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Frieda Inescort

Actor
Born June 29, 1901Died February 26, 1976 (74 years)
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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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Battle of Britain
  • Shadows on the Stairs
  • The Rebel
  • Four Star Playhouse
Known For
  • The Letter
  • A Place in the Sun
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • Shadows on the Stairs
  • Tarzan Finds a Son!
  • The Return of the Vampire
  • The Battle of Britain
  • The Alligator People
  • You'll Never Get Rich
  • The She-Creature
  • The Eddy Duchin Story
  • If You Could Only Cook
  • The Great O'Malley
  • Another Dawn
  • The Underworld Story
  • The Dark Angel
  • Beauty for the Asking
  • Foxfire
  • The Courtship of Andy Hardy
  • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
  • Flame of the Islands

Filmography

1986
Horrible Horror · as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne In 'the Alligator People'
1960
The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series) · as Grandmother
1960
Thriller (TV Series) · as De Chantenay's Mother
1960
The Crowded Sky · as Mrs. Mitchell
1959
1959
The Rebel (TV Series) · as Varina Davis
1959
The Alligator People · as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
1959
Juke Box Rhythm · as Aunt Margaret
1958
Senior Prom · as Mrs. Sherridan
1958
Darby's Rangers · as Lady Hollister
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Hope Quentin
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Antoinette Creston
1957
O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ann Lotterman
1956
The She-Creature · as Mrs. Chappel
1956
The Eddy Duchin Story · as Edith Wadsworth
1955
Flame of the Islands · as Evelyn Hammond
1955
Crossroads (1955) (TV Series)
1955
Foxfire · as Mrs. Lawrence
1955
The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Regina Wainwright
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Martha Hale
1954
December Bride (TV Series) · as Miss Prudhomme
1954
Casanova's Big Night · as Signora Di Gambetta
1954
The Lone Wolf (TV Series) · as Mrs. Folsom
1954
Waterfront (TV Series) · as Emily Van Buren
1954
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Mabel
1953
Meet Mr. McNutley (TV Series) · as Mother
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Marian Rutledge
1953
Never Wave at a WAC · as Lily Mae Gorham
1952
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Miss Proctor
1951
A Place in the Sun · as Mrs. Ann Vickers
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Mrs. Andrew Tack
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Robbins
1950
The Underworld Story · as Mrs. Eldridge
1949
Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1948
The Judge Steps Out · as Evelyn Bailey
1944
Heavenly Days · as Ettie Clark
1943
The Return of the Vampire · as Lady Jane Ainsley
1943
1943
Mission to Moscow · as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday · as Karen Holliday
1942
Street of Chance · as Alma Diedrich
1942
Sweater Girl · as Mrs. Menard
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy · as Olivia Nesbit
1941
Remember the Day · as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
1941
You'll Never Get Rich · as Mrs. Julia Cortland
1941
Sunny · as Elizabeth Warren
1941
Shadows on the Stairs · as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
1941
The Trial of Mary Dugan · as Mrs. Wayne
1941
Father's Son · as Ruth Emory
1940
The Letter · as Dorothy Joyce
1940
Pride and Prejudice · as Miss Caroline Bingley
1940
Convicted Woman · as Attorney Mary Ellis
1939
Tarzan Finds a Son! · as Mrs. Lancing
1939
The Zero Hour · as Linda Marsh
1939
Beauty for the Asking · as Flora Barton-Williams
1937
Portia on Trial · as Portia Merriman
1937
Another Dawn · as Grace Roark
1937
Call It a Day · as Dorothy Hilton
1937
The Great O'Malley · as Mrs. Philips
1936
Give Me Your Heart · as Rosamond Melford
1936
Mary of Scotland · as Mary Beaton
1936
Hollywood Boulevard · as Alice Winslow
1936
The King Steps Out · as Princess Helena
1936
The Garden Murder Case · as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
1935
If You Could Only Cook · as Evelyn Fletcher
1935
The Dark Angel · as Ann West

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