Loretta Young

and one for television at 6141 Hollywood Blvd. He was awarded the Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1987 and in 1992, he won the London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor, for his performance in No Man's Land. Young has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; one for motion pictures at 6104 Hollywood Blvd. His last roles were in The Camomile Lawn, a 1992 TV dramatisation of Mary Wesley's novel, and as the voice of Badger in The Adventures of Mole (1995). She died of ovarian cancer in 2000 at the age of 87 and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. While filming for Yes, Prime Minister, Eddington was diagnosed with skin cancer, but he continued performing on stage and television, and for years he kept his illness a secret from all but his friends and co-stars. Her trademark at the beginning of each show was to appear dramatically in a doorway, dressed in the latest of high fashion evening gowns. Eddington moved into repertory theatre in Sheffield, and made his first appearance in TV drama in the 1950s, as a regular cast member of The Adventures of Robin Hood (first shown 1955), initially as minor characters and eventually as Will Scarlett.

Instead, she moved to television, where she hosted and starred in the well-received anthology series The Loretta Young Show. Eddington began acting with Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) which was set up to entertain British troops during World War II, but was asked to leave when it became known that he was a pacifist and a conscientious objector. In 1953 she made her last movie, It Happens Every Thursday. Eddington's fame grew further as the star of the hit comedy series Yes, Minister, first screened in 1980, and later to become Yes, Prime Minister - said to have been Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s favourite TV programme. In 1949, she received another Academy Award nomination, for Come to the Stable. Originally intended as mere bit parts, the Leadbetters quickly became essential to each episode and their roles expanded until they had equal standing with the two "stars". The same year she starred in The Bishop's Wife, a perennial favorite that still airs on television during the Christmas season. Eddington was cast in a supporting role as neighbour Jerry Leadbetter, with Penelope Keith as his wife, Margo.

But although she was receiving fan and critical appreciation, it wasn't until 1947 that she received her first Oscar nomination -- and win -- for The Farmer's Daughter. It tells the story of a suburban couple who decide to give up work and become self-sufficient. Young made several movies, working on as many as seven or eight a year. He rose to prominence through The Good Life, first screened by the BBC in 1975, and still being shown today. The daughter herself, known as Judy Lewis (she took Young's second husband's last name), did not know the true story until she herself was an adult. Although he worked as an actor all of his life, Eddington was in his forties before he became a household name. They told the whole world that the little girl had been adopted. Paul Eddington (1927-1995) was a well-loved British actor best known for his appearances in popular TV sitcoms of the 70s and 80s.

She and her mother moved to Europe, returning with a daughter. In 1934, Young had an affair with Clark Gable, and became pregnant. (They had acted together in The Second Floor Mystery.) The marriage was annulled the next year, just as their second movie together, ironically called Too Young to Marry, came out. In 1930, Young, then only seventeen, ran off with 26-year-old actor Grant Withers and married him in Yuma, Arizona.

The next year, she was anointed one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. It was not until 1928 that she first had her Loretta Young billing, in The Whip Woman. She was billed as Gretchen Young in her next film, also in 1917, Sirens of the Sea. Her half-sister Georgiana (daughter of her mother and step-father George Belzer) eventually married actor Ricardo Montalban.

Even though her mother said no, Gretchen was allowed to live with Murray for two years. The movie's star, Mae Murray, so fell in love with little Gretchen that she asked to adopt her. Her first role was at age 4 in the silent film The Primrose Ring. Born Gretchen Michaela Young in Salt Lake City, Utah, she moved with her family to Hollywood when she was three years old. Her sisters, Polly Ann Young and Elizabeth Jane Young (screen name Sally Blane) appeared in child parts in movies, and young Gretchen did the same.

Loretta Young (January 6, 1913 — August 12, 2000) was an American actress.