Teresa Wright

Born: 1918-10-27

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.


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The Exorcist III

as Penitent (uncredited)
Released: 1990-08-17

On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police...

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The Rainmaker

as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
Released: 1997-11-18

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser,...

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The Little Foxes

as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
Released: 1941-08-29

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build...

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The Pride of the Yankees

as Eleanor Twitchell
Released: 1942-07-14

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

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Somewhere in Time

as Laura Roberts
Released: 1980-10-02

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who...

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The Best Years of Our Lives

as Peggy Stephenson
Released: 1946-12-25

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally...

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Shadow of a Doubt

as Charlie Newton
Released: 1943-01-15

Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement...

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Mrs. Miniver

as Carol Beldon
Released: 1942-07-03

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her...

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Pursued

as Thor
Released: 1947-03-02

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a...

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The Men

as Ellen
Released: 1950-08-25

Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of...

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Track of the Cat

as Grace Bridges
Released: 1954-11-19

A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous...

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Something to Live For

as Edna Miller
Released: 1952-03-07

Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of...

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The Happy Ending

as Mrs. Spencer
Released: 1969-12-21

The triumphs and failures of middle age as seen through the eyes of runaway American housewife...

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The Capture

as Ellen Tevlin Vanner
Released: 1950-04-08

A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.

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The Good Mother

as Grandmother Eleanor
Released: 1988-11-04

After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's...

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The Miracle on 34th Street

as Doris Walker
Released: 1955-12-14

One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting...

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Casanova Brown

as Isabel Drury
Released: 1944-08-23

Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled....

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I Am Alfred Hitchcock

as Self
Released: 2021-05-02

Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one...

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The Actress

as Annie Jones
Released: 1953-09-25

The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

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The Trouble with Women

as Kate Farrell
Released: 1947-06-25

A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A...

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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1991-03-10

A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers,...

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Count the Hours!

as Ellen Braden
Released: 1953-04-01

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

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The Restless Years

as Elizabeth Grant
Released: 1958-12-01

A pretty, sheltered teenager falls for a boy from the wrong side of town.

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The Search for Bridey Murphy

as Ruth Simmons
Released: 1956-10-01

After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he...

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Bill: On His Own

as Mae Driscoll
Released: 1983-11-09

Bill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife...

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Enchantment

as Lark Ingoldsby
Released: 1948-12-25

Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love...

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Hail, Hero!

as Santha Dixon
Released: 1969-10-04

Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of...

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The Steel Trap

as Laurie Osborne
Released: 1952-11-12

Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a...

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception

as Helene Berman
Released: 1990-03-11

Perry Mason ventures to Paris to defend a U.S. Marine Corps Captain accused of murdering a man...

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Escapade in Japan

as Mary Saunders
Released: 1957-12-23

A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later...

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California Conquest

as Julie Lawrence
Released: 1952-07-04

The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become...

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The Golden Honeymoon

as Lucy Tate
Released: 1980-02-04

Charley Tate is an old windbag, often a braggart, but somehow always lovable. Married over fifty...

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The Desperate Hours

as Eleanor Hilliard
Released: 1967-12-13

The Hilliards are a middle class family whose lives are put in danger when escaped convict Glenn...

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The Imperfect Lady

as Millicent Hopkins
Released: 1946-11-29

A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.

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Flood!

as Alice Cutler
Released: 1977-06-05

Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of...

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Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

as Self
Released: 2000-01-03

A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).

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The Elevator

as Edith Reynolds
Released: 1974-02-09

A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing from his latest job, finds himself trapped with a group...

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Morning's at Seven

as Cora Swanson
Released: 1982-01-01

In a small Midwestern town in the 1920s, four sisters' lives are turned upside down when one...

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Crawlspace

as Alice Graves
Released: 1972-02-11

A childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and...

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Once to Every Woman

as Carol
Released: 1956-03-01

At a particularly vulnerable time in her life, Carol is wooed by charming David. They fall in...

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Angel Passing

as Wife
Released: 1998-01-01

An aging concert pianist in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimers, revisits his past. When...

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Roseland

as May
Released: 1977-10-02

"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York...

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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

as (archive footage)
Released: 1990-06-04

This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips,...

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The Edge of Innocence

as Carol Morton
Released: 1957-10-31

An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her...

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The Love Boat

as Sister Regina
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Helen Appletree
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Climax!

as Eilene Wade
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Lorna Baylor
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Louella Parsons
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Marion Brown
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Stella
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The Defenders

as Anne Clark
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as Melissa Holmes
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Emilie Forbes
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Lancer

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

Lancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Doris Walker
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Screen Director's Playhouse

as Mary
First aired: 1955-10-05

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as Alison Stevens
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as Paula
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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Hawkins

as Jenny Burke
First aired: 1973-03-13

Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The...

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Letter to Loretta

as Schoolteacher
First aired: 1953-09-20

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Judith Anderson
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Terry Hagen
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Laura Savage
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Sister Louise
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Mary Todd Lincoln
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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