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Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Acting·1913–2000·119 films

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

Filmography

The Stranger
The Stranger (1946)Mary Longstreet
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife (1947)Julia Brougham
The Sheik
The Sheik (1921)Arab Child (uncredited)
Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde (1931)Gallagher
Call of the Wild
Call of the Wild (1935)Claire Blake
Cause for Alarm!
Cause for Alarm! (1951)Ellen Jones
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)Simonetta
The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)Katrin Holstrom
Along Came Jones
Along Came Jones (1945)Cherry de Longpre
Man's Castle
Man's Castle (1933)Trina
Rachel and the Stranger
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)Rachel
Taxi!
Taxi! (1932)Sue Riley Nolan
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools (1931)Loretta Young
Come to the Stable
Come to the Stable (1949)Sister Margaret
Employees' Entrance
Employees' Entrance (1933)Madeleine Walters West
The Accused
The Accused (1949)Dr. Wilma Tuttle
Heroes for Sale
Heroes for Sale (1933)Ruth Loring
Midnight Mary
Midnight Mary (1933)Mary
The Devil to Pay!
The Devil to Pay! (1930)Dorothy Hope
Eternally Yours
Eternally Yours (1939)Anita Halstead
The House of Rothschild
The House of Rothschild (1934)Julie Rothschild
Born to Be Bad
Born to Be Bad (1934)Letty Strong
The Crusades
The Crusades (1935)Berengaria, Princess of Navarre
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy (1968)Self (archive footage)
Suez
Suez (1938)Countess Eugenie de Montijo
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember (1942)Nancy Troy
China
China (1943)Carolyn Grant
Seven Footprints to Satan
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)One of Satan's Victims
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
Zoo in Budapest
Zoo in Budapest (1933)Eve
Kentucky
Kentucky (1938)Sally Goodwin
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)Self (voice)
Four Men and a Prayer
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)Lynn Cherrington
The Hatchet Man
The Hatchet Man (1932)Sun Toya San
Clive of India
Clive of India (1935)Margaret Maskelyne
Complicated Women
Complicated Women (2003)Self (archive footage)
Café Metropole
Café Metropole (1937)Laura Ridgeway
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)Lola Field
Beau Ideal
Beau Ideal (1931)Isobel Brandon
Love Is News
Love Is News (1937)Tony Gateson
They Call It Sin
They Call It Sin (1932)Marion Cullen
Road to Paradise
Road to Paradise (1930)Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan
Show Girl in Hollywood
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)Loretta Young
Key to the City
Key to the City (1950)Clarissa Standish
The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)June Cameron
She Had to Say Yes
She Had to Say Yes (1933)Florence 'Flo' Denny
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)Self (archive footage)
War Nurse
War Nurse (1930)Nurse (uncredited)
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)Peggy
Because of You
Because of You (1952)Christine Carroll Kimberly
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve (1986)Amanda Kingsley
Bedtime Story
Bedtime Story (1941)Jane Drake
Life Begins
Life Begins (1932)Grace Sutton
The Ruling Voice
The Ruling Voice (1931)Gloria Bannister
Second Honeymoon
Second Honeymoon (1937)Vicky
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)Self
It Happens Every Thursday
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)Jane MacAvoy
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice (1938)Pamela Charters
I Like Your Nerve
I Like Your Nerve (1931)Diane Forsythe
The Squall
The Squall (1929)Irma
Loose Ankles
Loose Ankles (1930)Ann
The Men in Her Life
The Men in Her Life (1941)Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley
Play Girl
Play Girl (1932)Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis
Private Number
Private Number (1936)Ellen Neal
The Truth About Youth
The Truth About Youth (1930)Phyllis Ericson
Half Angel
Half Angel (1951)Nora Gilpin
Ramona
Ramona (1936)Ramona
Ladies in Love
Ladies in Love (1936)Susie Schmidt
Week-End Marriage
Week-End Marriage (1932)Lola Davis Hayes
The Right of Way
The Right of Way (1930)Rosalie Evantural
Grand Slam
Grand Slam (1933)Marcia Stanislavsky
The Devil's in Love
The Devil's in Love (1933)Margot Lesesne
The Lady from Cheyenne
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)Annie Morgan
The Unguarded Hour
The Unguarded Hour (1936)Lady Helen Dearden
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)Self
You Can Change The World
You Can Change The World (1950)Self
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows (1929)Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Kismet
Kismet (1930)Marsinah
Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War (1943)Self
And Now Tomorrow
And Now Tomorrow (1944)Emily Blair
Big Business Girl
Big Business Girl (1931)Claire 'Mac' McIntyre
Scarlet Seas
Scarlet Seas (1928)Margaret Barbour
The White Parade
The White Parade (1934)June Arden
Love Under Fire
Love Under Fire (1937)Myra Cooper
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shanghai
Shanghai (1935)Barbara Howard
Lady in a Corner
Lady in a Corner (1989)Grace Guthrie
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)Ina Heath Lewis
Ladies Courageous
Ladies Courageous (1944)Roberta Harper
The Perfect Marriage
The Perfect Marriage (1947)Maggie Williams
Caravan
Caravan (1934)Countess Wilma
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)Self (archive footage)
Wife, Husband and Friend
Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)Doris Borland
Mother Is a Freshman
Mother Is a Freshman (1949)Abigail Fortitude Abbott
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
Paula
Paula (1952)Paula Rogers
The Man from Blankley's
The Man from Blankley's (1930)Margery Seaton
Hollywood Extra Girl
Hollywood Extra Girl (1935)Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Girl in the Glass Cage
The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)Gladys Cosgrove
Fast Life
Fast Life (1929)Patricia Mason Stratton
The Careless Age
The Careless Age (1929)Muriel
He Stayed for Breakfast
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)Marianna Duval
The Costume Designer
The Costume Designer (1950)Self (archive footage)
The Forward Pass
The Forward Pass (1929)Patricia Carlyle
Three Girls Lost
Three Girls Lost (1931)Norene McMann
Her Wild Oat
Her Wild Oat (1927)Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
The Magnificent Flirt
The Magnificent Flirt (1928)Denise Laverne
Naughty But Nice
Naughty But Nice (1927)(uncredited)
The Head Man
The Head Man (1928)Carol Watts
The Whip Woman
The Whip Woman (1928)The Girl
Too Young to Marry
Too Young to Marry (1931)Elaine Bumpstead
White and Unmarried
White and Unmarried (1921)Child (uncredited)
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie' (1931)
The Second Floor Mystery
The Second Floor Mystery (1930)Marion Ferguson
The Only Way
The Only Way (1919)Child on Operating Table
The Spark
The Spark (1961)Lucy Masters
Sirens of the Sea
Sirens of the Sea (1917)Child (as Gretchen Young)
The Primrose Ring
The Primrose Ring (1917)Fairy (uncredited)