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Loretta Young
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 87
Also known asGretchen Michaela Young, Gretchen Young, Лоретта Янг, Saint LorettaGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn06/01/1913Born inSalt Lake City, Utah, USADied12/08/2000 (aged 87)Died inLos AngelesCauseovarian cancerWikidataQ253384 ↗Buried atHoly Cross CemeteryTMDb#85848 ↗

Loretta Young was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1916 to 1989. She received numerous honors including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in film and television.

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Filmography93 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodMovieMadeleine Walters West (archive footage)95
200642nd Street: From Book to Screen to StageMovieSelf (archive footage)93
2003Complicated WomenMovieSelf (archive footage)90
2000Lon Chaney: A Thousand FacesMovieSelf (voice)87
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesMovieSelf (archive footage)82
1995Legends in Light: The Photography of George HurrellMovieSelf82
1989Lady in a CornerMovieGrace Guthrie76
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodMovieSelf74
1986Christmas EveMovieAmanda Kingsley73
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)70
197820/20SeriesSelf (archive footage)65
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?MovieSelf (archive footage)62
1968The Movie OrgyMovieSelf (archive footage)55
1962The New Loretta Young ShowSeriesChristine Massey49
1961Hollywood: The Selznick YearsMovieSelf - 'Rebecca' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)48
1953Letter to LorettaSeriesSelf - Host40
1953It Happens Every ThursdayMovieJane MacAvoy40
1952Because of YouMovieChristine Carroll Kimberly39
1952PaulaMoviePaula Rogers39
1951Cause for Alarm!MovieEllen Jones38
1950The Bob Hope ShowSeriesSelf37
1950You Can Change The WorldMovieSelf37
1950The Costume DesignerMovieSelf (archive footage)37
1949Come to the StableMovieSister Margaret36
1949The AccusedMovieDr. Wilma Tuttle36
1949Mother Is a FreshmanMovieAbigail Fortitude Abbott36
1948Rachel and the StrangerMovieRachel35
1947The Bishop's WifeMovieJulia Brougham34
1947The Farmer's DaughterMovieKatrin Holstrom34
1946The StrangerMovieMary Longstreet33
1945Along Came JonesMovieCherry de Longpre32
1944Ladies CourageousMovieRoberta Harper31
1944Golden Globe AwardsSeriesSelf - Presenter31
1943ChinaMovieCarolyn Grant30
1943Show-Business at WarMovieSelf30
1941Bedtime StoryMovieJane Drake28
1941The Men in Her LifeMovieLina Varasvina / Polly Varley28
1940The Doctor Takes a WifeMovieJune Cameron27
1939The Story of Alexander Graham BellMovieMrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell26
1939Eternally YoursMovieAnita26
1939Wife, Husband and FriendMovieDoris Borland26
1938KentuckyMovieSally Goodwin25
1938SuezMovieCountess Eugenie de Montijo25
1938Four Men and a PrayerMovieLynn Cherrington25
1937Wife, Doctor and NurseMovieIna Heath Lewis24
1937Love Is NewsMovieTony Gateson24
1937Café MetropoleMovieLaura Ridgeway24
1937Second HoneymoonMovieVicky24
1937Love Under FireMovieMyra Cooper24
1936Private NumberMovieEllen Neal23
1936RamonaMovieRamona23
1936Ladies in LoveMovieSusie Schmidt23
1935Call of the WildMovieClaire Blake22
1935The CrusadesMovieBerengaria, Princess of Navarre22
1935Hollywood Extra GirlMovieCrusades Actor (uncredited)22
1935Clive of IndiaMovieMargaret Maskelyne22
1934The House of RothschildMovieJulie Rothschild21
1934Born to Be BadMovieLetty Strong21
1934The White ParadeMovieJune Arden21
1934CaravanMovieCountess Wilma21
1934Bulldog Drummond Strikes BackMovieLola Field21
1933Man's CastleMovieTrina20
1933Midnight MaryMovieMary20
1933Grand SlamMovieMarcia Stanislavsky20
1933The Life of Jimmy DolanMoviePeggy20
1932Life BeginsMovieGrace Sutton19
1932Taxi!MovieSue Riley Nolan19
1932The Hatchet ManMovieSun Toya San19
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'Movie—18
1931The Ruling VoiceMovieGloria Bannister18
1931Big Business GirlMovieClaire 'Mac' McIntyre18
1931Beau IdealMovieIsobel Brandon18
1931Too Young to MarryMovieElaine Bumpstead18
1930The Devil to Pay!MovieDorothy Hope17
1930The Second Floor MysteryMovieMarion Ferguson17
1930Road to ParadiseMovieMargaret Waring / Mary Brennan17
1930The Man from Blankley'sMovieMargery Seaton17
1930War NurseMovieNurse (uncredited)17
1930The Right of WayMovieRosalie Evantural17
1930KismetMovieMarsinah17
1929The Show of ShowsMoviePerformer in 'Meet My Sister' Number16
1929The Careless AgeMovieMuriel16
1929The Forward PassMoviePatricia Carlyle16
1929The SquallMovieIrma16
1929Fast LifeMoviePatricia Mason Stratton16
1928Scarlet SeasMovieMargaret Barbour15
1928Laugh, Clown, LaughMovieSimonetta15
1928The Whip WomanMovieThe Girl15
1928The Magnificent FlirtMovieDenise Laverne15
1927Naughty But NiceMovie(uncredited)14
1921The SheikMovieArab Child (uncredited)8
1919The Only WayMovieChild on Operating Table6
1917The Primrose RingMovieFairy (uncredited)4