
Teresa Wright
ActingAlso Known As
Muriel Teresa Wright, Тереза Райт, Τερέζα Ράιτ
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
(49 total)
The Rainmaker
as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong

Shadow of a Doubt
as Young Charlie

The Exorcist III
as Penitent (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
as Peggy Stephenson

Somewhere in Time
as Laura Roberts

Mrs. Miniver
as Carol Beldon

The Little Foxes
as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens

The Pride of the Yankees
as Eleanor Twitchell

Pursued
as Thor

The Men
as Ellen

Track of the Cat
as Grace Bridges

The Good Mother
as Grandmother Eleanor

The Happy Ending
as Mrs. Spencer

Casanova Brown
as Isabel Drury

The Steel Trap
as Laurie Osborne

I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)

The Capture
as Ellen Tevlin Vanner

The Actress
as Annie Jones

Flood!
as Alice Cutler

Count the Hours!
as Ellen Braden
TV Shows
(40 total)
Bonanza
as Katherine Saunders

Murder, She Wrote
as Helen Appletree

The Love Boat
as Sister Regina

The Oscars
as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Marion Brown

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Stella

Picket Fences
as Emily Ridgefield

The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

Climax!
as Eilene Wade

Climax!
as Lorna Baylor

Climax!
as Louella Parsons

The Defenders
as Anne Clark

The Defenders
as Melissa Holmes

The Merv Griffin Show
as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Judith Anderson

The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Doris Walker

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Ruthanne Cameron

The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Janice Walner

Adventures in Paradise
as Emilie Forbes
