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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 6, 1913
Died
August 12, 2000
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also Known As
- Gretchen Michaela Young
- Gretchen Young
- Лоретта Янг
- Saint Loretta
Loretta Young
2.4 Popularity
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
6.1
Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
6.0
Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
6.5
Self (voice)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
🎬
2.0
Self
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
4.5
Grace Guthrie
Lady in a Corner
1989
5.7
Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
6.6
Amanda Kingsley
Christmas Eve
1986
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.1
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Credits
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
2008
6.1
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (voice)
2000
6.5
🎬
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self
1995
2.0
Lady in a Corner
as Grace Guthrie
1989
4.5
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Christmas Eve
as Amanda Kingsley
1986
6.6
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
The New Loretta Young Show
as Christine Massey
1962
5.0
The Spark
as Lucy Masters
1961
0.0
Letter to Loretta
as Carol Brown
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Barbara Devon
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Host
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ruth Baxter
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Margaret Channing
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Kim Collet
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Helen Seaton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Judy Evans
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Laura Macklin
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Catherine Harding
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mabel MacAfee
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Audrey Curtis
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Janice Hite
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Sister Ann
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Gerda Freuling
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Queen Nefertiti
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Victor Conrad
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Penelope Ashley
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ellie Winters
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Muriel Vail
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Miss Ryan
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Gretchen Brock-Miller
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Martha
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Countess
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Allison Bainworth
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Edie Royal
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Thelma Brown
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Kiku Arikawa
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Susan Parker
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Countess Barocci
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Jean Kennedy
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Pam Gates
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Janet Forbes
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Judge Lila Brighton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Alma
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Beth Hammond
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Peggy Simms / Miss Connally
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Amy Stewart
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Maria Gordella
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Margaret Hutchins
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Eleanor Stark
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Kay Mathews
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Taka
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Karima
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Susan Glover
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Madeliene Vanderhoff
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Connie Van
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Fay Davies
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Vera Wilson
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Norma Hutton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Alice Ward
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Audrey Dickerson
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Katharine
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Polly Fry
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Sally Hays
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Augusta Smith
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Anita Dodd
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Donna Landon
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Felice Minton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Betty Rogers
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Janet Barlow
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Irene Sherwood
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Dina
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Sylvia
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Katherine Ward
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Nora Halliday
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Margaret Underwood
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Louise Roberts
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Yuki Arakawa
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Linda Perkins
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Isobel DeHavilland
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Margo Randall
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Lucy Anderson
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Elizabeth Collier
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Harriet Sands
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Jenny
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Nancy Hamilton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Helen Talbot
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Betty Taylor
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Jane Seaton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Kitty Coughlin
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Paula
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Irene Dodds
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Sally Webster
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Inga Helborg
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Alva Knox
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Madge Mason
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Marcy Thorne
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Miss Springs
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Susan Stevens - Stepmother
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Norma Kelvin
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Harriet Patton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Teddy Butler
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Rita Cole
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Dr. Juliet
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Elizabeth Stacey
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Kathy Ames
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mary Bertch
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Alison Ives
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Amanda Seaton
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Penny Blodgett
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Scottie
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Audrey - a teacher
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Suzie James
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Grace Hart
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Cora Skinner
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Lynn Roth
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Marcella Dawson
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Alice Hendricks
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Janet Pressman
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Susan Franklin
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ellen Morgan
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ayesha the Maharani
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Prudence Bixby
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Kiyoshi
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Charlotte Bronte
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Amy
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ethel Morris
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Lenore Kent
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Eve Wayne
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Hostess
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Peg Lincoln
1953
6.5
It Happens Every Thursday
as Jane MacAvoy
1953
6.2
Because of You
as Christine Carroll Kimberly
1952
5.7
Paula
as Paula Rogers
1952
6.5
Half Angel
as Nora Gilpin
1951
5.6
Cause for Alarm!
as Ellen Jones
1951
5.9
The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
1950
0.0
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
You Can Change The World
as Self
1950
5.8
Key to the City
as Clarissa Standish
1950
6.2
Come to the Stable
as Sister Margaret
1949
6.4
Mother Is a Freshman
as Abigail Fortitude Abbott
1949
8.0
The Accused
as Dr. Wilma Tuttle
1949
6.1
Rachel and the Stranger
as Rachel
1948
6.2
The Bishop's Wife
as Julia Brougham
1947
7.1
The Farmer's Daughter
as Katrin Holstrom
1947
6.9
The Perfect Marriage
as Maggie Williams
1947
4.0
The Stranger
as Mary Longstreet
1946
7.2
Along Came Jones
as Cherry de Longpre
1945
5.6
And Now Tomorrow
as Emily Blair
1944
5.7
Ladies Courageous
as Roberta Harper
1944
3.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
China
as Carolyn Grant
1943
6.8
A Night to Remember
as Nancy Troy
1942
6.6
Bedtime Story
as Jane Drake
1941
5.5
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.0
The Men in Her Life
as Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley
1941
6.2
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Annie Morgan
1941
4.6
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Marianna Duval
1940
0.0
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as June Cameron
1940
6.4
Eternally Yours
as Anita Halstead
1939
5.7
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
1939
6.0
Wife, Husband and Friend
as Doris Borland
1939
6.0
Kentucky
as Sally Goodwin
1938
5.8
Suez
as Countess Eugenie de Montijo
1938
5.2
Three Blind Mice
as Pamela Charters
1938
6.0
Four Men and a Prayer
as Lynn Cherrington
1938
6.3
Second Honeymoon
as Vicky
1937
5.8
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Ina Heath Lewis
1937
6.0
Love Under Fire
as Myra Cooper
1937
4.7
Café Metropole
as Laura Ridgeway
1937
7.0
Love Is News
as Tony Gateson
1937
6.0
Ladies in Love
as Susie Schmidt
1936
5.8
Ramona
as Ramona
1936
5.1
Private Number
as Ellen Neal
1936
6.6
The Unguarded Hour
as Lady Helen Dearden
1936
6.2
Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
6.0
The Crusades
as Berengaria, Princess of Navarre
1935
6.2
Call of the Wild
as Claire Blake
1935
6.2
Shanghai
as Barbara Howard
1935
6.5
Clive of India
as Margaret Maskelyne
1935
4.7
Caravan
as Countess Wilma
1934
5.0
The White Parade
as June Arden
1934
6.0
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Lola Field
1934
5.3
Born to Be Bad
as Letty Strong
1934
5.6
The House of Rothschild
as Julie Rothschild
1934
6.2
Man's Castle
as Trina
1933
6.8
The Devil's in Love
as Margot Lesesne
1933
5.0
She Had to Say Yes
as Florence 'Flo' Denny
1933
5.2
Midnight Mary
as Mary
1933
6.8
Heroes for Sale
as Ruth Loring
1933
7.0
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
as Peggy
1933
6.0
Zoo in Budapest
as Eve
1933
4.5
Grand Slam
as Marcia Stanislavsky
1933
4.0
Employees' Entrance
as Madeleine Walters West
1933
6.1
They Call It Sin
as Marion Cullen
1932
5.8
Life Begins
as Grace Sutton
1932
6.0
Week-End Marriage
as Lola Davis Hayes
1932
5.0
Play Girl
as Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis
1932
4.5
The Hatchet Man
as Sun Toya San
1932
4.7
Taxi!
as Sue Riley Nolan
1932
6.6
Platinum Blonde
as Gallagher
1931
6.6
I Like Your Nerve
as Diane Forsythe
1931
5.7
The Ruling Voice
as Gloria Bannister
1931
6.0
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'
1931
0.0
Big Business Girl
as Claire 'Mac' McIntyre
1931
6.0
Too Young to Marry
as Elaine Bumpstead
1931
0.0
Three Girls Lost
as Norene McMann
1931
0.0
The Stolen Jools
as Loretta Young
1931
5.6
Beau Ideal
as Isobel Brandon
1931
4.0
The Devil to Pay!
as Dorothy Hope
1930
5.7
The Right of Way
as Rosalie Evantural
1930
4.4
War Nurse
as Nurse (uncredited)
1930
4.6
The Truth About Youth
as Phyllis Ericson
1930
5.7
Kismet
as Marsinah
1930
2.7
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
3.4
Road to Paradise
as Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan
1930
6.2
The Second Floor Mystery
as Marion Ferguson
1930
0.0
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Loretta Young
1930
5.4
The Man from Blankley's
as Margery Seaton
1930
6.0
Loose Ankles
as Ann
1930
3.8
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
1929
5.5
The Forward Pass
as Patricia Carlyle
1929
0.0
The Careless Age
as Muriel
1929
0.0
Fast Life
as Patricia Mason Stratton
1929
0.0
The Girl in the Glass Cage
as Gladys Cosgrove
1929
6.0
The Squall
as Irma
1929
3.0
Seven Footprints to Satan
as One of Satan's Victims (uncredited)
1929
6.1
The Head Man
as Carol Watts
1928
0.0
The Magnificent Flirt
as Denise Laverne
1928
0.0
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
as Simonetta
1928
7.3
The Whip Woman
as The Girl
1928
0.0
Scarlet Seas
as Margaret Barbour
1928
2.7
Her Wild Oat
as Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
1927
0.0
Naughty But Nice
as (uncredited)
1927
0.0
The Sheik
as Arab Child (uncredited)
1921
5.9
White and Unmarried
as Child (uncredited)
1921
0.0
The Only Way
as Child on Operating Table
1919
0.0
Sirens of the Sea
as Child (as Gretchen Young)
1917
0.0
The Primrose Ring
as Fairy (uncredited)
1917
0.0