Terry Moore
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Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
Known for
Credits
Gaslight (1944)
as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
as Elegant Woman at Party
The Clock (1945)
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self
Hoodwinked (1989)
as Sally
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Jill Young
Rita (2003)
as Self
Death Dimension (1978)
as Madam Maria
Peyton Place (1957)
as Betty Anderson
Town Tamer (1965)
as Susan Tavenner
All About Alfred (—)
as Self
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
as Tereza Cernik
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Do It Debbie's Way (1983)
as Self
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Two of a Kind (1951)
as Kathy McIntyre
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Linda Pendleton
On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Marie Buckholder
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
as Jenny Gifford
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
as Gwyneth Rhys
Going Overboard (1989)
as Mistress
Paesano (1975)
as Self
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
as Susan Maitland
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
The Clouded Image (1957)
as Eleanor
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self
Buzz (2005)
Actor
Mansion of Blood (2015)
as Natalie
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Veronica
Aimy in a Cage (2015)
as Grandma Micry
The Devil On Wheels (1947)
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
Son of Lassie (1945)
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
Second Chances (1998)
as Dallas Judd
Hellhole (1985)
as Sidnee Hammond
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
as Janet Calvert
Marilyn and Me (1991)
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
The Great Rupert (1950)
as Rosalinda Amendola
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black (2023)
as Lady in Black
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Choir Member (uncredited)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
as Trudy
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
as Betty Holloway
Black Spurs (1965)
as Anna Elkins
Kill Your Darlings (2006)
as Ella Toscana
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000)
as Self
My Gal Sal (1942)
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
The Weird World of Weird (1970)
Actor
Waco (1966)
as Dolly
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
as Judy Sears
Final Voyage (1999)
as Christina
Platinum High School (1960)
as Jennifer Evans
Shack Out on 101 (1955)
as Kotty
Summer Holiday (1948)
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
A Private's Affair (1959)
as Louise Wright
The Still Life (2007)
as Mrs. Stratford
Mean Justice (1971)
as Connie Garrett
Sinatra! Eternity (2025)
as Self
Heartaches (1947)
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
True to Life (1943)
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Frank and Ava (2018)
as Self
Why Must I Die (1960)
as Lois King
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Maryland (1940)
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
Gambling House (1950)
as Lynn Warren
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
as Self
No Right to Kill (1956)
as Lisa
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape (1987)
as Mrs. McCormack
The Return of October (1948)
as Terry Ramsey
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
as Self
Stageghost (2000)
as Olive
The Daredevil (1972)
as Julie Thompson
Bernardine (1957)
as Jean Cantrick
Quarantined (1970)
as Martha Atkinson
Portrait of Alison (1955)
as Alison Ford
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood (2024)
as Herself
A Man Called Dagger (1968)
as Harper Davis
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Adie Titus
Margarine Wars (2012)
as Miriam Cuningham
Merrily (2027)
as Betty Clurman
Shadowed (1946)
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
City of Fear (1965)
as Suzan