Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 27, 1918
Died
Mar 06, 2005
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
76 titles
Teresa Wright
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.
Known For
Filmography
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Self
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Self
Angel Passing
Wife
The Rainmaker
Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
Picket Fences
Emily Ridgefield
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist III
Penitent (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Helene Berman
The Good Mother
Grandmother Eleanor
The Fig Tree
Miranda's Grandmother
Murder, She Wrote
Helen Appletree
Bill: On His Own
Mae Driscoll
Morning's at Seven
Cora Swanson
Somewhere in Time
Laura Roberts
The Golden Honeymoon
Lucy Tate
Roseland
May
The Love Boat
Sister Regina
Flood!
Alice Cutler
The Elevator
Edith Reynolds
Hawkins
Jenny Burke
Crawlspace
Alice Graves
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Ruthanne Cameron
The Happy Ending
Mrs. Spencer
Hail, Hero!
Santha Dixon
Lancer
The Desperate Hours
Eleanor Hilliard
CBS Playhouse
Virgie
Big Deal in Laredo
Mary
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Marion Brown
The Defenders
Anne Clark
Adventures in Paradise
Emilie Forbes
Bonanza
Katherine Saunders
The Restless Years
Elizabeth Grant
Escapade in Japan
Mary Saunders
The Edge of Innocence
Carol Morton
The Miracle Worker
Annie Sullivan
The Search for Bridey Murphy
Ruth Simmons
Once to Every Woman
Carol
No. 5 Checked Out
Mary
The Miracle on 34th Street
Doris Walker
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Doris Walker
Screen Director's Playhouse
Mary
Track of the Cat
Grace Bridges
Climax!
Eilene Wade
Studio 57
The Actress
Annie Jones
Letter to Loretta
Schoolteacher