Name
Frieda Inescort
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1901-06-29
Deathday
1976-02-26 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frieda Inescort (born Frieda Wrightman, 29 June 1901 – 26 February 1976) was a Scottish-born actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Coward's play Hay Fever on Broadway. She also played the shingled lady in John Galsworthy's 1927 Broadway production Escape.
Inescort's acting debut came in The Truth About Blayds (1922), which was presented at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. Her other Broadway credits include You and I (1923), The Woman on the Jury (1923), Windows (1923), The Fake (1924), Ariadne (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Love in a Mist (1926), Mozart (1926), Trelawny of the "Wells" (1927), Escape (1927-1928), Napi (1931), Company's Coming (1931), Springtime for Henry (1931-1932), When Ladies Meet (1933), False Dreams, Farewell (1934), Lady Jane (1934), Soldier's Wife (1944-1945), The Mermaids Singing (1945-1946) and You Never Can Tell (1948).
Frieda Wrightman adopted her mother's surname as her professional name and moved to Hollywood and made her film debut in The Dark Angel (1935). Her other films include Mary of Scotland (1936), The Letter (1940), The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941), You'll Never Get Rich (1941) and A Place in the Sun (1951).
She appeared with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson as the conniving Caroline Bingley in the 1940 film version of Pride and Prejudice. She had a leading role in Call It A Day, a 1937 film in which she appeared with Olivia de Havilland, Bonita Granville, Roland Young, and Ian Hunter. She appeared in at least one episode of Perry Mason, as Hope Quentin in "The Case of the Jealous Journalist" (season 5, 1961).
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- 1955 Foxfire as Mrs. Lawrence
- 1951 A Place in the Sun as Mrs. Ann Vickers
- 1943 The Return of the Vampire as Lady Jane Ainsley
- 1939 Tarzan Finds a Son! as Mrs. Lancing
- 1950 The Underworld Story as Mrs. Eldridge
- 1941 You'll Never Get Rich as Mrs. Julia Cortland
- 1942 Street of Chance as Alma Diedrich
- 1956 The She-Creature as Mrs. Chappel
- 1959 The Alligator People as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
- 1956 The Eddy Duchin Story as Edith Wadsworth
- 1940 Pride and Prejudice as Miss Caroline Bingley
- 1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Karen Holliday
- 1940 The Letter as Dorothy Joyce
- 1941 Shadows on the Stairs as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
- 1941 Sunny as Elizabeth Warren
- 1937 Another Dawn as Grace Roark
- 1960 The Crowded Sky as Mrs. Mitchell
- 1937 The Great O'Malley as Mrs. Philips
- 1939 Beauty for the Asking as Flora Barton-Williams
- 1935 If You Could Only Cook as Evelyn Fletcher
- 1936 The Garden Murder Case as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
- 1940 Convicted Woman as Attorney Mary Ellis
- 1958 Senior Prom as Mrs. Sherridan
- 1941 Father's Son as Ruth Emory
- 1955 Flame of the Islands as Evelyn Hammond
- 1936 The King Steps Out as Princess Helena
- 1959 Juke Box Rhythm as Aunt Margaret
- 1942 Sweater Girl as Mrs. Menard
- 1943 It Comes Up Love as Portia Winthrop
- 1942 The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Olivia Nesbit
- 1954 Casanova's Big Night as Signora Di Gambetta
- 1944 Heavenly Days as Ettie Clark
- 1935 The Dark Angel as Ann West
- 1939 The Zero Hour as Linda Marsh
- 1936 Mary of Scotland as Mary Beaton
- 1936 Give Me Your Heart as Rosamond Melford
- 1947 The Judge Steps Out as Evelyn Bailey
- 1937 Call It a Day as Dorothy Hilton
- 1937 Portia on Trial as Portia Merriman
- 1936 Hollywood Boulevard as Alice Winslow
- 1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan as Mrs. Wayne
- 1943 Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator
- 1941 Remember the Day as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
- 1939 Woman Doctor as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
- 1953 Never Wave at a WAC as Lily Mae Gorham
- 1939 A Woman is the Judge as Mary Cabot
- 1942 Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
- 1943 Mission to Moscow as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
- 1959 Bourbon Street Beat ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Hope Quentin
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Marian Rutledge
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Regina Wainwright
- 1960 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as De Chantenay's Mother
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Robbins
- 1954 Climax! ( 1 episode ) as Martha Hale
- 1959 The Rebel ( 1 episode ) as Varina Davis
- 1954 Meet Corliss Archer ( 39 episodes )
- 1955 Crossroads ( 1 episode )
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Mabel
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Miss Proctor
