Loretta Young
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
Letter to Loretta
Carol Brown
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Barbara Devon
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Self - Host
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ruth Baxter
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Kim Collet
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Margaret Channing
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Audrey Curtis
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Janice Hite
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Helen Seaton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Catherine Harding
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Laura Macklin
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Mabel MacAfee
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Judy Evans
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ellie Winters
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Queen Nefertiti
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Victor Conrad
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Muriel Vail
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Countess
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Sister Ann
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Gretchen Brock-Miller
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Martha
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Miss Ryan
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Gerda Freuling
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Edie Royal
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Penelope Ashley
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Kiku Arikawa
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Thelma Brown
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Jean Kennedy
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Allison Bainworth
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Susan Parker
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Countess Barocci
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Pam Gates
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Karima
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Amy Stewart
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Kay Mathews
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Judge Lila Brighton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Janet Forbes
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Alma
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Beth Hammond
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Peggy Simms / Miss Connally
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Taka
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Maria Gordella
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Connie Van
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Fay Davies
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Janet Barlow
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Margaret Hutchins
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Vera Wilson
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Alice Ward
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Augusta Smith
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Susan Glover
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Madeliene Vanderhoff
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Polly Fry
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Norma Hutton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Audrey Dickerson
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Katharine
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Eleanor Stark
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Sally Hays
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Anita Dodd
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Donna Landon
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Irene Sherwood
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Felice Minton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Betty Rogers
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Dina
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Yuki Arakawa
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Katherine Ward
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Margaret Underwood
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Isobel DeHavilland
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Elizabeth Collier
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Lucy Anderson
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Sylvia
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Margo Randall
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Louise Roberts
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Linda Perkins
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Harriet Sands
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Nora Halliday
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Helen Talbot
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Madge Mason
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Nancy Hamilton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Marcy Thorne
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Jane Seaton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Betty Taylor
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Alva Knox
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Teddy Butler
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Sally Webster
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Irene Dodds
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Norma Kelvin
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Inga Helborg
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Jenny
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Kitty Coughlin
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Paula
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Miss Springs
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Harriet Patton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Susan Stevens - Stepmother
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Mary Bertch
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Scottie
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Penny Blodgett
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Grace Hart
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Suzie James
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Amanda Seaton
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Audrey - a teacher
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Alison Ives
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Cora Skinner
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Kathy Ames
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Susan Franklin
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Dr. Juliet
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Elizabeth Stacey
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Rita Cole
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Lynn Roth
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Alice Hendricks
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Janet Pressman
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Marcella Dawson
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ellen Morgan
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ayesha the Maharani
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Prudence Bixby
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Kiyoshi
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Charlotte Bronte
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Amy
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Ethel Morris
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Lenore Kent
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Eve Wayne
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Self - Hostess
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Peg Lincoln
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Judy Cavanaugh
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
May Ranson
1953
Series
Letter to Loretta
Emily Pierson
1953
Series
The New Loretta Young Show
Christine Massey
1962
Film
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Grand Slam
Marcia Stanislavsky
1933
Film
Paula
Paula Rogers
1952
Film
The Crusades
Berengaria, Princess of Navarre
1935
Film
Private Number
Ellen Neal
1936
Film
The Stranger
Mary Longstreet
1946
Film
Caravan
Countess Wilma
1934
Film
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
Film
The Bishop's Wife
Julia Brougham
1947
Film
The Accused
Dr. Wilma Tuttle
1949
Film
Suez
Countess Eugenie de Montijo
1938
Film
Call of the Wild
Claire Blake
1935
Film
Bedtime Story
Jane Drake
1941
Film
Midnight Mary
Mary
1933
Film
Taxi!
Sue Riley Nolan
1932
Film
War Nurse
Nurse (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Devil to Pay!
Dorothy Hope
1930
Film
Along Came Jones
Cherry de Longpre
1945
Film
Kentucky
Sally Goodwin
1938
Film
The Farmer's Daughter
Katrin Holstrom
1947
Film
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
1929
Film
Christmas Eve
Amanda Kingsley
1986
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
The Man from Blankley's
Margery Seaton
1930
Film
The Ruling Voice
Gloria Bannister
1931
Film
You Can Change The World
Self
1950
Film
The Perfect Marriage
Maggie Williams
1947
Film
Show Girl in Hollywood
Loretta Young
1930
Film
Key to the City
Clarissa Standish
1950
Film
The House of Rothschild
Julie Rothschild
1934
Film
China
Carolyn Grant
1943
Film
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (voice)
2000
Film
Ramona
Ramona
1936
Film
Ladies in Love
Susie Schmidt
1936
Film
It Happens Every Thursday
Jane MacAvoy
1953
Film
Platinum Blonde
Gallagher
1931
Film
Play Girl
Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis
1932
Film
Because of You
Christine Carroll Kimberly
1952
Film
Rachel and the Stranger
Rachel
1948
Film
Café Metropole
Laura Ridgeway
1937
Film
Shanghai
Barbara Howard
1935
Film
Clive of India
Margaret Maskelyne
1935
Film
They Call It Sin
Marion Cullen
1932
Film
Heroes for Sale
Ruth Loring
1933
Film
The Sheik
Arab Child (uncredited)
1921
Film
Kismet
Marsinah
1930
Film
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Lola Field
1934
Film
Loose Ankles
Ann
1930
Film
Show-Business at War
Self
1943
Film
Eternally Yours
Anita Halstead
1939
Film
The Doctor Takes a Wife
June Cameron
1940
Film
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
1939
Film
Cause for Alarm!
Ellen Jones
1951
Film
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Ina Heath Lewis
1937
Film
Love Is News
Tony Gateson
1937
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Self
1995
Film
The Men in Her Life
Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley
1941
Film
Second Honeymoon
Vicky
1937
Film
She Had to Say Yes
Florence 'Flo' Denny
1933
Film
Lady in a Corner
Grace Guthrie
1989
Film
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
Peggy
1933
Film
Come to the Stable
Sister Margaret
1949
Film
The Stolen Jools
Loretta Young
1931
Film
The Right of Way
Rosalie Evantural
1930
Film
A Night to Remember
Nancy Troy
1942
Film
Hollywood Extra Girl
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
Film
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
2008
Film
Life Begins
Grace Sutton
1932
Film
The Unguarded Hour
Lady Helen Dearden
1936
Film
Half Angel
Nora Gilpin
1951
Film
And Now Tomorrow
Emily Blair
1944
Film
Man's Castle
Trina
1933
Film
Zoo in Budapest
Eve
1933
Film
Employees' Entrance
Madeleine Walters West
1933
Film
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'
1931
Film
Three Blind Mice
Pamela Charters
1938
Film
Four Men and a Prayer
Lynn Cherrington
1938
Film
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Mother Is a Freshman
Abigail Fortitude Abbott
1949
Film
Beau Ideal
Isobel Brandon
1931
Film
Love Under Fire
Myra Cooper
1937
Film
Three Girls Lost
Norene McMann
1931
Film
The Lady from Cheyenne
Annie Morgan
1941
Film
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Film
The Truth About Youth
Phyllis Ericson
1930
Film
The Girl in the Glass Cage
Gladys Cosgrove
1929
Film
Born to Be Bad
Letty Strong
1934
Film
Big Business Girl
Claire 'Mac' McIntyre
1931
Film
He Stayed for Breakfast
Marianna Duval
1940
Film
The Careless Age
Muriel
1929
Film
Fast Life
Patricia Mason Stratton
1929
Film
The Spark
Lucy Masters
1961
Film
Seven Footprints to Satan
One of Satan's Victims
1929
Film
I Like Your Nerve
Diane Forsythe
1931
Film
The Head Man
Carol Watts
1928
Film
The Squall
Irma
1929
Film
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Simonetta
1928
Film
Wife, Husband and Friend
Doris Borland
1939
Film
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
1930
Film
Scarlet Seas
Margaret Barbour
1928
Film
The Costume Designer
Self (archive footage)
1950
Film
Road to Paradise
Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan
1930
Film
The Hatchet Man
Sun Toya San
1932
Film
Week-End Marriage
Lola Davis Hayes
1932
Film
The Devil's in Love
Margot Lesesne
1933
Film
The Forward Pass
Patricia Carlyle
1929
Film
Ladies Courageous
Roberta Harper
1944
Film
The Second Floor Mystery
Marion Ferguson
1930
Film
Sirens of the Sea
Child (as Gretchen Young)
1917
Film
Her Wild Oat
Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
1927
Film
The Only Way
Child on Operating Table
1919
Film
The White Parade
June Arden
1934
Film
The Whip Woman
The Girl
1928
Film
The Primrose Ring
Fairy (uncredited)
1917
Film
White and Unmarried
Child (uncredited)
1921
Film
Naughty But Nice
(uncredited)
1927
Film
Too Young to Marry
Elaine Bumpstead
1931
Film
The Magnificent Flirt
Denise Laverne
1928