Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 29, 1901
Died
Feb 26, 1976
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits
60 titles
Frieda Inescort
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.
Known For
Filmography
Thriller
De Chantenay's Mother
The Crowded Sky
Mrs. Mitchell
Bourbon Street Beat
The Rebel
Varina Davis
Juke Box Rhythm
Aunt Margaret
The Alligator People
Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Senior Prom
Mrs. Sherridan
Perry Mason
Hope Quentin
The She-Creature
Mrs. Chappel
The Eddy Duchin Story
Edith Wadsworth
Flame of the Islands
Evelyn Hammond
Crossroads
Foxfire
Mrs. Lawrence
The Millionaire
Regina Wainwright
Climax!
Martha Hale
Casanova's Big Night
Signora Di Gambetta
Meet Corliss Archer
Letter to Loretta
Mabel
General Electric Theater
Marian Rutledge
Never Wave at a WAC
Lily Mae Gorham
Four Star Playhouse
Miss Proctor
A Place in the Sun
Mrs. Ann Vickers
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Robbins
The Underworld Story
Mrs. Eldridge
The Judge Steps Out
Evelyn Bailey
Heavenly Days
Ettie Clark
The Return of the Vampire
Lady Jane Ainsley
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Narrator
Mission to Moscow
Madame Molotov (uncredited)
It Comes Up Love
Portia Winthrop
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Karen Holliday
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Street of Chance
Alma Diedrich
Sweater Girl
Mrs. Menard
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Olivia Nesbit
Remember the Day
Mrs. Dewey Roberts
You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Julia Cortland
Sunny
Elizabeth Warren
Shadows on the Stairs
Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mrs. Wayne
Father's Son
Ruth Emory
The Letter
Dorothy Joyce
Pride and Prejudice
Miss Caroline Bingley
Convicted Woman
Attorney Mary Ellis
A Woman is the Judge
Mary Cabot
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Mrs. Lancing
The Zero Hour
Linda Marsh
Beauty for the Asking
Flora Barton-Williams
Woman Doctor
Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
Portia on Trial
Portia Merriman