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 Pl…
Movies & TV Shows
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A Place in the Sun (1951) — Mrs. Ann Vickers
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The Letter (1940) — Dorothy Joyce
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Pride and Prejudice (1940) — Miss Caroline Bingley
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Perry Mason (1957) — Hope Quentin
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Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) — Mrs. Lancing
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The Return of the Vampire (1943) — Lady Jane Ainsley
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The Alligator People (1959) — Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
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You'll Never Get Rich (1941) — Mrs. Julia Cortland
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Mary of Scotland (1936) — Mary Beaton
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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) — Edith Wadsworth
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The She-Creature (1956) — Mrs. Chappel
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The Underworld Story (1950) — Mrs. Eldridge
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Street of Chance (1942) — Alma Diedrich
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943) — Narrator
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Mission to Moscow (1943) — Madame Molotov (uncredited)
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If You Could Only Cook (1935) — Evelyn Fletcher
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The Dark Angel (1935) — Ann West
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Thriller (1960) — De Chantenay's Mother
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Shadows on the Stairs (1941) — Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
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Casanova's Big Night (1954) — Signora Di Gambetta
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The Garden Murder Case (1936) — Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
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The Crowded Sky (1960) — Mrs. Mitchell
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Never Wave at a WAC (1953) — Lily Mae Gorham
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Beauty for the Asking (1939) — Flora Barton-Williams
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Climax! (1954) — Martha Hale
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The Rebel (1959) — Varina Davis
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Four Star Playhouse (1952) — Miss Proctor
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Foxfire (1955) — Mrs. Lawrence
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) — Karen Holliday
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The Great O'Malley (1937) — Mrs. Philips
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The King Steps Out (1936) — Princess Helena
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) — Olivia Nesbit
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Another Dawn (1937) — Grace Roark
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Portia on Trial (1937) — Portia Merriman
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Flame of the Islands (1955) — Evelyn Hammond
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Give Me Your Heart (1936) — Rosamond Melford
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Sunny (1941) — Elizabeth Warren
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Convicted Woman (1940) — Attorney Mary Ellis
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Remember the Day (1941) — Mrs. Dewey Roberts
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Mrs. Robbins