Acting
Phyllis Love
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)
Titles
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
Ironside
1967
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Fugitive
1963
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
Gunsmoke
1955
The Outer Limits
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
Ben Casey
1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Harry O
1974
The Deputy
1959
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
The Tall Man
1960
Ghost Story
1972
Cain's Hundred
1961
The New Breed
1961
Bus Stop
1961
Going My Way
1962
Shane
1966
Friendly Persuasion
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971
The Young Doctors
1961
So Young, So Bad
1950
The Master Builder
1960