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Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort

Actor · Born 1901-06-29 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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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

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