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Loretta Young

Loretta Young

1913 – 2000·Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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.

Filmography

The Sheik

The Sheik

1921Arab Child (uncredited)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

1928Simonetta
Beau Ideal

Beau Ideal

1931Isobel Brandon
Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

1938Pamela Charters