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Loretta Young

Actor
Born January 6, 1913Died August 12, 2000 (87 years)
Loretta Young 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Stranger
  • The Bishop's Wife
  • Cause for Alarm!
  • Eternally Yours
  • The Devil to Pay!

Known For

  • The Stranger
  • The Bishop's Wife
  • The Farmer's Daughter
  • Rachel and the Stranger
  • Cause for Alarm!
  • Come to the Stable
  • Midnight Mary
  • A Night to Remember
  • The Crusades
  • Call of the Wild
  • Born to Be Bad
  • Along Came Jones
  • Platinum Blonde
  • The Accused
  • The Doctor Takes a Wife
  • Man's Castle
  • Four Men and a Prayer
  • Eternally Yours
  • Employees' Entrance
  • Heroes for Sale
  • Taxi
  • They Call It Sin
  • Café Metropole
  • Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Filmography

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · as Madeleine Walters West (archive Footage)
1997
1989
Lady in the Corner · as Grace Guthrie
1986
Christmas Eve · as Amanda Kingsley
1963
1962
The New Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Christine Massey
1953
It Happens Every Thursday · as Jane Macavoy
1952
Because of You · as Christine Carroll Kimberly
1952
Paula · as Paula Rogers
1951
Cause for Alarm! · as Ellen Jones
1951
Half Angel · as Nora Gilpin
1950
Key to the City · as Clarissa Standish
1949
Family Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1949
Come to the Stable · as Sister Margaret
1949
Mother Is a Freshman · as Abigail Fortitude Abbott
1949
The Accused · as Dr. Wilma Tuttle
1948
1947
The Bishop's Wife · as Julia Brougham
1947
The Farmer's Daughter · as Katrin Holstrom
1946
The Perfect Marriage · as Maggie Williams
1946
The Stranger · as Mary Longstreet
1945
Along Came Jones · as Cherry De Longpre
1944
And Now Tomorrow · as Emily Blair
1944
Ladies Courageous · as Roberta Harper
1943
China · as Carolyn Grant
1942
A Night to Remember · as Nancy Troy
1941
Bedtime Story · as Jane Drake
1941
The Men in Her Life · as Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne · as Annie Morgan
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast · as Marianna Duval
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife · as June Cameron
1939
Eternally Yours · as Anita Halstead
1939
Land of Liberty · as Cast
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell · as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
1939
Wife, Husband and Friend · as Doris Borland
1938
Kentucky · as Sally Goodwin
1938
Suez · as Countess Eugenie De Montijo
1938
Three Blind Mice · as Pamela Charters
1938
Four Men and a Prayer · as Lynn Cherrington
1937
Second Honeymoon · as Vicky
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse · as Ina Heath Lewis
1937
Love Under Fire · as Myra Cooper
1937
Café Metropole · as Laura Ridgeway
1937
Love Is News · as Tony Gateson
1936
Ladies in Love · as Susie Schmidt
1936
Ramona · as Ramona
1936
Private Number · as Ellen Neal
1936
The Unguarded Hour · as Lady Helen Dearden
1935
The Crusades · as Berengaria, Princess Of Navarre
1935
Call of the Wild · as Claire Blake
1935
Shanghai · as Barbara Howard
1935
Clive of India · as Margaret Maskelyne
1934
The White Parade · as June Arden
1934
1934
Born to Be Bad · as Letty Strong
1934
The House of Rothschild · as Julie Rothschild
1934
Caravan · as Countess Wilma
1933
Man's Castle · as Trina
1933
The Devil's in Love · as Margot Lesesne
1933
She Had to Say Yes · as Florence 'flo' Denny
1933
Midnight Mary · as Mary
1933
Heroes for Sale · as Ruth Loring
1933
1933
Zoo in Budapest · as Eve
1933
Grand Slam · as Marcia Stanislavsky
1933
Employees' Entrance · as Madeleine Walters West
1932
They Call It Sin · as Marion Cullen
1932
Life Begins · as Grace Sutton
1932
Week-End Marriage · as Lola Davis Hayes
1932
Play Girl · as Buster 'bus' Green Dennis
1932
The Hatchet Man · as Sun Toya San
1931
Taxi · as Sue Riley Nolan
1931
Platinum Blonde · as Gallagher
1931
The Ruling Voice · as Gloria Bannister
1931
I Like Your Nerve · as Diane Forsythe
1931
1931
Big Business Girl · as Claire 'mac' Mcintyre
1931
Too Young to Marry · as Elaine Bumpstead
1931
Three Girls Lost · as Norene Mcmann
1930
Beau Ideal · as Isobel Brandon
1930
The Devil to Pay! · as Dorothy Hope
1930
The Right of Way · as Rosalie Evantural
1930
War Nurse · as Nurse (uncredited)
1930
The Truth About Youth · as Phyllis Ericson
1930
Kismet · as Marsinah
1930
Road to Paradise · as Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan
1930
The Second Floor Mystery · as Marion Ferguson
1930
The Man from Blankley's · as Margery Seaton
1930
Loose Ankles · as Ann
1929
Show of Shows · as Performer In 'meet My Sister' Number
1929
The Forward Pass · as Patricia Carlyle
1929
The Careless Age · as Muriel
1929
Fast Life · as Patricia Mason Stratton
1929
The Girl in the Glass Cage · as Gladys Cosgrove
1929
The Squall · as Irma
1929
Seven Footprints to Satan · as One Of Satan's Victims (uncredited)
1928
Laugh, Clown, Laugh · as Simonetta
1928
The Whip Woman · as The Girl
1927
Her Wild Oat · as Woman By Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
1921
The Sheik · as Arab Child (uncredited)

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