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