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Loretta Young

Born 1913-01-06

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

The Stranger 1946 · 7.3 The Bishop's Wife 1947 · 7.6 Platinum Blonde 1931 · 6.7 The Sheik 1921 · 6.2 The Farmer's Daughter 1947 · 7.2 Call of the Wild 1935 · 6.8 Cause for Alarm! 1951 · 6.4 Along Came Jones 1945 · 6.5 Man's Castle 1933 · 7.1 Come to the Stable 1949 · 7.1 The Crusades 1935 · 6.5 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939 · 7.0 The Accused 1949 · 6.8 Key to the City 1950 · 6.4 The Unguarded Hour 1936 · 6.6 Because of You 1952 · 6.4