Loretta Young
| Loretta Young | |
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| Born |
Gretchen Young January 6, 1913 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | August 12, 2000 (aged 87) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1917–2000 |
| Spouse(s) |
Grant Withers (m. 1930; annulled 1931) Tom Lewis (m. 1940; div. 1969) Jean Louis (m. 1993–97) |
| Children | |
| Relatives |
Polly Ann Young (sister) Sally Blane (sister) Georgiana Young (sister) |
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 Academy Award for Best Actress 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 1949. Young moved to the relatively new medium of television, where she had a dramatic anthology series, The Loretta Young Show, from 1953 to 1961. The series earned three Emmy Awards and was rerun successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication. In the 1980s Young returned to the small screen and won a Golden Globe for her role in Christmas Eve in 1986. Young, a devout Roman Catholic, worked with various Catholic charities after her acting career.
She was born Gretchen Young in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Gladys (née Royal) and John Earle Young. At confirmation, she took the name Michaela. When she was two years old, her parents separated, and when she was three, she and her family moved to Hollywood. She and her sisters Polly Ann and Elizabeth Jane (better known as Sally Blane) worked as child actresses, but of the three, Gretchen was the most successful.
Young's first role was at the age of three, in the silent film The Primrose Ring. During her high school years, she was educated at Ramona Convent Secondary School. She was signed to a contract by John McCormick (1893–1961), the husband and manager of the actress Colleen Moore, who saw the young girl's potential. The name Loretta was given to her by Moore, who later explained that it was the name of her favorite doll.
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