Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 21, 1925
Died
Oct 30, 2011
Place of Birth
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Credits
31 titles
Phyllis Love
Biography
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)
Known For
Filmography
Harry O
Ghost Story
Joan Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Nurse (uncredited)
Ironside
Shane
Ada Gary
The F.B.I.
Phyllis
Profiles in Courage
Abigail Adams
The Fugitive
Laura
The Outer Limits
Andrea Holm
Going My Way
The New Breed
Mrs. Capples
Ben Casey
Bus Stop
Dr. Kildare
Ruth Wandemeir
Cain's Hundred
Cele Orlatti
The Young Doctors
Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander
The Tall Man
The Master Builder
Kaja
The Twilight Zone
Mrs. Lucas
Bonanza
Miss Griggs
The Deputy
Josie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Elsa
Perry Mason
Ellen Carter
Have Gun, Will Travel
Friendly Persuasion
Mattie Birdwell
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sue Thompson
Gunsmoke
Beth
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Katalin Tors
So Young, So Bad
Delinquent Girl (uncredited)
Studio One
The Girl
The Philco Television Playhouse