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Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

Actor · Born 1918-10-27 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Rainmaker (1997) — Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
  2. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — Young Charlie
  3. The Exorcist III (1990) — Penitent (uncredited)
  4. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) — Peggy Stephenson
  5. Somewhere in Time (1980) — Laura Roberts
  6. Bonanza (1959) — Katherine Saunders
  7. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Helen Appletree
  8. Mrs. Miniver (1942) — Carol Beldon
  9. The Little Foxes (1941) — Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
  10. The Love Boat (1977) — Sister Regina
  11. The Pride of the Yankees (1942) — Eleanor Twitchell
  12. Pursued (1947) — Thor
  13. The Men (1950) — Ellen
  14. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Marion Brown
  15. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  16. Picket Fences (1992) — Emily Ridgefield
  17. Track of the Cat (1954) — Grace Bridges
  18. The Good Mother (1988) — Grandmother Eleanor
  19. The Happy Ending (1969) — Mrs. Spencer
  20. Casanova Brown (1944) — Isabel Drury
  21. The Steel Trap (1952) — Laurie Osborne
  22. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  23. I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021) — Self (archive footage)
  24. The Capture (1950) — Ellen Tevlin Vanner
  25. The Actress (1953) — Annie Jones
  26. Count the Hours! (1953) — Ellen Braden
  27. Escapade in Japan (1957) — Mary Saunders
  28. Flood! (1977) — Alice Cutler
  29. The Miracle on 34th Street (1955) — Doris Walker
  30. Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990) — Helene Berman
  31. Enchantment (1948) — Lark Ingoldsby
  32. Crawlspace (1972) — Alice Graves
  33. Climax! (1954) — Eilene Wade
  34. The Defenders (1961) — Anne Clark
  35. Four Star Playhouse (1952) — Sister Mary Winifred
  36. The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) — Doris Walker
  37. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  38. Something to Live For (1952) — Edna Miller
  39. California Conquest (1952) — Julie Lawrence
  40. Roseland (1977) — May