Loretta Young was a dazzling actress who took Hollywood’s Golden Age by storm. She came from a religious home and was Hollywood’s saintly good girl, taking on the sweet, innocent girl next door roles. Young kept her faith and values close, but like the rest of us, she made mistakes too. But in her case, straying off the moral path resulted in a life-changing choice.
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All Loretta Young wanted was a happy ending, but her love child became one of the longest-kept Hollywood secrets. Her web of lies truly had an effect on the people closest to her. Contrary to her good girl persona, the starlet was also known as the “iron butterfly.” The determined actress wasn’t going to let anything stop her from spreading her wings and achieving her goals.
This the life of Old Hollywood starlet Loretta Young and the web of lies she trapped herself in.