Loretta Young facts for kids

Loretta Young
Quick facts for kids Loretta Young
Born	Gretchen Michaela Young ; January 6, 1913; Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Died	August 12, 2000 (aged 87); Los Angeles, California, US
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1917–2000
Spouse(s)	Grant Withers; (m.1930–1931; annulled); Tom Lewis; (m.1940–1969; divorced); Jean Louis; (m.1993–1997; his death)
Children	Judith Young (w/Gable) (1935–2011); Christopher Lewis (b. 1944); Peter Lewis (b. 1945)

Loretta Young (born Gretchen Michaela Young, January 6, 1913 - August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Young was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California when she was three. Her sisters were actresses Polly Ann Young (1908-1997) and Sally Blane (1910-1997).

Young won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Farmer's Daughter. She won three Emmy Awards in the 1950s and a Golden Globe Award in 1986.

She was a devout Roman Catholic. She died of ovarian cancer in Los Angeles.

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Young in 1930
From the trailer for Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Young in 1938
Young and David Niven in the film Eternally Yours (1939)