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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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • The Exorcist III
  • Somewhere in Time
  • The Little Foxes
  • The Pride of the Yankees
  • Bonanza
  • Pursued
  • Enchantment
  • The Capture
  • Four Star Playhouse
  • The Miracle on 34th Street
Known For
  • Shadow of a Doubt
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • Mrs. Miniver
  • Somewhere in Time
  • The Pride of the Yankees
  • The Rainmaker
  • Pursued
  • The Steel Trap
  • Enchantment
  • Count the Hours!
  • Casanova Brown
  • Track of the Cat
  • Roseland
  • The Actress
  • The Good Mother
  • The Capture
  • The Happy Ending
  • California Conquest
  • Something to Live For
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
  • Bill: On His Own

Filmography

1997
The Rainmaker · as Colleen 'miss Birdie' Birdsong
1992
Picket Fences (TV Series) · as Emily Ridgefield
1990
The Exorcist III · as Penitent (uncredited)
1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to · as (archive Footage)
1990
1989
Dolphin Cove (TV Series) · as Nina Rothman
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
1976
Flood · as Alice Cutler
1974
The Elevator · as Edith Reynolds
1973
Hawkins (TV Series) · as Jenny Burke
1973
The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Cast
1972
Crawlspace · as Alice Graves
1971
Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Ruthanne Cameron
1969
The Happy Ending · as Mrs. Spencer
1969
Hail, Hero! · as Santha Dixon
1968
Lancer (TV Series)
1967
CBS Playhouse (TV Series)
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Stella
1961
The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Mary
1961
The Defenders (TV Series) · as Melissa Holmes
1959
Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Emilie Forbes
1959
Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as Julia Grant
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Katherine Saunders
1958
The Restless Years · as Elizabeth Grant
1957
Escapade in Japan · as Mary Saunders
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Annie Sullivan
1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy · as Ruth Simmons
1955
1955
Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Sylvia Hallock
1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) · as Doris Walker
1955
Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mary
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
1954
The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Marianne Merrick
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Cast
1953
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Allie Gulliver
1953
The Actress · as Annie Jones
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Schoolteacher
1953
Count the Hours! · as Ellen Braden
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Mary Todd Lincoln
1952
The Steel Trap · as Laurie Osborne
1952
Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Paula
1952
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Carol
1952
California Conquest · as Julie Lawrence
1952
Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Grace
1952
Something to Live For · as Edna Miller
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Judith Anderson
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Terry Hagen
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Emily
1950
The Men · as Ellen
1950
The Capture · as Ellen Tevlin Vanner
1950
Your Show of Shows (TV Series)
1950
1948
Enchantment · as Lark Ingoldsby
1947
The Trouble with Women · as Kate Farrell
1947
Pursued · as Thor
1946
1946
The Imperfect Lady · as Millicent Hopkins
1944
Casanova Brown · as Isabel Drury
1943
Shadow of a Doubt · as 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

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