Name
Teresa Wright
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1918-10-27
Deathday
2005-03-06 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress.
Her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination came in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. She received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1942 for her performance in Mrs. Miniver. That same year, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance in Pride of the Yankees opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
Wright received three Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the Playhouse 90 original television version of The Miracle Worker (1957), in the Breck Sunday Showcase feature The Margaret Bourke-White Story, and in the CBS drama series Dolphin Cove (1989). She earned the acclaim of top film directors, including William Wyler, who called her the most promising actress he had directed, and Alfred Hitchcock, who admired her thorough preparation and quiet professionalism.
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Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on ...
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In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Un...
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It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will fina...
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- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives as Peggy Stephenson
- 1950 The Men as Ellen
- 1943 Shadow of a Doubt as Young Charlie
- 1952 The Steel Trap as Laurie Osborne
- 1997 The Rainmaker as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
- 1948 Enchantment as Lark Ingoldsby
- 1953 Count the Hours! as Ellen Braden
- 1947 Pursued as Thor
- 1942 Mrs. Miniver as Carol Beldon
- 1941 The Little Foxes as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
- 1950 The Capture as Ellen Tevlin Vanner
- 1980 Somewhere in Time as Laura Roberts
- 1944 Casanova Brown as Isabel Drury
- 1942 The Pride of the Yankees as Eleanor Twitchell
- 1969 The Happy Ending as Mrs. Spencer
- 1954 Track of the Cat as Grace Bridges
- 1972 Crawlspace as Alice Graves
- 1953 The Actress as Annie Jones
- 1952 Something to Live For as Edna Miller
- 1958 The Restless Years as Elizabeth Grant
- 1988 The Good Mother as Grandmother Eleanor
- 1955 The Miracle on 34th Street as Doris Walker
- 1952 California Conquest as Julie Lawrence
- 1957 Escapade in Japan as Mary Saunders
- 1956 The Search for Bridey Murphy as Ruth Simmons
- 1977 Roseland as May
- 1946 The Imperfect Lady as Millicent Hopkins
- 2000 Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film as Self
- 1974 The Elevator as Edith Reynolds
- 1947 The Trouble with Women as Kate Farrell
- 1998 Angel Passing as Wife
- 1991 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1969 Hail, Hero! as Santha Dixon
- 1977 Flood! as Alice Cutler
- 1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Helene Berman
- 1956 No. 5 Checked Out as Mary
- 1990 Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)
- 1957 The Edge of Innocence as Carol Morton
- 1956 Once to Every Woman as Carol
- 1967 The Desperate Hours as Eleanor Hilliard
- 1990 The Exorcist III as Penitent (uncredited)
- 1983 Bill: On His Own as Mae Driscoll
- 1980 The Golden Honeymoon as Lucy Tate
- 1982 Morning's at Seven as Cora Swanson
- 1962 Big Deal in Laredo as Mary
- 2021 I Am Alfred Hitchcock as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 Back To "Somewhere In Time" as Self
- 1987 The Fig Tree as Miranda's Grandmother
- 1957 The Miracle Worker as Annie Sullivan
- Soon Diamonds on the Silver Screen as Self
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Helen Appletree
- 1973 Hawkins ( 1 episode ) as Jenny Burke
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Mary Todd Lincoln
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Judith Anderson
- 1968 Lancer ( 1 episode )
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 2 episodes ) as Emily
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Terry Hagen
- 1950 Your Show of Shows ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Eilene Wade
- 1959 Adventures in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Emilie Forbes
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode )
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Anne Clark
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Melissa Holmes
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Schoolteacher
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Alison Stevens
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Doris Walker
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Paula
- 1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Sister Regina
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Laura Pennington
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Laura Savage
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Sister Louise
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Sister Mary Winifred
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Carol
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Lorna Baylor
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Louella Parsons
- 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mary
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Marion Brown
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Stella
- 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law ( 1 episode ) as Ruthanne Cameron
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Katherine Saunders
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode ) as Janice Walner
- 1954 Studio 57 ( 1 episode )
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Wentworth
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Janet Larson
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Forrester
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Picket Fences ( 1 episode ) as Emily Ridgefield
- 1966 CBS Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Virgie
