Actor
Phyllis Love
December 21, 1925 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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)
Notable work
Often works with
Vaughn Taylor
4 titles together
The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, Studio One
Dabbs Greer
4 titles together
Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, The Fugitive
Edward Andrews
3 titles together
Friendly Persuasion, Studio One, The Young Doctors
Richard Anderson
3 titles together
Perry Mason, Ironside, The Fugitive
E.G. Marshall
3 titles together
Studio One, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Philco Television Playhouse
J. Pat O'Malley
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, Hallmark Hall of Fame
Full filmography · 31
Harry O
cast
1974
Ghost Story
as Joan Howard
1972
Ironside
cast
19676.9
Shane
as Ada Gary
1966
The F.B.I.
as Phyllis and as Connie Parr and as Tracy Rogers
19655.6Profiles in Courage
as Abigail Adams
1964
The Fugitive
as Laura
19637.3
The Outer Limits
as Andrea Holm
19637.8
Going My Way
cast
1962
The New Breed
as Mrs. Capples
1961
Ben Casey
cast
1961
Bus Stop
cast
1961