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Joan Lorring
Deceased

How Did Joan Lorring Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 88
Also known asDellie Ellis (nickname), Maria Madeline EllisGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn17/04/1926Born inHong Kong, ChinaDied30/05/2014 (aged 88)Died inSleepy HollowCausediseaseWikidataQ4689 ↗TMDb#94167 ↗

Joan Lorring was an American actress and singer known for her work in film and theatre. For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green (1945), Lorring was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Lorring also originated the role of Marie Buckholder in Come Back, Little Sheba on Broadway in 1950, for which she won a Donaldson Award.

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Filmography16 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1977The Love BoatSeriesMrs. Cummings51
1974The Midnight ManMovieJudy Willinger48
1966The Star WagonMovieMartha40
1965For the PeopleSeries—39
1956The Corn is GreenMovieBessie Watty30
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesEmma Borden29
1955NorbySeriesHelen Norby29
1952Stranger on the ProwlMovieAngela, a lonely woman26
1951The Big NightMovieMarion Rostina25
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries—24
1949SuspenseSeries—23
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries—22
1947The GangsterMovieDorothy21
1947The Lost MomentMovieAmelia21
1945The Corn Is GreenMovieBessie Watty19
1944Song of RussiaMovieSonia18