Phyllis Love
ActingAlso Known As
Phyllis Ann 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)
Movies
(5 total)
Friendly Persuasion
as Mattie Birdwell
So Young, So Bad
as Delinquent Girl (uncredited)
The Young Doctors
as Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Nurse
The Master Builder
as Kaja
TV Shows
(32 total)
The Twilight Zone
as Mrs. Lucas
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sue Thompson
The Outer Limits
as Andrea Holm
Perry Mason
as Ellen Carter
Perry Mason
as Minerva Doubleday
Gunsmoke
as Beth
Gunsmoke
as Jennifer
The Fugitive
as Laura
The F.B.I.
as Phyllis
The F.B.I.
as Connie Parr
The F.B.I.
as Tracy Rogers
Dr. Kildare
as Ruth Wandemeir
Studio One
as The Girl
Studio One
as Phyllis
Studio One
as Alice Nichols
Ghost Story
as Joan Howard