Phyllis Love

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Phyllis Ann Love (born December 21, 1925 in Des Moines , Iowa , † October 30, 2011 in Menifee , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Phyllis Love attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines; One of her classmates was the US actress Cloris Leachman , with whom Love was lifelong friends. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh .

Love initially worked in some local theater productions; from 1948 she completed an acting training at the Actors Studio in New York City . She appeared in the 1950s and 1960s as a stage actress on Broadway , including 1950/1951 in the role of Nancy Stoddard in the play A Girl from the Country by Clifford Odets, which was later successfully filmed with Grace Kelly . In the world premiere of the play The Tatöwierte Rose by Tennessee Williams in 1951 she played the role of Rosa delle Rose; she embodied, alongside Maureen Stapleton , the daughter of the seamstress Serafina Delle Rose, who was the focus of the play. For this she received the New York Clarence Derwent Award for best young actress in the category "Most Promising Female".

In 1950, Love made her film debut in the crime drama So Jung und so verorben , in which Paul Henreid and Rita Moreno were her partners. She had her best-known film role in 1956, directed by William Wyler as Mattie Birdwell in the epic Alluring Temptation . She embodied the daughter of the Quaker Jess Birdwell, played by Gary Cooper , who falls in love with a cavalry officer ( Peter Mark Richman ). She had another film role in 1961 as Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander in the feature film Chief Doctor Dr. Pearson . In it she played a young pregnant woman whose baby suffers from a haemolytic health disorder.

She also had episode roles and guest roles in numerous American television series , including Suspicion (1958), At the foot of the blue mountains (1960), Smoking Colts (1961; 1964), Incredible Stories (1962), Los Angeles location (1962) , Perry Mason (1962; 1964), Dr. Kildare (1965), On the Run (1967), The Boss (1970) and Bonanza (1971; 1972). In the 1970s, Love retired from the film business and from acting.

She later taught English language and acting at Morningside High School in Inglewood , California.

Private

Love was married twice. In 1948 she married the playwright James Vincent McGee; the marriage was divorced in 1978. In her second marriage, Love was married to Alan Paul Gooding from 1983 until her death.

Love died on October 30, 2011, at the age of 85 at her home in Menifee, Riverside County . She suffered from Alzheimer's disease .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1950: So Young So Bad
  • 1956: Alluring Temptation (Friendly Persuasion)
  • 1958: Suspicion (TV series, an episode)
  • 1960: At the foot of the blue mountains (Laramie) (TV series, an episode)
  • 1961: The Deputy (TV series, episode)
  • 1961: Chief Physician Dr. Pearson (The Young Doctors)
  • 1961–1964: Rauchende Colts (Gunsmoke) (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1962: Incredible Tales (Twilight Zone) (TV series, episode)
  • 1962: The Untouchables (TV series, an episode)
  • 1962: Los Angeles Location (The New Bread) (TV series, episode)
  • 1962–1964: Perry Mason (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1965: Dr. Kildare (TV series, episode)
  • 1967: Auf der Flucht (The Fugitive) (TV series, episode)
  • 1970: The Boss (Ironside) (TV series, an episode)
  • 1971–1972: Bonanza (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1972: Ghost Story (TV series, episode)
  • 1975: Harry-O (TV series, an episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d PASSINGS: Harry Lawenda, Axel Axgil, Phyllis Love obituary in: Los Angeles Times of November 2, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Love, Phyllis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Love, Phyllis Ann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Des Moines , Iowa, United States
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 2011
Place of death Menifee , California, United States