Loretta Young

Acting6th January 1913(died at 87)Salt Lake City, Utah, USA127 titles

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.

Born

6th January 1913 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Died

12th August 2000

Known for

Acting

Also known as

Gretchen Michaela Young, Gretchen Young, Лоретта Янг, Saint Loretta

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