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Teresa Wright
Actor
Died March 6, 2005 (86 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1997 | The Rainmaker · as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong |
| 1992 | Picket Fences (TV Series) · as Emily Ridgefield |
| 1991 | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star · as actress 'Pursued' |
| 1990 | The Exorcist III · as Penitent (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception · as Helene Berman |
| 1988 | The Good Mother · as Grandmother Eleanor |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Helen Appletree |
| 1983 | Bill: On His Own · as Mae Driscoll |
| 1980 | Somewhere in Time · as Laura Roberts |
| 1980 | The Golden Honeymoon · as Lucy Tate |
| 1977 | Roseland · as May |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Sister Regina |
| 1973 | Hawkins (TV Series) · as Jenny Burke |
| 1969 | The Happy Ending · as Mrs. Spencer |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Marion Brown |
| 1959 | |
| 1957 | Escapade in Japan · as Mary Saunders |
| 1956 | Once to Every Woman · as Carol |
| 1955 | The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Eleanor Linton |
| 1954 | Track of the Cat · as Grace Bridges |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Eilene Wade |
| 1953 | Count the Hours! · as Ellen Braden |
| 1953 | The Actress · as Annie Jones |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Mary Todd Lincoln |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Schoolteacher |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap · as Laurie Osborne |
| 1952 | Something to Live For · as Edna Miller |
| 1952 | California Conquest · as Julie Lawrence |
| 1952 | Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Grace |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Carol |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Judith Anderson |
| 1950 | The Men · as Ellen |
| 1950 | The Capture · as Ellen Tevlin Vanner |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Emily |
| 1948 | Enchantment · as Lark Ingoldsby |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | The Miracle on 34th Street · as Doris Walker |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives · as Peggy Stephenson |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown · as Isabel Drury |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt · as Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees · as Eleanor Twitchell |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver · as Carol Beldon |
| 1941 | The Little Foxes · as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens |