Joan Lorring obit

Oscar-Nominated Actress Joan Lorring Dies at 88

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She received a supporting actress nomination in 1946 for "The Corn is Green."

The Oscar-nominated actress Joan Lorring has died more than six decades after appearing opposite Bette Davis in the film The Corn is Green. She was 88.

She died Friday in the New York City suburb of Sleepy Hollow, according to her daughter, Santha Sonenberg.

Lorring was born in Hong Kong and left for the United States with her mother in 1939 to escape the coming Japanese invasion. The two settled in San Francisco, where she started working in radio.

She went on to a career as a stage, screen and television performer. Her earliest American film was the 1944 MGM production "Song of Russia."

Signed with Warner Bros., Lorring was nominated for an Oscar in 1946 for best supporting actress in The Corn is Green, in the role of Bessie Watty.

Lorring also appeared opposite Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in the 1946 movies Three Strangers and The Verdict.

Broadway roles included Marie in Come Back, Little Sheba, with Shirley Booth, for which she won the Donaldson Award in 1950.

Her many television appearances included The Star Wagon, a 1966 movie with Dustin Hoffman and Orson Bean, and The Love Boat in 1980.

"Right up until her death, she continued to have fans who wrote and sought her autograph and she had a following," Sonenberg said in a statement.

In addition to Sonenberg, she leaves another daughter, Andrea Sonenberg, and grandchildren Josh and Rebecca Jurbala. Lorring's husband, the prominent New York endocrinologist Martin Sonenberg, died in 2011.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1944      Song of Russia   Sonia    

The Bridge of San Luis Rey            Pepita  

1945      The Corn Is Green            Bessie Watty      Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

1946      Three Strangers                Icey Crane          

The Verdict         Lottie Rawson   

1947      The Other Love Celestine Miller                

The Lost Moment             Amelia

The Gangster     Dorothy               

1948      Good Sam           Shirley Mae       

1951      The Big Night     Marion Rostina

1952      Imbarco a mezzanotte   Angela English title: Stranger on the Prowl

1974      The Midnight Man           Judy      

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1950–1956          Robert Montgomery Presents                    5 episodes

1952      The Philco Television Playhouse                                 Episode: The Thin Air

The Doctor                          Episode: No Story Assignment

1954      The Motorola Television Hour                     Episode: A Dash of Bitters

Love Story                           Episode: For All We Know

Danger                  Episode: The Big Man

Suspense                             Episode: The Last Stand

Center Stage      Terry Clayborn   Episode: The Day Before Atlanta

1953, 1955          Goodyear Television Playhouse                 Episode: The Rumor

Episode: The Prizewinner

1954–1955          Valiant Lady        Bonnie Withers #1          

Westinghouse Studio One            Blair

Terry     Episode: Castle in Spain

Episode: Millions of Georges

1955      Norby    Helen Norby      

The Elgin Hour   Maggie Episode: Black Eagle Pass

Kraft Television Theatre                                Episode: Coquette

Appointment with Adventure                     Episode: Return of the Stranger

1956      Star Stage                            Episode: Of Missing Persons

Alfred Hitchcock Presents             Emma Borden    Episode: The Older Sister

General Electric Theater                                Episode: The Shunning

1965      The Nurses         Jean Bower         Episode: Act of Violence

For the People   Jean Bow             Episode: Act of Violence (2)

1966      The Star Wagon                Martha PBS TV-Movie

1979–1980          Ryan's Hope       Anna Pavel         

1980      The Love Boat    Mrs. Cummings                 Episode: Tell Her She's Great..., (final appearance)

Radio appearances

Date      Program               Episode/source Role       Notes

June 23 to September 15, 1942 (second season)                A Date with Judy               Entire season     Judy       Credited as "Dellie Ellis". Sponsored by Pepsodent

August 2, 1945 Suspense             "A Man in the House"     Emily Barrett[15]

August 22, 1946                Suspense             "The Great Horrell"         Alma Horrell[16]

1953      Best Plays            "The Farmer Takes a Wife"[17]                  

December 3, 1961           Suspense             "Luck of the Tiger Eye"

June 2, 1965       ABC's Theatre-Five          "Noose of Pearls"             Maude

January 12, 1974              CBS Radio Mystery Theater          "I Warn You Three Times"

January 15, 1974              CBS Radio Mystery Theater          "The Resident"

January 28, 1974              CBS Radio Mystery Theater          "Three Women"

February 4, 1974              CBS Radio Mystery Theater          "The Lady Was a Tiger"

March 7, 1974   CBS Radio Mystery Theater          "The Creature from the Swamp"

March 20 1974 to January 19, 1976          CBS Radio Mystery Theater          Numerous appearances