Loretta Young

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

January 6, 1913

died

August 12, 2000

place of birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

also known as

Gretchen Michaela Young · Gretchen Young · Лоретта Янг · Saint Loretta

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

The Stranger
7.2

The Stranger

1946as Mary Longstreet
Christmas Eve
6.8

Christmas Eve

1986as Amanda Kingsley
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
6.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987as Self
The Movie Orgy
6.6

The Movie Orgy

1968as Self (archive footage)
China
6.9

China

1943as Carolyn Grant
Call of the Wild
6.2

Call of the Wild

1935as Claire Blake
The Crusades
6.4

The Crusades

1935as Berengaria, Princess of Navarre
Because of You
6.6

Because of You

1952as Christine Carroll Kimberly
The Bishop's Wife
7.1

The Bishop's Wife

1947as Julia Brougham
Rachel and the Stranger
6.5

Rachel and the Stranger

1948as Rachel
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bedtime Story
5.8

Bedtime Story

1941as Jane Drake
Eternally Yours
5.9

Eternally Yours

1939as Anita Halstead
Cause for Alarm!
5.9

Cause for Alarm!

1951as Ellen Jones
The Sheik
6.0

The Sheik

1921as Arab Child (uncredited)
Suez
5.5

Suez

1938as Countess Eugenie de Montijo
Heroes for Sale
7.1

Heroes for Sale

1933as Ruth Loring
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
6.3

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Platinum Blonde
6.7

Platinum Blonde

1931as Gallagher
Life Begins
6.2

Life Begins

1932as Grace Sutton
Kentucky
6.1

Kentucky

1938as Sally Goodwin
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.3

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975as Self (archive footage)
Four Men and a Prayer
6.5

Four Men and a Prayer

1938as Lynn Cherrington
Show-Business at War
7.0

Show-Business at War

1943as Self
Clive of India
5.1

Clive of India

1935as Margaret Maskelyne
Complicated Women
6.9

Complicated Women

2003as Self (archive footage)
Private Number
6.7

Private Number

1936as Ellen Neal
The Devil to Pay!
5.8

The Devil to Pay!

1930as Dorothy Hope
Key to the City
6.5

Key to the City

1950as Clarissa Standish
Kismet
4.0

Kismet

1930as Marsinah
The House of Rothschild
6.2

The House of Rothschild

1934as Julie Rothschild
The Farmer's Daughter
7.1

The Farmer's Daughter

1947as Katrin Holstrom
Midnight Mary
6.9

Midnight Mary

1933as Mary
Taxi!
6.8

Taxi!

1932as Sue Riley Nolan
Man's Castle
6.8

Man's Castle

1933as Trina
Along Came Jones
5.8

Along Came Jones

1945as Cherry de Longpre
The Accused
6.1

The Accused

1949as Dr. Wilma Tuttle
The Show of Shows
6.8

The Show of Shows

1929as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
The Stolen Jools
5.6

The Stolen Jools

1931as Loretta Young
Caravan
6.5

Caravan

1934as Countess Wilma
It Happens Every Thursday
6.3

It Happens Every Thursday

1953as Jane MacAvoy
The Truth About Youth
6.2

The Truth About Youth

1930as Phyllis Ericson
Love Is News
6.3

Love Is News

1937as Tony Gateson
And Now Tomorrow
6.0

And Now Tomorrow

1944as Emily Blair
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
6.8

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000as Self (voice)
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
7.4

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

1928as Simonetta
Ramona
5.8

Ramona

1936as Ramona
Half Angel
6.2

Half Angel

1951as Nora Gilpin
Mother Is a Freshman
9.0

Mother Is a Freshman

1949as Abigail Fortitude Abbott
The Ruling Voice
6.2

The Ruling Voice

1931as Gloria Bannister