Loretta Young
Acting
Born: January 6, 1913 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: August 12, 2000 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
The Stranger
1946
The Bishop's Wife
1947
The Sheik
1921
Platinum Blonde
1931
Call of the Wild
1935
Cause for Alarm!
1951
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
Along Came Jones
1945
Man's Castle
1933
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
Taxi!
1932
Photos (14)
Movies (108)
The Bishop's Wife
Julia Brougham
Call of the Wild
Claire Blake
The Stranger
Mary Longstreet
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
The Farmer's Daughter
Katrin Holstrom
Key to the City
Clarissa Standish
Lady in a Corner
Grace Guthrie
The Devil to Pay!
Dorothy Hope
The Perfect Marriage
Maggie Williams
Platinum Blonde
Gallagher
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Lola Field
Four Men and a Prayer
Lynn Cherrington
A Night to Remember
Nancy Troy
Rachel and the Stranger
Rachel
Along Came Jones
Cherry de Longpre
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
The House of Rothschild
Julie Rothschild
The Second Floor Mystery
Marion Ferguson
Wife, Husband and Friend
Doris Borland
Come to the Stable
Sister Margaret
The Accused
Dr. Wilma Tuttle
The Doctor Takes a Wife
June Cameron
Show Girl in Hollywood
Loretta Young
Half Angel
Nora Gilpin
Cause for Alarm!
Ellen Jones
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
It Happens Every Thursday
Jane MacAvoy
Love Is News
Tony Gateson
Ladies in Love
Susie Schmidt
Scarlet Seas
Margaret Barbour
Paula
Paula Rogers
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Peggy
And Now Tomorrow
Emily Blair
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Ina Heath Lewis
Born to Be Bad
Letty Strong
The Men in Her Life
Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley
Midnight Mary
Mary
Clive of India
Margaret Maskelyne
The Truth About Youth
Phyllis Ericson
They Call It Sin
Marion Cullen
Heroes for Sale
Ruth Loring
He Stayed for Breakfast
Marianna Duval
Because of You
Christine Carroll Kimberly
The Lady from Cheyenne
Annie Morgan
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
The Girl in the Glass Cage
Gladys Cosgrove
The Right of Way
Rosalie Evantural
The Crusades
Berengaria, Princess of Navarre
The Stolen Jools
Loretta Young
Mother Is a Freshman
Abigail Fortitude Abbott
Suez
Countess Eugenie de Montijo
Love Under Fire
Myra Cooper
Big Business Girl
Claire 'Mac' McIntyre
Too Young to Marry
Elaine Bumpstead
Ladies Courageous
Roberta Harper
The Devil's in Love
Margot Lesesne
China
Carolyn Grant
She Had to Say Yes
Florence 'Flo' Denny
Café Metropole
Laura Ridgeway
Eternally Yours
Anita
The Sheik
Arab Child (uncredited)
Christmas Eve
Amanda Kingsley
I Like Your Nerve
Diane Forsythe
The Man from Blankley's
Margery Seaton
Ramona
Ramona
The Spark
Lucy Masters
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Simonetta
Seven Footprints to Satan
One of Satan's Victims
Private Number
Ellen Neal
Man's Castle
Trina
Life Begins
Grace Sutton
Zoo in Budapest
Eve
War Nurse
Nurse (uncredited)
The Hatchet Man
Sun Toya San
The White Parade
June Arden
Three Blind Mice
Pamela Charters
Sirens of the Sea
Child (as Gretchen Young)
Three Girls Lost
Norene McMann
Employees' Entrance
Madeleine Walters West
Caravan
Countess Wilma
Bedtime Story
Jane Drake
Shanghai
Barbara Howard
The Squall
Irma
Taxi!
Sue Riley Nolan
Kismet
Marsinah
Kentucky
Sally Goodwin
Her Wild Oat
Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
The Magnificent Flirt
Denise Laverne
Grand Slam
Marcia Stanislavsky
Loose Ankles
Ann
The Unguarded Hour
Lady Helen Dearden
The Whip Woman
The Girl
Road to Paradise
Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan
Beau Ideal
Isobel Brandon
Second Honeymoon
Vicky
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'
1931
Fast Life
Patricia Mason Stratton
Week-End Marriage
Lola Davis Hayes
Hollywood Extra Girl
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Play Girl
Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis
The Ruling Voice
Gloria Bannister
Naughty But Nice
(uncredited)
The Careless Age
Muriel
The Head Man
Carol Watts
The Primrose Ring
Fairy (uncredited)
The Forward Pass
Patricia Carlyle
White and Unmarried
Child (uncredited)
The Only Way
Child on Operating Table
TV Shows (127)
Letter to Loretta
Carol Brown · 4 eps
Letter to Loretta
Barbara Devon · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ruth Baxter · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Margaret Channing · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Kim Collet · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Helen Seaton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Judy Evans · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Laura Macklin · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Catherine Harding · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Mabel MacAfee · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Audrey Curtis · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Janice Hite · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Sister Ann · 3 eps
Letter to Loretta
Gerda Freuling · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Queen Nefertiti · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Victor Conrad · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Penelope Ashley · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ellie Winters · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Muriel Vail · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Miss Ryan · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Gretchen Brock-Miller · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Martha · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Countess · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Allison Bainworth · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Edie Royal · 2 eps
Letter to Loretta
Thelma Brown · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Kiku Arikawa · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Susan Parker · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Countess Barocci · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Jean Kennedy · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Pam Gates · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Janet Forbes · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Judge Lila Brighton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Alma · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Beth Hammond · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Peggy Simms / Miss Connally · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Amy Stewart · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Maria Gordella · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Margaret Hutchins · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Eleanor Stark · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Kay Mathews · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Taka · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Karima · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Susan Glover · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Madeliene Vanderhoff · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Connie Van · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Fay Davies · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Vera Wilson · 2 eps
Letter to Loretta
Norma Hutton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Alice Ward · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Audrey Dickerson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Katharine · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Polly Fry · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Sally Hays · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Augusta Smith · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Anita Dodd · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Donna Landon · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Felice Minton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Betty Rogers · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Janet Barlow · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Irene Sherwood · 2 eps
Letter to Loretta
Dina · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Sylvia · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Katherine Ward · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Nora Halliday · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Margaret Underwood · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Louise Roberts · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Yuki Arakawa · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Linda Perkins · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Isobel DeHavilland · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Margo Randall · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Lucy Anderson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Elizabeth Collier · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Harriet Sands · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Jenny · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Nancy Hamilton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Helen Talbot · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Betty Taylor · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Jane Seaton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Kitty Coughlin · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Paula · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Irene Dodds · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Sally Webster · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Inga Helborg · 4 eps
Letter to Loretta
Alva Knox · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Madge Mason · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Marcy Thorne · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Miss Springs · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Susan Stevens - Stepmother · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Norma Kelvin · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Harriet Patton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Teddy Butler · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Rita Cole · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Dr. Juliet · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Elizabeth Stacey · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Kathy Ames · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Mary Bertch · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Alison Ives · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Amanda Seaton · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Penny Blodgett · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Scottie · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Audrey - a teacher · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Suzie James · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Grace Hart · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Cora Skinner · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Lynn Roth · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Marcella Dawson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Alice Hendricks · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Janet Pressman · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Susan Franklin · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ellen Morgan · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ayesha the Maharani · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Prudence Bixby · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Kiyoshi · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Charlotte Bronte · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Amy · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ethel Morris · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Lenore Kent · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Eve Wayne · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Peg Lincoln · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Judy Cavanaugh · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
May Ranson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Emily Pierson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Sarella · 1 eps
The New Loretta Young Show
Christine Massey · 26 eps
Self / Appearances (19)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
20/20
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Self - Host · 9 eps
Letter to Loretta
Self - Hostess · 1 eps
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self - 'Rebecca' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Show-Business at War
Self
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (voice)
You Can Change The World
Self
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)