| Show "' IN STEP WITH: PT Tj y BY JAMES BRADY jorel E ALL GET AN EARLY Christmas present this week ' sJCCJ BORN: Gretchen Young Jan 6 1913 in Salt Lake City PERSONAL: Married to Grant Withers 1930-3- 1 Married-t- when Loretta Young returns Tom Lewis 1940-6to television in her first acting three children role in 23 years FILMS: Her nearly My own favorite Loretta 100 movies include Young film is The Bishop's Wife in which she starred Naughty but Nice magically with David Niven and Cary Grant would 1927 laugh Chian stay up until 3 in the morning to see it again just the 1928: Call Laugh scene So the other day I phoned Miss of the Wild 1935 Young w here she was filming up in Toronto to ask her Ramona 1936 about Niven and Cary and other things The Doctor Takes a “David was my real pal” she said "He had no job Wife 1940 The w hen we met ( in the 1930s and my sister invited him Stranger 1946 The home for the weekend and he ended up staying a year Farmer's Daughter in the guest room He fell in love wuth all of us 1947 (Oscar) (Loretta's three sisters and her mother and one eveThe Bishop's Wife ning he came home and said ‘I've just been signed by 1947 Rachel and Samuel Goldwyn’ It was his first movie job" the Stranger 1948 What about Cary Grant? “He's still a pal He's The Accused 1948 his sense uniquely attractive — his manner his Come to the Stable of humor 1 don't know why I never fell in love with 1949 Cause for him I guess at the time I was always involved with Alarm 1951 someone else" TV: The Loretta She broke into movies at age 14 in Naughts but Young Show 1953-6Nicem 1927 "My dad walked off when I was 4" she (three Emmysl told me "My mom just died at age 96 I quit acting at BOOK: The Things I 50 intended only to take a tw o- - or three-- y ear acation Had to Learn 1961 My whole life was a sound stage especially the last nine years on my TV show I traveled for a time and nothing came along that made me want to get up at 5 in the morning Then last year Aaron Spelling wanted me to come back in Dark was laiiMonsj but the script wasn't right enchanted by Spelling but I said 'no Then Christmas Eve came along I love this story" —hc'h-nfive WaV q cents She lives with a housekeeper in Beverly Hills sonv in this beautiful little house just three bedrooms She aid box vyben “I used to have a house w ith 10 bedrooms" she the CUSS CUSS box for said "but 10 years ago decided ‘Who needs the dthe orig'nate afcing Come to every this?' and I moved out” shevtas tnwas ling0 Mass the The Bishop's Wife is also one of her favorite t and Stable movies The others I Ramona The Farmer's Daughlaying swearing-2andP day ter Rachel and the Stranger and Come to the Stacents to vnete always ble She still sees some of the old Hollywood crowd chat rged socially — Jimmy and Gloria Stewart Cesar Romero Lord’ name' - Mter damnIrene Dunne Frances (Mrs Edgar) Bergen When V'rVeiV and she said this she laughed: "But let's face it lots of my resending old friends are dead was thinking about that two c’sh° uretta Vt n days before I came up here (to Toronto There were uieeh to Cary Grant and on the dais at a big dinner seated 70ny ‘bell unvtedmotheI to behind President and our thought myself herseeverc-KcephUmjust 'Well at least we're still here And not doing too " and‘da"W’ H badly for a couple of actors' cuss 9 1 3 1 1 o 1 5 1 1 g Tomorrow nitjht on XI( ' Loretta returns toaetimj with her first rote in do ifears It's a plan railed Yonmj " Christmas tells me “ Ere" and Miss Yonmj lore thisstonj" the PAGE 14 DECEMBER 21 1986 PARADE MAGAZINE |
