Loretta Young
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1913-01-06
- Died
- 2000-08-12
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Gretchen Michaela Young · Gretchen Young · Лоретта Янг · Saint Loretta
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
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Carol Brown / Barbara Devon / Self - Host / Ruth Baxter / Kim Collet / Margaret Channing / Audrey Curtis / Janice Hite / Helen Seaton / Catherine Harding / Laura Macklin / Mabel MacAfee / Judy Evans / Ellie Winters / Queen Nefertiti / Victor Conrad / Muriel Vail / Countess / Sister Ann / Gretchen Brock-Miller / Martha / Miss Ryan / Gerda Freuling / Edie Royal / Penelope Ashley / Kiku Arikawa / Thelma Brown / Jean Kennedy / Allison Bainworth / Susan Parker / Countess Barocci / Pam Gates / Karima / Amy Stewart / Kay Mathews / Judge Lila Brighton / Janet Forbes / Alma / Beth Hammond / Peggy Simms / Miss Connally / Taka / Maria Gordella / Connie Van / Fay Davies / Janet Barlow / Margaret Hutchins / Vera Wilson / Alice Ward / Augusta Smith / Susan Glover / Madeliene Vanderhoff / Polly Fry / Norma Hutton / Audrey Dickerson / Katharine / Eleanor Stark / Sally Hays / Anita Dodd / Donna Landon / Irene Sherwood / Felice Minton / Betty Rogers / Dina / Yuki Arakawa / Katherine Ward / Margaret Underwood / Isobel DeHavilland / Elizabeth Collier / Lucy Anderson / Sylvia / Margo Randall / Louise Roberts / Linda Perkins / Harriet Sands / Nora Halliday / Helen Talbot / Madge Mason / Nancy Hamilton / Marcy Thorne / Jane Seaton / Betty Taylor / Alva Knox / Teddy Butler / Sally Webster / Irene Dodds / Norma Kelvin / Inga Helborg / Jenny / Kitty Coughlin / Paula / Miss Springs / Harriet Patton / Susan Stevens - Stepmother / Mary Bertch / Scottie / Penny Blodgett / Grace Hart / Suzie James / Amanda Seaton / Audrey - a teacher / Alison Ives / Cora Skinner / Kathy Ames / Susan Franklin / Dr. Juliet / Elizabeth Stacey / Rita Cole / Lynn Roth / Alice Hendricks / Janet Pressman / Marcella Dawson / Ellen Morgan / Ayesha the Maharani / Prudence Bixby / Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress / Kiyoshi / Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms / Charlotte Bronte / Ethel Morris / Lenore Kent / Eve Wayne / Self - Hostess / Peg Lincoln / Judy Cavanaugh / May Ranson / Emily Pierson / Sarella
Half Angel
1951
as Nora Gilpin
Lady in a Corner
1989
as Grace Guthrie
Scarlet Seas
1928
as Margaret Barbour
TV Shows (4)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Carol Brown / Barbara Devon / Self - Host / Ruth Baxter / Kim Collet / Margaret Channing / Audrey Curtis / Janice Hite / Helen Seaton / Catherine Harding / Laura Macklin / Mabel MacAfee / Judy Evans / Ellie Winters / Queen Nefertiti / Victor Conrad / Muriel Vail / Countess / Sister Ann / Gretchen Brock-Miller / Martha / Miss Ryan / Gerda Freuling / Edie Royal / Penelope Ashley / Kiku Arikawa / Thelma Brown / Jean Kennedy / Allison Bainworth / Susan Parker / Countess Barocci / Pam Gates / Karima / Amy Stewart / Kay Mathews / Judge Lila Brighton / Janet Forbes / Alma / Beth Hammond / Peggy Simms / Miss Connally / Taka / Maria Gordella / Connie Van / Fay Davies / Janet Barlow / Margaret Hutchins / Vera Wilson / Alice Ward / Augusta Smith / Susan Glover / Madeliene Vanderhoff / Polly Fry / Norma Hutton / Audrey Dickerson / Katharine / Eleanor Stark / Sally Hays / Anita Dodd / Donna Landon / Irene Sherwood / Felice Minton / Betty Rogers / Dina / Yuki Arakawa / Katherine Ward / Margaret Underwood / Isobel DeHavilland / Elizabeth Collier / Lucy Anderson / Sylvia / Margo Randall / Louise Roberts / Linda Perkins / Harriet Sands / Nora Halliday / Helen Talbot / Madge Mason / Nancy Hamilton / Marcy Thorne / Jane Seaton / Betty Taylor / Alva Knox / Teddy Butler / Sally Webster / Irene Dodds / Norma Kelvin / Inga Helborg / Jenny / Kitty Coughlin / Paula / Miss Springs / Harriet Patton / Susan Stevens - Stepmother / Mary Bertch / Scottie / Penny Blodgett / Grace Hart / Suzie James / Amanda Seaton / Audrey - a teacher / Alison Ives / Cora Skinner / Kathy Ames / Susan Franklin / Dr. Juliet / Elizabeth Stacey / Rita Cole / Lynn Roth / Alice Hendricks / Janet Pressman / Marcella Dawson / Ellen Morgan / Ayesha the Maharani / Prudence Bixby / Sadie - Coffee Shop Waitress / Kiyoshi / Ruth Handley / Rosalie Simms / Charlotte Bronte / Ethel Morris / Lenore Kent / Eve Wayne / Self - Hostess / Peg Lincoln / Judy Cavanaugh / May Ranson / Emily Pierson / Sarella
The New Loretta Young Show
1962
as Christine Massey
Movies (122)
Half Angel
1951
as Nora Gilpin
Lady in a Corner
1989
as Grace Guthrie
Scarlet Seas
1928
as Margaret Barbour
Ladies Courageous
1944
as Roberta Harper
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Call of the Wild
1935
as Claire Blake
The Stranger
1946
as Mary Longstreet
Paula
1952
as Paula Rogers
Heroes for Sale
1933
as Ruth Loring
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number
Along Came Jones
1945
as Cherry de Longpre
Three Girls Lost
1931
as Norene McMann
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939
as Doris Borland
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Lynn Cherrington
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Cause for Alarm!
1951
as Ellen Jones
And Now Tomorrow
1944
as Emily Blair
The Girl in the Glass Cage
1929
as Gladys Cosgrove
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
as Rachel
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Loretta Young
Clive of India
1935
as Margaret Maskelyne
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Julie Rothschild
Ladies in Love
1936
as Susie Schmidt
Midnight Mary
1933
as Mary
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (voice)
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Loretta Young
The Spark
1961
as Lucy Masters
Big Business Girl
1931
as Claire 'Mac' McIntyre
The Accused
1949
as Dr. Wilma Tuttle
Come to the Stable
1949
as Sister Margaret
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
as Marianna Duval
You Can Change The World
1950
as Self
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Katrin Holstrom
Zoo in Budapest
1933
as Eve
Key to the City
1950
as Clarissa Standish
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Julia Brougham
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Peggy
Love Is News
1937
as Tony Gateson
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Kentucky
1938
as Sally Goodwin
Man's Castle
1933
as Trina
The Hatchet Man
1932
as Sun Toya San
Ramona
1936
as Ramona
The Men in Her Life
1941
as Lina Varasvina / Polly Varley
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as June Cameron
Her Wild Oat
1927
as Woman by Ping Pong Table (uncredited)
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Gallagher
Eternally Yours
1939
as Anita
The Devil to Pay!
1930
as Dorothy Hope
The Whip Woman
1928
as The Girl
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Private Number
1936
as Ellen Neal
Love Under Fire
1937
as Myra Cooper
Bedtime Story
1941
as Jane Drake
Taxi!
1932
as Sue Riley Nolan
Because of You
1952
as Christine Carroll Kimberly
The Crusades
1935
as Berengaria, Princess of Navarre
The Sheik
1921
as Arab Child (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The White Parade
1934
as June Arden
Shanghai
1935
as Barbara Howard
The Squall
1929
as Irma
Naughty But Nice
1927
as (uncredited)
The Devil's in Love
1933
as Margot Lesesne
Grand Slam
1933
as Marcia Stanislavsky
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
1928
as Simonetta
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Born to Be Bad
1934
as Letty Strong
Employees' Entrance
1933
as Madeleine Walters West
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self - 'Rebecca' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Florence 'Flo' Denny
Suez
1938
as Countess Eugenie de Montijo
The Perfect Marriage
1947
as Maggie Williams
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Mother Is a Freshman
1949
as Abigail Fortitude Abbott
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929
as One of Satan's Victims
Week-End Marriage
1932
as Lola Davis Hayes
Three Blind Mice
1938
as Pamela Charters
They Call It Sin
1932
as Marion Cullen
The Truth About Youth
1930
as Phyllis Ericson
Second Honeymoon
1937
as Vicky
I Like Your Nerve
1931
as Diane Forsythe
The Unguarded Hour
1936
as Lady Helen Dearden
The Magnificent Flirt
1928
as Denise Laverne
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
as Lola Field
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Annie Morgan
China
1943
as Carolyn Grant
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Ina Heath Lewis
Loose Ankles
1930
as Ann
Caravan
1934
as Countess Wilma
A Night to Remember
1942
as Nancy Troy
Christmas Eve
1986
as Amanda Kingsley
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
as Self
Life Begins
1932
as Grace Sutton
The Careless Age
1929
as Muriel
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Jane MacAvoy
The Second Floor Mystery
1930
as Marion Ferguson
War Nurse
1930
as Nurse (uncredited)
Kismet
1930
as Marsinah
Too Young to Marry
1931
as Elaine Bumpstead
Café Metropole
1937
as Laura Ridgeway
Road to Paradise
1930
as Margaret Waring / Mary Brennan
The Right of Way
1930
as Rosalie Evantural
The Man from Blankley's
1930
as Margery Seaton
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
Beau Ideal
1931
as Isobel Brandon
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'
1931
Play Girl
1932
as Buster 'Bus' Green Dennis
The Forward Pass
1929
as Patricia Carlyle
The Ruling Voice
1931
as Gloria Bannister
The Primrose Ring
1917
as Fairy (uncredited)
Fast Life
1929
as Patricia Mason Stratton
Sirens of the Sea
1917
as Child (as Gretchen Young)
The Head Man
1928
as Carol Watts
About Loretta Young
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 successful… With 126 credits spanning from 1917 to 2008, Loretta Young has appeared in 122 films and 4 TV shows.
Fans searching for Loretta Young movies, Loretta Young filmography, or the latest projects starring Loretta Young can stream many of these titles on Bowood.TV, free and in HD, with no subscription required.
Most Popular Loretta Young Movies
- Half Angel (1951) — as Nora Gilpin
- Lady in a Corner (1989) — as Grace Guthrie
- Scarlet Seas (1928) — as Margaret Barbour
- Ladies Courageous (1944) — as Roberta Harper
- The Movie Orgy (1968) — as Self (archive footage)
Where to Watch Loretta Young Films
Most Loretta Young movies and series are available to stream on Bowood.TV in full HD, completely free and without signup. Browse the complete filmography above to jump directly to any title. For more films and the latest web series featuring Loretta Young, check our movies catalogue and browse page.