Frieda Inescort
ActingAlso Known As
Freida Inescourt, Frieda Inescourt
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 Place in the Sun (1951). She appeared with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson as the conniving Caroline Bingley in the 1940 film version of Pride and Prejudice. She had a leading role in Call It A Day, a 1937 film in which she appeared with Olivia de Havilland, Bonita Granville, Roland Young, and Ian Hunter. She appeared in at least one episode of Perry Mason, as Hope Quentin in "The Case of the Jealous Journalist" (season 5, 1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Frieda Inescort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(48 total)
A Place in the Sun
as Mrs. Ann Vickers
The Letter
as Dorothy Joyce
Pride and Prejudice
as Miss Caroline Bingley
Tarzan Finds a Son!
as Mrs. Lancing
The Return of the Vampire
as Lady Jane Ainsley
The Alligator People
as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Julia Cortland
Mary of Scotland
as Mary Beaton
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Edith Wadsworth
The She-Creature
as Mrs. Chappel
The Underworld Story
as Mrs. Eldridge
Street of Chance
as Alma Diedrich
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
as Narrator
Mission to Moscow
as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
The Dark Angel
as Ann West
Shadows on the Stairs
as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
If You Could Only Cook
as Evelyn Fletcher
Casanova's Big Night
as Signora Di Gambetta
The Garden Murder Case
as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
Never Wave at a WAC
as Lily Mae Gorham
TV Shows
(12 total)
Perry Mason
as Hope Quentin
Thriller
as De Chantenay's Mother
Climax!
as Martha Hale
The Rebel
as Varina Davis
Letter to Loretta
as Mabel
General Electric Theater
as Marian Rutledge
The Millionaire
as Regina Wainwright
