Portrait of Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

Acting

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.

Born: October 27, 1918

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

1998
1997
The Rainmaker

as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

1992
Picket Fences

as Emily Ridgefield

1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self (archive footage)

1990
The Exorcist III

as Penitent (uncredited)

1990
1988
The Good Mother

as Grandmother Eleanor

1987
The Fig Tree

as Miranda's Grandmother

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Helen Appletree

1983
Bill: On His Own

as Mae Driscoll

1982
Morning's at Seven

as Cora Swanson

1980
Somewhere in Time

as Laura Roberts

1980
1977
Roseland

as May

1977
The Love Boat

as Sister Regina

1977
Flood!

as Alice Cutler

1974
The Elevator

as Edith Reynolds

1973
Hawkins

as Jenny Burke

1972
Crawlspace

as Alice Graves

1971
1969
The Happy Ending

as Mrs. Spencer

1969
Hail, Hero!

as Santha Dixon

1968
1967
The Desperate Hours

as Eleanor Hilliard

1962
1961
The Defenders

as Anne Clark

1961
The Defenders

as Melissa Holmes

1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Emilie Forbes

1959
Bonanza

as Katherine Saunders

1958
The Restless Years

as Elizabeth Grant

1957
Escapade in Japan

as Mary Saunders

1957
The Edge of Innocence

as Carol Morton

1957
The Miracle Worker

as Annie Sullivan

1956
1955
1955
1955
1954
Track of the Cat

as Grace Bridges

1954
Climax!

as Eilene Wade

1954
Climax!

as Lorna Baylor

1954
Climax!

as Louella Parsons

1953
The Actress

as Annie Jones

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Schoolteacher

1953
Count the Hours!

as Ellen Braden

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
General Electric Theater

as Mary Todd Lincoln

1952
The Steel Trap

as Laurie Osborne

1952
1952
1952
1952
California Conquest

as Julie Lawrence

1952
Something to Live For

as Edna Miller

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Judith Anderson

1951
1951
1951
1950
The Men

as Ellen

1950
The Capture

as Ellen Tevlin Vanner

1948
Enchantment

as Lark Ingoldsby

1947
The Trouble with Women

as Kate Farrell

1947
Pursued

as Thor

1946
The Best Years of Our Lives

as Peggy Stephenson

1946
The Imperfect Lady

as Millicent Hopkins

1944
Casanova Brown

as Isabel Drury

1943
Shadow of a Doubt

as Young Charlie

1942
The Pride of the Yankees

as Eleanor Twitchell

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as Carol Beldon

1941
The Little Foxes

as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens

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