Loretta Young

Loretta Young
Birth Name: Gretchen Michaela Young
Born: Jan 6, 1913
Salt Lake City, UT
Career: 1917-1994
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Comedy
Drama
Crime
Romance
Born Gretchen Young, her family moved to Hollywood and she began appearing (at age four) as a child extra in movies, as did her sisters (one of whom later became known as actress Sally Blane). At 14, she got a small supporting role in Naughty but Nice (1927), which led to a screen contract. She moved quickly from teenager to ingénue to leading lady roles, appearing in many films and successfully making the transition to the sound era. By the mid-'30s, she was an established star, usually cast in decorative roles in routine programmers. For her work in The Farmer's Daughter (1947) she won the Best Actress Oscar, and was nominated again for Come to the Stable (1949). After a consistently busy screen career of 25 years, she retired from films in 1953 to host the TV series The Loretta Young Show, a weekly half-hour teleplay; she appeared in about half of the show's episodes, winning three Emmy Awards. Since the early '60s, she has devoted most of her energies to Catholic charities. She has been married twice. In 1930, she made headlines when, at age 17, she eloped with actor Grant Withers. However, the marriage was annulled after a year. She later married producer and writer Thomas Lewis, from whom she eventually separated. She authored the memoir The Things I Had to Learn (1961). After NBC unlawfully broadcast her TV shows abroad, she sued the network in 1972 and won 600,000 dollars.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
American Traditions: Life Along the Mississippi 1994 Actor [Starring]
Lady in a Corner 1989 Actor [Starring]
Lady in the Corner 1989 Actor [Starring]
Christmas Eve 1986 Actor [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show: Season 08 1960 Actor [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show: Season 07 1959 Actor [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show: Season 06 1958 Actor [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show: Season 05 1957 Actor [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show: Season 04 1956 Actor [Starring]
Big Jim 1954 Actor [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show: Season 02 1954 Actor [Starring]
It Happens Every Thursday 1953 Actor [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show [TV Series] 1953 Participant [Starring]
The Loretta Young Show: Season 01 1953 Actor [Starring]
Because of You 1952 Actor [Starring]
Paula 1952 Actor [Starring]
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sort of. When she and her brother and sisters were adults their father went to the priest that they went to and told him that he was their father. The priest contacted Loretta's mother Gladys and she told them that they needed to help him f...
Here is an explanation to do with cameras. There is a tune on the new record called "LORETTA YOUNG SILKS" after the practice, invented by her cameraman, of placing silk stockings over the lens to achieve a soft focus. The song i...
No. Even though she was born in Salt lake City, Her father was no relation to Brigham Young.

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Awards

Year Movie/Film Role
1949 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Come to the Stable Best Actress (Nom)
1947 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Farmer's Daughter Best Actress (Won)
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