Loretta Young

Also known as Gretchen Young

American actress (1913–2000)

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Loretta Young was an American actress who had a long career in film and television spanning much of the 20th century, from the 1920s through the 1980s. She is remembered as a significant figure in Hollywood's Golden Age and remains notable for her extensive body of work across different eras of entertainment.

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Loretta Young appears in Vinony's Best Actress collection — one of 179 entries. It also appears in Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Within Vinony's link graph, Loretta Young is referenced by 713 other articles, and connects out to Golden Globes, The Call of the Wild and London.

It is catalogued under topics including 1913 births, 2000 deaths and 20th-century American actresses.

Its subject is documented across 65 Wikipedia language editions.

Film & TV

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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,…

Known for

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)2008
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)2006
Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)2003
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces — Self (voice)2000
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell — Self1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)1995
Lady in a Corner — Grace Guthrie1989
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self1987
Christmas Eve — Amanda Kingsley1986
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Loretta
Family name: Young
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Salt Lake City
Place of death: Los Angeles
Spouse: Jean Louis
Occupation: film producer
Political party: Republican Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Catholic Church
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Field of work: acting
Image: LORETTAYoung.jpg

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nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress
Commons category: Loretta Young
date of birth: 1913-01-06
date of death: 2000-08-12
cause of death: ovarian cancer
place of burial: Holy Cross Cemetery
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Loretta Young
end of work period: 2000-00-00
start of work period: 1917-00-00
name in native language: Loretta Young
birth name: Gretchen Michaela Young

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Encyclopedic overview

Loretta Young (born Gretchen Michaela Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) 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.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film The Farmer's Daughter (1947), and received her second Academy Award nomination for her role in Come to the Stable (1949). She also starred in films such as Born to Be Bad (1934), Call of the Wild (1935), The Crusades (1935), Eternally Yours (1939), The Stranger (1946), The Bishop's Wife (1947), and Key to the City (1950).

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