Person Details

Birthday: 1929-01-07 18:49:34

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Los Angeles - California - USA

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Movie Involvements: 53

TV Involvements: 17


Most Famous Work

Biography

Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).

Most Famous Work

Knight Rider
Average
8

Knight Rider

(1982) Molly Friedrich
Bonanza
Average
8

Bonanza

(1959) Lydia Yates
True Detective
Average
8

True Detective

(2014) Lilly Hill
What's My Line?
Average
7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
The Virginian
Average
6

The Virginian

(1962) Alma Wilson
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Julie
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Dallas Storm
Burke's Law
Average
6

Burke's Law

(1963) Nikki Manners

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Betty Clurman
2022 Lady in Black
2020 Self
2016 Grandma Micry
2015 Natalie
2014 Self
Lilly Hill
2007 Mrs. Stratford
2006 Ella Toscana
2005 N/A
2003 Self
2000 Self
Christina
Olive
1998 Elegant Woman at Party
Dallas Judd
1996 Self
1991 Woman at Hyde's Funeral
1989 Sally
Veronica
Mistress
1987 N/A
Mrs. McCormack
1985 Sidnee Hammond
1983 Self
1982 N/A
Molly Friedrich
1978 Madam Maria
1977 Mrs. Clark
1976 Trudy
1972 Julie Thompson
1971 Connie Garrett
1970 Martha Atkinson
N/A
1967 Harper Davis
1966 Dolly
Venus
1965 Suzan
Susan Tavenner
Anna Elkins
1963 N/A
Nikki Manners
Felice Knight
Sarah Kingston
1962 Connie Garrett
Alma Wilson
1960 N/A
Lois King
Jennifer Evans
1959 Janice Dutton
Lydia Yates
Janet Calvert
Louise Wright
Dallas Storm
1957 Betty Anderson
Self
Jean Cantrick
1956 Jenny Gifford
Lisa
1955 Kotty
Alison Ford
Ann Winslow
Linda Pendleton
1954 Chris
Julie
Rosa
1953 Susan Maitland
Gwyneth Rhys
Tereza Cernik
Evvy Jeffers
1952 Marie Buckholder
1951 Adie Titus
Betty Holloway
Kathy McIntyre
1950 Lynn Warren
Judy Sears
Self
Rosalinda Amendola
Self - Mystery Guest
1949 Jill Young
1948 Annabelle
Terry Ramsey
Self
Self (archive footage)
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
1947 Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
1946 Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
1945 Thea (as Helen Koford)
1944 Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Paula Alquist, age 14 (uncredited)
1943 Little Girl (uncredited)
1942 Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
1940 Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1989 Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1989 Original Story
Year Role Movie/Tv

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