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Phyllis Love
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Phyllis Anne Love was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 21, 1925. She attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines along with her close friend, Cloris Leachman. After perfor…
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Phyllis Anne Love was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 21, 1925. She attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines along with her close friend, Cloris Leachman. After performing in various local and regional drama productions, Love enrolled in the Actors Studio in New York in 1948. Her movie debut was a bit as a juvenile delinquent in the 1950 movie So Young So Bad (1950), which starred Paul Henreid and Rita Moreno. Love's best-known film role was as "Mattie Birdwell" in William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion (1956). Love guested in numerous TV programs in the 50s, 60s, and 70s but enjoyed her greatest success on the Broadway stage. She appeared in eight shows and, in 1951, won the New York Charles Derwent Award for Best Featured Actress for her portrayal of "Rosa Delle Rosa" in the original production of "The Rose Tattoo". After retiring from acting in the early 70s, she changed her first name to "Osanna". Date of Death 30 October 2011, Menifee, California (Alzheimer's disease)
Filmography
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1974
Harry O
TV show
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1972
Ghost Story
TV show Joan Howard
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1971
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Movie Nurse (uncredited)
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1967
Ironside
TV show
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1966
Shane
TV show Ada Gary
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1965
The F.B.I.
TV show Phyllis
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1964
Profiles in Courage
TV show Abigail Adams
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1963
The Fugitive
TV show Laura
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1963
The Outer Limits
TV show Andrea Holm
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1962
Going My Way
TV show
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1961
The New Breed
TV show Mrs. Capples
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1961
Ben Casey
TV show
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1961
Bus Stop
TV show
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1961
Dr. Kildare
TV show Ruth Wandemeir
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1961
Cain's Hundred
TV show Cele Orlatti
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1961
The Young Doctors
Movie Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander
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1960
The Tall Man
TV show
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1960
The Master Builder
Movie Kaja
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Mrs. Lucas
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Miss Griggs
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1959
The Deputy
TV show Josie
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1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV show Elsa
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Ellen Carter
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1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV show
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1956
Friendly Persuasion
Movie Mattie Birdwell
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Sue Thompson
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Beth
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1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV show Katalin Tors
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1950
So Young, So Bad
Movie Delinquent Girl (uncredited)
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1948
Studio One
TV show The Girl
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1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
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