Phyllis Love
Acting • Born 1925-12-21 – Died 2011-10-30
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)
Filmography
37 credits
Friendly Persuasion
Movie • 1956
Mattie Birdwell
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Movie • 1971
Nurse
The Young Doctors
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander
The Master Builder
Movie • 1960
Kaja
So Young, So Bad
Movie • 1950
Delinquent Girl (uncredited)
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Cele Orlatti
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Phyllis
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Beth
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Ellen Carter
Studio One
TV • 1948
The Girl
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Katalin Tors
Ironside
TV • 1967
The Tall Man
TV • 1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Sue Thompson
Going My Way
TV • 1962
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
Harry O
TV • 1974
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Laura
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Abigail Adams
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Mrs. Capples
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Ruth Wandemeir
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Andrea Holm
Shane
TV • 1966
Ada Gary
Ghost Story
TV • 1972
Joan Howard
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Mrs. Lucas
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Connie Parr
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Tracy Rogers
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Jennifer
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Minerva Doubleday
Studio One
TV • 1948
Phyllis
Studio One
TV • 1948
Alice Nichols
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Elsa
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Elisa
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Josie