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)