Name
Terry Moore
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-01-07 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
Known For
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Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But th...
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In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern famil...
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A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big...
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Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owne...
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In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance M...
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- 1965 City of Fear as Suzan
- 1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef as Gwyneth Rhys
- 1955 Daddy Long Legs as Linda Pendleton
- 2006 Kill Your Darlings as Ella Toscana
- 1978 Death Dimension as Madam Maria
- 1951 Two of a Kind as Kathy McIntyre
- 1985 Hellhole as Sidnee Hammond
- 1955 Shack Out on 101 as Kotty
- 1957 Peyton Place as Betty Anderson
- 1998 Second Chances as Dallas Judd
- 1953 King of the Khyber Rifles as Susan Maitland
- 1950 Gambling House as Lynn Warren
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Jill Young
- 1972 The Daredevil as Julie Thompson
- 1950 The Great Rupert as Rosalinda Amendola
- 1940 The Howards of Virginia as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
- 1946 Shadowed as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
- 2023 Merrily as Betty Clurman
- 1956 Between Heaven and Hell as Jenny Gifford
- 1953 Come Back, Little Sheba as Marie Buckholder
- 1960 Why Must I Die as Lois King
- 1953 Man on a Tightrope as Tereza Cernik
- 1957 Bernardine as Jean Cantrick
- 1940 Maryland as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
- 2005 Buzz
- 1960 Platinum High School as Jennifer Evans
- 1950 He's a Cockeyed Wonder as Judy Sears
- 1955 Portrait of Alison as Alison Ford
- 1959 Cast a Long Shadow as Janet Calvert
- 1968 A Man Called Dagger as Harper Davis
- 1948 The Return of October as Terry Ramsey
- 1951 Sunny Side of the Street as Betty Holloway
- 1998 Mighty Joe Young as Elegant Woman at Party
- 2014 Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Self
- 1943 True to Life as Little Girl (uncredited)
- 1989 Beverly Hills Brats as Veronica
- 1965 Town Tamer as Susan Tavenner
- 1951 The Barefoot Mailman as Adie Titus
- 1959 A Private's Affair as Louise Wright
- 1989 Going Overboard as Mistress
- 1965 Black Spurs as Anna Elkins
- 2018 Frank and Ava as Self
- 1989 Hoodwinked as Sally
- 1991 Marilyn and Me as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
- 2015 Aimy in a Cage as Grandma Micry
- 1944 Gaslight as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
- 1987 W.A.R.: Women Against Rape as Mrs. McCormack
- 2021 Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self
- 1947 The Devil On Wheels as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
- 1970 The Weird World of Weird
- 1942 A-Haunting We Will Go as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
- 1948 Summer Holiday as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
- 1944 Since You Went Away as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
- 1945 Son of Lassie as Thea (as Helen Koford)
- 1944 Sweet and Low-Down as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven as Choir Member (uncredited)
- 1945 The Clock as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
- 1942 On the Sunny Side as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
- 2024 The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood as Herself
- 1942 My Gal Sal as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
- 2000 Stageghost as Olive
- 1966 Waco as Dolly
- 2007 The Still Life as Mrs. Stratford
- 2015 Mansion of Blood as Natalie
- 2003 Rita as Self
- 1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5 as Trudy
- 1983 Do It Debbie's Way as Self
- 1956 No Right to Kill as Lisa
- 2000 Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self
- 1996 Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self
- 1971 Mean Justice as Connie Garrett
- 1970 Quarantined as Martha Atkinson
- 2023 Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black as Lady in Black
- 1999 Final Voyage as Christina
- 1947 Heartaches as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
- 2012 Margarine Wars as Miriam Cuningham
- 1967 Lionpower from MGM as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2025 Sinatra! Eternity as Self
- 1975 Paesano as Self
- 2021 Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- 2015 Tab Hunter Confidential as Self
- 1957 The Clouded Image as Eleanor
- Soon All About Alfred as Self
- 1942 A-Haunting We Will Go
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Kingston
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1960 My Three Sons ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Batman ( 3 episodes ) as Venus
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Molly Friedrich
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Annabelle
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Evvy Jeffers
- 1987 Wiseguy ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as Dallas Storm
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Alma Wilson
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Rosa
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Rebel ( 1 episode ) as Janice Dutton
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 True Detective ( 1 episode ) as Lilly Hill
- 1962 Empire ( 32 episodes ) as Connie Garrett
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Ann Winslow
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Nikki Manners
- 1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Felice Knight
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Lydia Yates
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Chris
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Julie
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Clark
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 Empire ( 1 episode ) as Connie
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Florence
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode ) as Emily Armor
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Susan Randall
