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Loretta Young
(1913-2000)
American actress
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Loretta Young (born Gretchen 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 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). 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 re-run 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.

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Born Gretchen Michaela Young
6 January 1913
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died
12 August 2000 (aged 87)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Zodiac Capricorn
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    Judith Young info 2nd child with Clark Gable Female b. 6 Nov 1935 d. 25 Nov 2011 Age: 76 (at death) 1935-2011 American actress, writer, producer, and therapist
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    Christopher info 3rd child with Tom Lewis Male b. 1 Aug 1944 Age: 80 1944- Celebrity Baby
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  • Valerie Traxler
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  • Tay Garnett
    Tay Garnett · Friend · 1894-1977 · American film director and writer edit info
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    Travis Banton · Friend · 1894-1958 · American fashion designer edit info
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    Richard Barthelmess · Friend · 1895-1963 · Actor edit info
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  • Jules Stein
    Jules Stein · Friend · 1896-1981 · American, Business edit info
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  • Irene Dunne
    Irene Dunne · Friend · 1898-1990 · American, Actress edit info
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  • Lon Chaney Jr.
    Lon Chaney Jr. · Friend · 1906-1973 · American actor edit info
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    Josephine Saenz · Friend · 1908-2003 · American, Spouse edit info
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  • David Niven
    David Niven · Friend · 1910-1983 · British actor, memoirist and novelist edit info
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  • Danny Thomas
    Danny Thomas · Friend · 1912-1991 · American actor and comedian edit info
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