Loretta Young: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Gretchen Michaela Young
Born	January 6, 1913 • Salt Lake City • Utah
Died	August 12, 2000 (aged 87) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Emmy Award • Academy Award (1948) • Academy Award (1948): Actress in a Leading Role • Emmy Award (1959): Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series • Emmy Award (1957): Best Continuing Performance by an Actress • Emmy Award (1955): Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series • Golden Globe Award (1987): Best Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (1959): Television Achievement
Married To	Tom Lewis (1940–1969) • Jean Louis (1993–1997 [his death]) • Grant Withers (1930–1931)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Rachel and the Stranger" (1948) • "Love Under Fire" (1937) • "Suez" (1938) • "The Forward Pass" (1929) • "They Call It Sin" (1932) • "She Had to Say Yes" (1933) • "Kismet" (1930) • "Beau Ideal" (1931) • "The Doctor Takes a Wife" (1940) • "Play Girl" (1932) • "A Night to Remember" (1942) • "The Unguarded Hour" (1936) • "Show of Shows" (1929) • "Private Number" (1936) • "The Girl in the Glass Cage" (1929) • "Along Came Jones" (1945) • "The Crusades" (1935) • "Eternally Yours" (1939) • "The House of Rothschild" (1934) • "Come to the Stable" (1949) • "Zoo in Budapest" (1933) • "Wife, Doctor and Nurse" (1937) • "Caravan" (1934) • "The Hatchet Man" (1932) • "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back" (1934) • "The Accused" (1949) • "The White Parade" (1934) • "Four Men and a Prayer" (1938) • "Midnight Mary" (1933) • "The Whip Woman" (1928) • "Kentucky" (1938) • "Life Begins" (1932) • "Week-End Marriage" (1932) • "Heroes for Sale" (1933) • "Love Is News" (1937) • "Letter to Loretta" (1953–1961) • "Mother Is a Freshman" (1949) • "Loose Ankles" (1930) • "The Truth About Youth" (1930) • "Call of the Wild" (1935) • "Because of You" (1952) • "The Right of Way" (1931) • "The Bishop's Wife" (1947) • "Scarlet Seas" (1928) • "Three Blind Mice" (1938) • "The Careless Age" (1929) • "Sirens of the Sea" (1917) • "Paula" (1952) • "Second Honeymoon" (1937) • "The Perfect Marriage" (1947) • "Taxi" (1932) • "Three Girls Lost" (1931) • "The Life of Jimmy Dolan" (1933) • "Shanghai" (1935) • "Man's Castle" (1933) • "The Squall" (1929) • "The Head Man" (1928) • "I Like Your Nerve" (1931) • "Fast Life" (1929) • "He Stayed for Breakfast" (1940) • "Key to the City" (1950) • "Wife, Husband and Friend" (1939) • "The Second Floor Mystery" (1930) • "The Only Way" (1919) • "Too Young to Marry" (1931) • "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" (1939) • "It Happens Every Thursday" (1953) • "And Now Tomorrow" (1944) • "Big Business Girl" (1931) • "Road to Paradise" (1930) • "Ramona" (1936) • "Café Metropole" (1937) • "China" (1943) • "The Devil's in Love" (1933) • "The Men in Her Life" (1941) • "Bedtime Story" (1941) • "Platinum Blonde" (1931) • "Family Theatre" (1952) • "The Ruling Voice" (1931) • "Cause for Alarm!" (1951) • "Born to Be Bad" (1934) • "Ladies in Love" (1936) • "The Lady from Cheyenne" (1941) • "Employees' Entrance" (1933) • "The Farmer's Daughter" (1947) • "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (1928) • "The Stranger" (1946) • "Grand Slam" (1933) • "Clive of India" (1935) • "The New Loretta Young Show" (1962–1963) • "Half Angel" (1951) • "The Man from Blankley's" (1930) • "The Magnificent Flirt" (1928) • "Ladies Courageous" (1944) • "The Devil to Pay!" (1930)