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
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
as Elegant Woman at Party
Gaslight (1944)
as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
Peyton Place (1957)
as Betty Anderson
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Jill Young
The Clock (1945)
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
Going Overboard (1989)
as Mistress
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Linda Pendleton
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
as Self
Final Voyage (1999)
as Christina
Hoodwinked (1989)
as Sally
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self
Frank and Ava (2020)
as Self
Gambling House (1950)
as Lynn Warren
Town Tamer (1965)
as Susan Tavenner
Summer Holiday (1948)
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Hellhole (1985)
as Sidnee Hammond
Rita (2003)
as Self
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
as Janet Calvert
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Second Chances (1998)
as Dallas Judd
Black Spurs (1965)
as Anna Elkins
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Kill Your Darlings (2006)
as Ella Toscana
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
as Susan Maitland
Waco (1966)
as Dolly
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
as Jenny Gifford
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
as Tereza Cernik
The Great Rupert (1950)
as Rosalinda Amendola
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
as Gwyneth Rhys
Mansion of Blood (2015)
as Natalie
True to Life (1943)
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self
Death Dimension (1978)
as Madam Maria
Sinatra! Eternity (2025)
as Self
Shack Out on 101 (1955)
as Kotty
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Marie Buckholder
The Still Life (2007)
as Mrs. Stratford
My Gal Sal (1942)
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
as Trudy
Two of a Kind (1951)
as Kathy McIntyre
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Adie Titus
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies (2021)
as Self - (archive footage)
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
Son of Lassie (1945)
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
Marilyn and Me (1991)
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
Mean Justice (1971)
as Connie Garrett
The Return of October (1948)
as Terry Ramsey
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
as Betty Holloway
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Veronica
Quarantined (1970)
as Martha Atkinson
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Choir Member (uncredited)
Paesano (1975)
as Self
Merrily (2023)
as Betty Clurman
Aimy in a Cage (2015)
as Grandma Micry
Shadowed (1946)
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
City of Fear (1965)
as Suzan
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000)
as Self
Do It Debbie's Way (1983)
as Self
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
as Self
Why Must I Die (1960)
as Lois King
Margarine Wars (2012)
as Miriam Cuningham
Maryland (1940)
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
A Man Called Dagger (1968)
as Harper Davis
Portrait of Alison (1955)
as Alison Ford
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape (1987)
as Mrs. McCormack
The Weird World of Weird (1970)
Actor
Platinum High School (1960)
as Jennifer Evans
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
The Devil On Wheels (1947)
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black (2023)
as Lady in Black
No Right to Kill (1956)
as Lisa
Bernardine (1957)
as Jean Cantrick
Stageghost (2000)
as Olive
A Private's Affair (1959)
as Louise Wright
Heartaches (1947)
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
as Judy Sears
Buzz (2005)
Actor
The Clouded Image (1957)
as Eleanor
The Daredevil (1972)
as Julie Thompson
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood (2024)
as Herself