Loretta Young

Date of birth: January 6, 1913
Astrological Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Date of death: August 12, 2000
Aged: 87

Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, died in Los Angeles, California, 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, where she had a dramatic anthology series called The Loretta Young Show, from 1953 to 1961. The series earned three Emmy Awards, and reran successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication. Young worked with charities after her acting career.

See also:  Actress,  Academy Award Winner,  American,  Academy Award Nominee