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Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for The Movie Orgy
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The Movie Orgy

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The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Poster for The Stranger
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The Stranger

7.2(0.6K)
The Stranger
Mary Longstreet
Poster for Platinum Blonde
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Platinum Blonde

6.7(0.1K)
Platinum Blonde
Gallagher
Poster for Seven Footprints to Satan
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Seven Footprints to Satan

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Seven Footprints to Satan
One of Satan's Victims
Poster for Laugh, Clown, Laugh
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh

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Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Simonetta
Poster for Sirens of the Sea
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Sirens of the Sea

Sirens of the Sea
Child (as Gretchen Young)
Poster for Naughty But Nice
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Naughty But Nice

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Naughty But Nice
(uncredited)
Poster for Her Wild Oat
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Her Wild Oat

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Her Wild Oat
Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
Poster for The Head Man
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The Head Man

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The Head Man
Carol Watts
Poster for The Spark
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The Spark

The Spark
Lucy Masters

Gallery

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Loretta Young portrait
Loretta Young portrait
Loretta Young portrait
Loretta Young portrait