Loretta Young
Acting Born Jan 6, 1913 Died Aug 12, 2000 Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 254 credits
Biography
Loretta Young was an American actress. She began her acting career as a child and continued in film from 1917 to 1953. Young transitioned to television, where she starred in the dramatic anthology series The Loretta Young Show from 1953 to 1961. The series earned multiple Emmy Awards. Young's acting career spanned over four decades, during which she appeared in numerous films and television shows. She is also known by the alias Gretche. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Young's acting credits include 126 known roles.
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Career overview
Loretta Young began her acting career as a child, starting in film in 1917. She continued to work in the industry for over three decades, with her last film appearance in 1953. Young's film career spanned a long period of time, during which she appeared in numerous productions.
Young's work in film earned her recognition, including an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1948 for her role in the 1947 film The Farmer's Daughter. She also received an Oscar nomination for her role in Come to the Stable in 1950. This marked a significant milestone in her career, showcasing her talent and versatility as an actress.
Following her successful film career, Young transitioned to television, where she starred in a dramatic anthology series called The Loretta Young Show from 1953 to 1961. The series earned recognition, including three Emmy Awards. Young's work in television further solidified her position as a talented and accomplished actress. Her dedication to her craft and her ability to adapt to different mediums are testaments to her enduring legacy in the entertainment industry.
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Complicated Women
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesLegends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Lady in a Corner
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Christmas Eve
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Movie Orgy
The New Loretta Young Show
Hollywood: The Selznick YearsThe Spark
Letter to LorettaLetter to LorettaLetter to LorettaLetter to LorettaLetter to Loretta
PaulaBecause of You
Half AngelCause for Alarm!
The Bob Hope ShowThe Costume DesignerKey to the CityYou Can Change The World
Come to the StableThe AccusedMother Is a Freshman
Rachel and the Stranger
The Bishop's WifeThe Farmer's DaughterThe Perfect Marriage
The Stranger
Along Came Jones
Golden Globe AwardsGolden Globe AwardsLadies CourageousAnd Now Tomorrow
Show-Business at WarChina
A Night to Remember
The Men in Her LifeBedtime StoryHedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2The Lady from Cheyenne
The Doctor Takes a WifeHe Stayed for Breakfast
Wife, Husband and FriendThe Story of Alexander Graham BellEternally Yours
Four Men and a PrayerThree Blind MiceKentuckySuez
Love Is NewsCafé MetropoleLove Under FireSecond HoneymoonWife, Doctor and Nurse
Full Filmography
254 titles- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) as Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) as Self (voice)
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self (archive footage)
- Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell (1995) as Self
- Lady in a Corner (1989) as Grace Guthrie
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) as Self
- Christmas Eve (1986) as Amanda Kingsley
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)
- The New Loretta Young Show (1962) as Christine Massey
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961) as Self - 'Rebecca' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Spark (1961) as Lucy Masters
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Carol Brown
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Barbara Devon
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Self - Host
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ruth Baxter
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Kim Collet
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Margaret Channing
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Audrey Curtis
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Janice Hite
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Helen Seaton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Catherine Harding
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Laura Macklin
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Mabel MacAfee
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Judy Evans
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ellie Winters
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Queen Nefertiti
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Victor Conrad
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Muriel Vail
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Countess
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Sister Ann
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Gretchen Brock-Miller
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Martha
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Miss Ryan
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Gerda Freuling
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Edie Royal
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Penelope Ashley
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Kiku Arikawa
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Thelma Brown
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Jean Kennedy
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Allison Bainworth
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Susan Parker
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Countess Barocci
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Pam Gates
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Karima
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Amy Stewart
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Kay Mathews
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Judge Lila Brighton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Janet Forbes
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Alma
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Beth Hammond
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Peggy Simms / Miss Connally
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Taka
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Maria Gordella
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Connie Van
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Fay Davies
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Janet Barlow
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Margaret Hutchins
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Vera Wilson
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Alice Ward
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Augusta Smith
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Susan Glover
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Madeliene Vanderhoff
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Polly Fry
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Norma Hutton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Audrey Dickerson
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Katharine
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Eleanor Stark
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Sally Hays
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Anita Dodd
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Donna Landon
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Irene Sherwood
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Felice Minton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Betty Rogers
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Dina
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Yuki Arakawa
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Katherine Ward
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Margaret Underwood
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Isobel DeHavilland
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Elizabeth Collier
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Lucy Anderson
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Sylvia
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Margo Randall
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Louise Roberts
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Linda Perkins
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Harriet Sands
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Nora Halliday
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Helen Talbot
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Madge Mason
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Nancy Hamilton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Marcy Thorne
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Jane Seaton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Betty Taylor
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Alva Knox
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Teddy Butler
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Sally Webster
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Irene Dodds
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Norma Kelvin
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Inga Helborg
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Jenny
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Kitty Coughlin
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Paula
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Miss Springs
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Harriet Patton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Susan Stevens - Stepmother
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Mary Bertch
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Scottie
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Penny Blodgett
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Grace Hart
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Suzie James
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Amanda Seaton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Audrey - a teacher
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Alison Ives
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Cora Skinner
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Kathy Ames
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Susan Franklin
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Dr. Juliet
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Elizabeth Stacey
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Rita Cole
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Lynn Roth
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Alice Hendricks
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Janet Pressman
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Marcella Dawson
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ellen Morgan
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ayesha the Maharani
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Prudence Bixby
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Kiyoshi
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Charlotte Bronte
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Amy
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ethel Morris
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Lenore Kent
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Eve Wayne
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Self - Hostess
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Peg Lincoln
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Judy Cavanaugh
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as May Ranson
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Emily Pierson
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Sarella
- It Happens Every Thursday (1953) as Jane MacAvoy
- Paula (1952) as Paula Rogers
- Because of You (1952) as Christine Carroll Kimberly
- Half Angel (1951) as Nora Gilpin
- Cause for Alarm! (1951) as Ellen Jones
- The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
- The Costume Designer (1950) as Self (archive footage)
- Key to the City (1950) as Clarissa Standish
- You Can Change The World (1950) as Self
- Come to the Stable (1949) as Sister Margaret
- The Accused (1949) as Dr. Wilma Tuttle
- Mother Is a Freshman (1949) as Abigail Fortitude Abbott
- Rachel and the Stranger (1948) as Rachel
- The Bishop's Wife (1947) as Julia Brougham
- The Farmer's Daughter (1947) as Katrin Holstrom
- The Perfect Marriage (1947) as Maggie Williams
- The Stranger (1946) as Mary Longstreet
- Along Came Jones (1945) as Cherry de Longpre
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
- Ladies Courageous (1944) as Roberta Harper
- And Now Tomorrow (1944) as Emily Blair
- Show-Business at War (1943) as Self
- China (1943) as Carolyn Grant
- A Night to Remember (1942) as Nancy Troy
- The Men in Her Life (1941) as Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley
- Bedtime Story (1941) as Jane Drake
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
- The Lady from Cheyenne (1941) as Annie Morgan
- The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) as June Cameron
- He Stayed for Breakfast (1940) as Marianna Duval
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) as Doris Borland
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
- Eternally Yours (1939) as Anita
- Four Men and a Prayer (1938) as Lynn Cherrington
- Three Blind Mice (1938) as Pamela Charters
- Kentucky (1938) as Sally Goodwin
- Suez (1938) as Countess Eugenie de Montijo
- Love Is News (1937) as Tony Gateson
- Café Metropole (1937) as Laura Ridgeway
- Love Under Fire (1937) as Myra Cooper
- Second Honeymoon (1937) as Vicky
- Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) as Ina Heath Lewis
- Ladies in Love (1936) as Susie Schmidt
- Private Number (1936) as Ellen Neal
- Ramona (1936) as Ramona
- The Unguarded Hour (1936) as Lady Helen Dearden
- Call of the Wild (1935) as Claire Blake
- Hollywood Extra Girl (1935) as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
- Shanghai (1935) as Barbara Howard
- The Crusades (1935) as Berengaria, Princess of Navarre
- Clive of India (1935) as Margaret Maskelyne
- The House of Rothschild (1934) as Julie Rothschild
- The White Parade (1934) as June Arden
- Caravan (1934) as Countess Wilma
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) as Lola Field
- Born to Be Bad (1934) as Letty Strong
- Heroes for Sale (1933) as Ruth Loring
- Zoo in Budapest (1933) as Eve
- The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) as Peggy
- The Devil's in Love (1933) as Margot Lesesne
- Midnight Mary (1933) as Mary
- Man's Castle (1933) as Trina
- Employees' Entrance (1933) as Madeleine Walters West
- Grand Slam (1933) as Marcia Stanislavsky
- She Had to Say Yes (1933) as Florence 'Flo' Denny
- Week-End Marriage (1932) as Lola Davis Hayes
- Taxi! (1932) as Sue Riley Nolan
- They Call It Sin (1932) as Marion Cullen
- The Hatchet Man (1932) as Sun Toya San
- Life Begins (1932) as Grace Sutton
- Play Girl (1932) as Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis
- Three Girls Lost (1931) as Norene McMann
- Big Business Girl (1931) as Claire 'Mac' McIntyre
- The Stolen Jools (1931) as Loretta Young
- Platinum Blonde (1931) as Gallagher
- I Like Your Nerve (1931) as Diane Forsythe
- Too Young to Marry (1931) as Elaine Bumpstead
- The Ruling Voice (1931) as Gloria Bannister
- Beau Ideal (1931) as Isobel Brandon
- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie' (1931)
- Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) as Loretta Young
- The Devil to Pay! (1930) as Dorothy Hope
- The Right of Way (1930) as Rosalie Evantural
- The Truth About Youth (1930) as Phyllis Ericson
- The Man from Blankley's (1930) as Margery Seaton
- War Nurse (1930) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Loose Ankles (1930) as Ann
- The Second Floor Mystery (1930) as Marion Ferguson
- Road to Paradise (1930) as Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan
- Kismet (1930) as Marsinah
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930) as Self
- The Show of Shows (1929) as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
- The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929) as Gladys Cosgrove
- The Squall (1929) as Irma
- The Forward Pass (1929) as Patricia Carlyle
- Fast Life (1929) as Patricia Mason Stratton
- Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) as One of Satan's Victims
- The Careless Age (1929) as Muriel
- Scarlet Seas (1928) as Margaret Barbour
- The Whip Woman (1928) as The Girl
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) as Simonetta
- The Magnificent Flirt (1928) as Denise Laverne
- The Head Man (1928) as Carol Watts
- Her Wild Oat (1927) as Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
- Naughty But Nice (1927) as (uncredited)
- The Sheik (1921) as Arab Child (uncredited)
- White and Unmarried (1921) as Child (uncredited)
- The Only Way (1919) as Child on Operating Table
- Sirens of the Sea (1917) as Child (as Gretchen Young)
- The Primrose Ring (1917) as Fairy (uncredited)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Loretta Young best known for?
Loretta Young is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Lady in a Corner (1989), The Movie Orgy (1968), Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961), Letter to Loretta (1953).
When and where was Loretta Young born?
Loretta Young was born on January 6, 1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. They passed away on August 12, 2000.
How many credits does Loretta Young have?
Loretta Young has accumulated over 254 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1921 to 2008.
What is Loretta Young's background in cinema and television?
Loretta Young was an American actress. She began her acting career as a child and continued in film from 1917 to 1953. Young transitioned to television, where she starred in the dramatic anthology series The Loretta Young Show from 1953 to 1961. The series earned multiple Emmy Awards. Young's acting career spanned over...
Loretta Young by the numbers
254credits
122films
132TV series
1917–2008active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Stranger (1946) as Mary Longstreet — aged about 33
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter — aged about 31
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee — aged about 31
- The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self — aged about 37
- The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage) — aged about 55
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Carol Brown — aged about 40
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