The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)

The Farmer's Daughter
theatrical release poster
Directed by	H. C. Potter
Written by	Allen Rivkin Laura Kerr
Based on	Juurakon Hulda (play) by Hella Wuolijoki
Produced by	Dore Schary
Starring	Loretta Young Joseph Cotten Ethel Barrymore Charles Bickford
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Harry Marker
Music by	Leigh Harline
Production company	Vanguard Films
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	March 25, 1947 (1947-03-25) (Premiere-New York City)[1] March 26, 1947 (1947-03-26) (U.S.)[1]
Running time	97 minutes
Language	English
Box office	$3.3 million (US rentals)[2]

The Farmer's Daughter is a 1947 American comedy film directed by H.C. Potter that tells the story of a farmgirl who ends up working as a maid for a Congressman and his politically powerful mother. It stars Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, and Charles Bickford, and was adapted by Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr from the 1937 Finnish play Juurakon Hulda by Hella Wuolijoki, using the pen name Juhani Tervapää (misspelled in the film's credits as Juhni Tervataa).

The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Loretta Young and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Charles Bickford. Young's win was considered an upset; everyone had expected Rosalind Russell to win for her Lavinia in Mourning Becomes Electra.

In 1963, a television series based on the film was produced, starring Inger Stevens, Cathleen Nesbitt and William Windom.