Loretta Young in 1935

Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Image File history File links Loretta_Young_X_Feb35. ... Image File history File links Loretta_Young_X_Feb35. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

Early life

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah as Gretchen Young (she took the name Michaela at confirmation), she moved with her family to Hollywood when she was three years old. Her mother, a Catholic convert, left her unfaithful husband and headed West. Loretta and her sisters, Polly Ann Young and Elizabeth Jane Young (screen name Sally Blane), worked as child actresses, of which Loretta was the most successful. Young's first role was at the of age 3 in the silent film The Primrose Ring. The movie's star, Mae Murray, so fell in love with little Gretchen that she wanted to adopt her. Although her mother declined, Gretchen was allowed to live with Murray for two years. Her half-sister Georgiana (daughter of her mother and stepfather George Belzer) eventually married actor Ricardo Montalban. Flag Seal Nickname: Crossroads of the West Location Location of Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah Coordinates , Government County Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson Geographical characteristics Area     City 285. ... ... Polly Ann Young (October 25, 1908 - January 21, 1997) was an American film actress. ... Sally Blane (July 11, 1910 – August 27, 1997) was an American actress. ... Mae Murray Mae Murray (May 10, 1889 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress and dancer, who became known as The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips [1] and The Gardenia of the Screen. ... Ricardo Montalban (born November 25, 1920 in Mexico City) is a television and film actor. ...

Career

She was billed as "Gretchen Young" in the 1917 film, "Sirens of the Sea". It wasn't until 1928 that she was first billed as "Loretta Young", in The Whip Woman. The next year, she was anointed one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. ...

In 1930, Young, then only 17, ran off with 26-year-old actor Grant Withers and married him in Yuma, Arizona. The marriage was annulled the next year, just as their second movie together (ironically titled Too Young to Marry) was released. Grant Withers, (January 17, 1905, Pueblo, Colorado – March 27, 1959, North Hollywood, California), born Granville G. Withers, was a prolific American film actor with a sizeable body of work. ...

In 1934, Young had an affair with Clark Gable while on location for The Call of the Wild and became pregnant. Returning from a long "vacation" (during which she secretly gave birth to a daughter), Young announced that she had adopted the little girl. The child was raised as "Judy Lewis" after taking the name of Young's second husband, producer Tom Lewis. According to Judy's autobiography Uncommon Knowledge, she first learned that Gable was her birth father from other children at school. Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... The Call of the Wild book cover The Call of the Wild is a novella by American writer Jack London. ... Judy Lewis (born November 6, 1935) is an American actress. ... Uncommon Knowledge is a weekly 30-minute current affairs show hosted by Peter Robinson and that airs on San Jose, California, PBS affiliate KTEH. It is distributed by American Public Television stations throughout the United States and internationally by NPR Worldwide. ...

Young made as many as seven or eight movies a year and won an Oscar in 1947 for her performance in The Farmer's Daughter. The same year she co-starred with Cary Grant and David Niven in The Bishop's Wife, a perennial favorite that still airs on television during the Christmas season and was later remade as The Preacher's Wife with Whitney Houston. The Farmers Daughter is a 1947 movie which tells the story of a small-town girl from Minnesota who moves to Washington, DC to work as a housekeeper for her local Congressman. ... Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an English film actor. ... David Niven portrayed the original Sir James Bond in the 007 spoof Casino Royale James David Graham Niven (David Niven) (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983), was an Academy Award-winning English actor. ... The Bishops Wife is a 1947 romantic comedy film which tells the story of an angel who comes to earth to help a bishop to reconnect with his family. ... Christmas is a Christian holiday held on December 25 which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... The Preachers Wife is a 1996 film directed by Penny Marshall and produced by Debra Martin Chase. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an iconic American pop and R&B singer, actress, film producer, occasional songwriter and former fashion model. ...

Hosting The Loretta Young Show

In 1949, Young received another Academy Award nomination (for Come to the Stable) and in 1953 appeared in her last film, It Happens Every Thursday. Moving to television, she hosted and starred in the well-received half hour anthology series The Loretta Young Show. Her "sweeping" trademark appearance at the beginning of each show was to appear dramatically in various high fashion evening gowns. She returned at the program's conclusion to restate to the viewer the moral of the story just seen. (Young's introductions and conclusions to her television shows, which were widely satirized at the time, are not rerun on television because she had it legally stipulated that they not be; the ever image-conscious Young didn't want to be seen in "outdated" wardrobe and hairstyles.) Her program ran in prime time on NBC for eight years, the longest-running prime time network program ever hosted by a woman up to that time. The program began with the premise that each drama was an answer to a question asked in her fan mail; the program's original title was Letter to Loretta. The title was changed to The Loretta Young Show during the first season, and the "letter" concept" was dropped altogether at the end of the second season. At this point, Young's health required that there be a number of guest hosts and guest stars; her first appearance in the 1955-56 season was for the Christmas show. From this point on, Young appeared in only about half of each season's shows as an actress and merely functioned as the program host for the remainder. This program, minus Young's introductions and summarized conclusions, was rerun in daytime by NBC from 1960 to 1964 and also appeared, again without the introductions and conclusions, in syndication. Image File history File links Loretta_Young_IV.jpg Loretta Young in the 1960s. ... Come to the Stable is a 1949 film which tells the story of two French nuns who come to a small New England town and involve the townsfolk in helping them to build a childrens hospital. ... An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... Rerun van Pelt is the name of Linus and Lucys younger brother in the comic strip Peanuts. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Fan mail is mail sent to a public figure, especially a celebrity, by their admirers or fans. Fan mails may be in the form of letters, cards, artworks, gifts, and so on; depending on the recepient, it may also be possible to send fan mails via email. ... The 1955-56 United States network television schedule was the period that began in September, 1955 and ran through March, 1956. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...

Marriages and Relationships

• Married to actor Grant Withers in 1930, but it lasted only a year, and was annulled, in part because Loretta was only 17.
• Married to producer Tom Lewis in 1940. Lewis died in 1988.
• Married to fashion designer Jean Louis in 1993. Louis died in 1997.
• Involved in affairs with Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable; in 1935 she and Gable produced a daughter, known as Judy Lewis, whose legitimation required a considerable amount of ingenuity.

Grant Withers, (January 17, 1905, Pueblo, Colorado – March 27, 1959, North Hollywood, California), born Granville G. Withers, was a prolific American film actor with a sizeable body of work. ... Spencer Tracy (left) in 1960s Inherit the Wind with Fredric March. ... Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... Judy Lewis (born November 6, 1935) is an American actress. ...

Later life

Loretta Young was the godmother of actress Marlo Thomas, whose parents (her father was Danny Thomas), were, like Young, devout Roman Catholics. From the time of Young's retirement in the 1960s, until not long before her her death, she devoted herself to volunteer work for charities and churches with her friend of many years, Jane Wyman. Marlo Thomas was born Margaret Julia Thomas on November 21, 1937 (although most sources indicate 1938) and is an American actress, first appearing on the TV series That Girl in the 1960s. ... Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 – February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor of Lebanese Maronite descent. ... Jane Wyman Jane Wyman (born on January 4, 1914, though some sources once indicated she may have been born on January 5, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning American actress best known for playing disabled characters such as Belinda MacDonald in Johnny Belinda and Helen Phillips in Magnificent Obsession (opposite...

Young died at 87 from ovarian cancer at the Santa Monica, California home of her (half)sister, Georgiana Montalban, and was interred in the family plot in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Ovarian cancer is a malignant ovarian neoplasm (an abnormal growth located on the ovaries). ... Location of Santa Monica in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country State County United States California Los Angeles Incorporated November 30, 1886 City Council Bobby Shriver Robert Holbrook (mayor) Ken Genser Kevin McKeown Herb Katz Pam OConnor Richard Bloom Area    - City 41. ... Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. ... Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. ...

Young has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — one for motion pictures, at 6104 Hollywood Blvd., and another for television, at 6141 Hollywood Blvd. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

Trivia

• Country music legend Loretta Lynn was named for Loretta Young. Lynn's mother was one of Young's fans.

Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1935) is an American country singer who was the leading country female vocalist during much of the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Filmography

• The Primrose Ring (1917)
• Sirens of the Sea (1917)
• The Only Way (1919)
• White and Unmarried (1921)
• The Sheik 1921)
• Naughty But Nice (1927)
• Her Wild Oat (1927)
• The Whip Woman (1928)
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
• The Magnificent Flirt (1928)
• The Head Man (1928)
• Scarlet Seas (1928)
• Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
• The Squall (1929)
• The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)
• Fast Life (1929)
• The Careless Age (1929)
• The Forward Pass (1929)
• The Show of Shows (1929)
• Loose Ankles (1930)
• The Man from Blankley's (1930)
• Show Girl in Hollywood (1930) (Cameo)
• The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
• Road to Paradise (1930)
• Warner Bros. Jubilee Dinner (1930) (short subject)
• Kismet (1930)
• The Truth About Youth (1930)
• The Devil to Pay! (1930)
• How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie' (1931) (short subject)
• Beau Ideal (1931)
• The Right of Way ([931)
• The Slippery Pearls (1931) (short subject)
• Three Girls Lost (1931)
• Too Young to Marry (1931)
• Big Business Girl (1931)
• I Like Your Nerve (1931)
• The Ruling Voice (1931)
• Platinum Blonde (1931)
• Taxi! (1932)
• The Hatchet Man (1932)
• Play-Girl (1932)
• Week-end Marriage (1932)
• Life Begins (1932)
• They Call It Sin (1932)
• Employees' Entrance (1932)
• Grand Slam (1933)
• Zoo in Budapest (1933)
• The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
• Heroes for Sale (1933)
• Midnight Mary (1933)
• She Had to Say Yes (1933)
• The Devil's in Love (1933)
• Man's Castle (1933)
• The House of Rothschild (1934)
• Born to Be Bad (1934)
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
• Caravan (1934)
• The White Parade (1934)
• Clive of India (1935)
• Shanghai (1935)
• The Call of the Wild (1935)
• The Crusades (1935)
• Hollywood Extra Girl (1935) (short subject)
• The Unguarded Hour (1936)
• Private Number (1936)
• Ramona (1936)
• Ladies in Love ([936)
• Love Is News (1937)
• Café Metropole (1937)
• Love Under Fire (1937)
• Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
• Second Honeymoon (1937)
• Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
• Three Blind Mice (1938)
• Suez (1938)
• Kentucky (1938)
• Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
• Eternally Yours (1939)
• The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
• He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
• The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
• The Men in Her Life (1941)
• Bedtime Story (1941)
• A Night to Remember (1943)
• China (1943)
• Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
• Ladies Courageous (1944)
• And Now Tomorrow (1944)
• Along Came Jones (1945)
• The Stranger (1946)
• The Perfect Marriage (1947)
• The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
• The Bishop's Wife (1947)
• Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
• The Accused (1949)
• Mother Is a Freshman (1949)
• Come to the Stable (1949)
• Key to the City (1950)
• You Can Change the World ([951) (short subject)
• Cause for Alarm! (1951)
• Half Angel (1951)
• Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Awards (1951) (short subject)
• Paula (1952)
• Because of You (1952)
• It Happens Every Thursday (1953)

The Primrose Ring is a novel by Ruth Sawyer, published first in 1915 and illustrated by Fanny Munsell. ... The Sheik was a 1921 silent movie produced by Paramount, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres and Adolphe Menjou. ... Plantinum Blonde is a 1931 romantic comedy starring Jean Harlow, Loretta Young and Robert Williams, and directed by Frank Capra. ... The Hatchet Man Even in 1932, it was a bit difficult to accept Edward G. Robinson as a hatchet-wielding Chinese hit man. ... The House of Rothschild is a 1934 film which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... The White Parade is a 1934 film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... Clive of India is a 1935, drama genre film, based on Lord Robert Clives historical biography. ... The Call of the Wild book cover The Call of the Wild is a novella by American writer Jack London. ... VHS cover for The Crusades The Crusades is a 1935 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. ... Ramona is the title of several motion pictures based on the novel Ramona (1884) by Helen Hunt Jackson. ... Kentucky is a 1938 film with Loretta Young, Richard Greene, and Walter Brennan. ... Eternally Yours is a 1939 comedy film made by Walter Wanger and released by United Artists. ... Show Business at War was a 1943 short (17 minutes) film touting the film industrys contribution to the war effort. ... The Stranger is a 1946 film noir/drama starring Orson Welles and Loretta Young. ... The Farmers Daughter is a 1947 movie which tells the story of a small-town girl from Minnesota who moves to Washington, DC to work as a housekeeper for her local Congressman. ... The Bishops Wife is a 1947 romantic comedy film which tells the story of an angel who comes to earth to help a bishop to reconnect with his family. ... Rachel and the Stranger was a black-and-white 1948 western film starring Loretta Young, William Holden, and Robert Mitchum. ... Come to the Stable is a 1949 film which tells the story of two French nuns who come to a small New England town and involve the townsfolk in helping them to build a childrens hospital. ... Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 suspense film. ...

References

Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows is a trade paperback reference work by the American television researchers Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh , published by Ballantine Books. ...

Olivia de Havilland on the March, 1944 issue of Movieland Magazine Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a two-time Academy Award-winning Japanese-born American film actress. ... To Each His Own is a 1946 film which tells the story of an unwed mother, following World War I, who gives up her son for adoption and loves him from afar. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Farmers Daughter is a 1947 movie which tells the story of a small-town girl from Minnesota who moves to Washington, DC to work as a housekeeper for her local Congressman. ... Jane Wyman Jane Wyman (born on January 4, 1914, though some sources once indicated she may have been born on January 5, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning American actress best known for playing disabled characters such as Belinda MacDonald in Johnny Belinda and Helen Phillips in Magnificent Obsession (opposite... Johnny Belinda is a 1948 film which tells the story of a deaf mute woman who is raped, becomes pregnant, and then is ruled unfit to care for the child. ...

External links

• Loretta Young at the Internet Movie Database
• Loretta%20Young Find-A-Grave profile for Loretta Young