews1953 Letter to Loretta
as Taka1953 Letter to Loretta
as Karima1953 Letter to Loretta
as Susan Glover1953 Letter to Loretta
as Madeliene Vanderhoff1953 Letter to Loretta
as Connie Van1953 Letter to Loretta
as Fay Davies1953 Letter to Loretta
as Vera Wilson1953 Letter to Loretta
as Norma Hutton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Alice Ward1953 Letter to Loretta
as Audrey Dickerson1953 Letter to Loretta
as Katharine1953 Letter to Loretta
as Polly Fry1953 Letter to Loretta
as Sally Hays1953 Letter to Loretta
as Augusta Smith1953 Letter to Loretta
as Anita Dodd1953 Letter to Loretta
as Donna Landon1953 Letter to Loretta
as Felice Minton1953 Letter to Loretta
as Betty Rogers1953 Letter to Loretta
as Janet Barlow1953 Letter to Loretta
as Irene Sherwood1953 Letter to Loretta
as Dina1953 Letter to Loretta
as Sylvia1953 Letter to Loretta
as Katherine Ward1953 Letter to Loretta
as Nora Halliday1953 Letter to Loretta
as Margaret Underwood1953 Letter to Loretta
as Louise Roberts1953 Letter to Loretta
as Yuki Arakawa1953 Letter to Loretta
as Linda Perkins1953 Letter to Loretta
as Isobel DeHavilland1953 Letter to Loretta
as Margo Randall1953 Letter to Loretta
as Lucy Anderson1953 Letter to Loretta
as Elizabeth Collier1953 Letter to Loretta
as Harriet Sands1953 Letter to Loretta
as Charlotte Bronte1953 Letter to Loretta
as Amy1953 Letter to Loretta

Full Name: Loretta Young
Born: Monday, 01/06 1913 (January) in Salt Lake City, Utah (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 08/12 2000 (August) in Los Angeles (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Ramona Convent Secondary School
Spouses (current/former): Grant Withers, Tom Lewis, Jean Louis
Children: Judy Lewis, Christopher Lewis, Peter Lewis
Other names for Loretta Young (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gretchen Michaela Young"
"Gretchen Young"
"Лоретта Янг"
"Saint Loretta"
Loretta Young frequently works together with these people:
Darryl F. Zanuck (19x, Crew)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (12x, Actor)
Thomas Little (11x, Crew)
Kitty Kelly (11x, Actress)
Clark Gable (10x, Actor)
Jack Okey (10x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (9x, Actress)
Ricardo Montalban (9x, Actor)
Joan Crawford (9x, Actress)
C. Aubrey Smith (9x, Actor)
Edith Head (9x, Crew)
Gwen Wakeling (8x, Crew)
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