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Joan Lorring (born Madeline Ellis on April 17, 1926) is an Oscar-nominated Hong Kong-born American actress.

Early life

Lorring fled with her mother in 1939 following the Japanese invasion. The two of them settled in San Francisco, California in the United States, where young Mary began working in radio.

Career

Her first film role (by which time the studio had changed her name to "Joan Lorring") was in Song of Russia in 1944. She made The Bridge of San Luis Rey
in the same year, and, in 1945, starred opposite the late Bette Davis in The Corn is Green
as "Bessie Watty". She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role.

In the early 1950s, Lorring began starring in television, acting in starring roles in the soap opera Valiant Lady and the sitcom, Norby. She also had a small role in the 1970s in the soap opera Ryan's Hope before retiring.

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