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Loretta Young
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Actor Born: January 6, 1913 in Salt Lake City, UT Death: August 12, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Born Gretchen Young, her family moved to Hollywood and she began appearing (at age four) as a child extra in movies, as did her sisters (one of whom later became known as actress "Sally Blane"). At 14, she got a small supporting role in Naughty but Nice (1927), which led to a screen contract. She moved quickly from teenager to ingénue to leading lady roles, appearing in many films and successfully making the transition to the sound era. By the mid-'30s, she was an established star, usually cast in decorative roles in routine programmers. For her work in "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947) she won the Best Actress Oscar, and was nominated again for "Come to the Stable" (1949). After a consistently busy screen career of 25 years, she retired from films in 1953 to host the TV series "The Loretta Young Show", a weekly half-hour teleplay; she appeared in about half of the show's episodes, winning three Emmy... Full Biography
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