Phyllis Love

Known for ActingBorn 1925-12-21Died 2011-10-30Des 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 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)Read more

Movies & web series

Bus Stop

The Master Builder

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Twilight Zone

The Outer Limits

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Breed

Perry Mason

Ghost Story

Profiles in Courage

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

The Fugitive

Have Gun, Will Travel

Ironside

The Tall Man

Friendly Persuasion

Gunsmoke

Going My Way

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Deputy

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shane

Ben Casey

The Young Doctors

Dr. Kildare

The F.B.I.

Harry O

Studio One

Cain's Hundred

So Young, So Bad