Frieda Inescort
Age: 74 | From: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Person Details
Birthday: 1901-06-29 02:49:51
Death: 1976-02-26 02:49:51
Aliases: Freida Inescourt , Frieda Inescourt
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Frieda Inescort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Hope Quentin
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Mrs. Robbins
Climax!
(1954) Martha Hale
The Millionaire
(1955) Regina Wainwright
The Rebel
(1959) Varina Davis
Thriller
(1960) De Chantenay's Mother
A Place in the Sun
(1951) Mrs. Ann Vickers
Tarzan Finds a Son!
(1939) Mrs. LancingActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' | |
| 1960 | De Chantenay's Mother | |
| Mrs. Mitchell | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Varina Davis | ||
| Aunt Margaret | ||
| Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | ||
| 1958 | Mrs. Sherridan | |
| 1957 | Hope Quentin | |
| 1956 | Mrs. Chappel | |
| Edith Wadsworth | ||
| 1955 | Evelyn Hammond | |
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Lawrence | ||
| Regina Wainwright | ||
| 1954 | Martha Hale | |
| Signora Di Gambetta | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1953 | Mabel | |
| Marian Rutledge | ||
| Lily Mae Gorham | ||
| 1952 | Miss Proctor | |
| 1951 | Mrs. Ann Vickers | |
| 1950 | Mrs. Robbins | |
| Mrs. Eldridge | ||
| 1947 | Evelyn Bailey | |
| 1944 | Ettie Clark | |
| 1943 | Lady Jane Ainsley | |
| Narrator | ||
| Madame Molotov (uncredited) | ||
| Portia Winthrop | ||
| Karen Holliday | ||
| 1942 | N/A | |
| Alma Diedrich | ||
| Mrs. Menard | ||
| Olivia Nesbit | ||
| 1941 | Mrs. Dewey Roberts | |
| Mrs. Julia Cortland | ||
| Elizabeth Warren | ||
| Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage | ||
| Mrs. Wayne | ||
| Ruth Emory | ||
| 1940 | Dorothy Joyce | |
| Miss Caroline Bingley | ||
| Attorney Mary Ellis | ||
| 1939 | Mary Cabot | |
| Mrs. Lancing | ||
| Linda Marsh | ||
| Flora Barton-Williams | ||
| Dr. Judith Randall Graeme | ||
| 1937 | Portia Merriman | |
| Grace Roark | ||
| Dorothy Hilton | ||
| Mrs. Philips | ||
| 1936 | Rosamond Melford | |
| Alice Winslow | ||
| Mary Beaton | ||
| Princess Helena | ||
| Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston | ||
| 1935 | Evelyn Fletcher | |
| Ann West | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
