Teresa Wright
Age: 86 | From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1918-10-27 22:42:19
Death: 2005-03-06 22:42:19
Aliases: Muriel Teresa Wright
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 39
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Helen Appletree
The Exorcist III
(1990) Penitent (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Laura Pennington
The Rainmaker
(1997) Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(1962) Stella
Climax!
(1954) Louella Parsons
The Defenders
(1961) Melissa Holmes
The Oscars
(1953) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2000 | Self | |
| 1998 | Wife | |
| 1997 | Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong | |
| 1990 | Penitent (uncredited) | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| Helene Berman | ||
| 1988 | Grandmother Eleanor | |
| 1984 | Helen Appletree | |
| 1983 | Mae Driscoll | |
| 1982 | Cora Swanson | |
| 1980 | Laura Roberts | |
| Lucy Tate | ||
| 1977 | May | |
| Alice Cutler | ||
| 1974 | Edith Reynolds | |
| 1973 | Jenny Burke | |
| 1972 | Alice Graves | |
| 1969 | Mrs. Spencer | |
| Santha Dixon | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1967 | Eleanor Hilliard | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1962 | Mary | |
| Marion Brown | ||
| Stella | ||
| 1961 | Anne Clark | |
| Melissa Holmes | ||
| 1959 | Emilie Forbes | |
| 1958 | Elizabeth Grant | |
| 1957 | Mary Saunders | |
| Carol Morton | ||
| 1956 | Ruth Simmons | |
| Carol | ||
| Mary | ||
| 1955 | Doris Walker | |
| N/A | ||
| 1954 | Grace Bridges | |
| Eilene Wade | ||
| Lorna Baylor | ||
| Louella Parsons | ||
| 1953 | Annie Jones | |
| Schoolteacher | ||
| Ellen Braden | ||
| Self | ||
| Mary Todd Lincoln | ||
| 1952 | Laurie Osborne | |
| Sister Mary Winifred | ||
| Carol | ||
| Julie Lawrence | ||
| Edna Miller | ||
| 1951 | Judith Anderson | |
| Terry Hagen | ||
| Laura Savage | ||
| Sister Louise | ||
| 1950 | Emily | |
| Laura Pennington | ||
| Ellen | ||
| Ellen Tevlin Vanner | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1948 | Lark Ingoldsby | |
| Self | ||
| 1947 | Kate Farrell | |
| Thor | ||
| 1946 | Peggy Stephenson | |
| Millicent Hopkins | ||
| 1944 | Isabel Drury | |
| 1943 | Charlie Newton | |
| 1942 | Eleanor Twitchell | |
| Carol Beldon | ||
| 1941 | Alexandra "Zan" Giddens | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
