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)
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
Peyton Place (1957)
as Betty Anderson
Paesano (1975)
as Self
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
as Gwyneth Rhys
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies (2021)
as Self - (archive footage)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Marie Buckholder
Town Tamer (1965)
as Susan Tavenner
Two of a Kind (1951)
as Kathy McIntyre
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
as Self
Death Dimension (1978)
as Madam Maria
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
as Jenny Gifford
Rita (2003)
as Self
Hoodwinked (1989)
as Sally
Final Voyage (1999)
as Christina
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black (2023)
as Lady in Black
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
as Susan Maitland
Black Spurs (1965)
as Anna Elkins
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
as Janet Calvert
Kill Your Darlings (2006)
as Ella Toscana
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
as Tereza Cernik
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000)
as Self
Son of Lassie (1945)
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Choir Member (uncredited)
My Gal Sal (1942)
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
Hellhole (1985)
as Sidnee Hammond
Second Chances (1998)
as Dallas Judd
The Still Life (2007)
as Mrs. Stratford
Gambling House (1950)
as Lynn Warren
Shack Out on 101 (1955)
as Kotty
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank and Ava (2018)
as Self
The Great Rupert (1950)
as Rosalinda Amendola
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
as Trudy
Mansion of Blood (2015)
as Natalie
Waco (1966)
as Dolly
Summer Holiday (1948)
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Marilyn and Me (1991)
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
The Return of October (1948)
as Terry Ramsey
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Adie Titus
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape (1987)
as Mrs. McCormack
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Veronica
Portrait of Alison (1955)
as Alison Ford
True to Life (1943)
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
as Self
Margarine Wars (2012)
as Miriam Cuningham
Platinum High School (1960)
as Jennifer Evans
Maryland (1940)
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
The Daredevil (1972)
as Julie Thompson
On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
The Devil On Wheels (1947)
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
Aimy in a Cage (2015)
as Grandma Micry
Heartaches (1947)
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
as Judy Sears
A Private's Affair (1959)
as Louise Wright
Bernardine (1957)
as Jean Cantrick
Mean Justice (1971)
as Connie Garrett
Stageghost (2000)
as Olive
Buzz (2005)
Actor
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self
The Clouded Image (1957)
as Eleanor
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
as Betty Holloway
Shadowed (1946)
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
Do It Debbie's Way (1983)
as Self
City of Fear (1965)
as Suzan
A Man Called Dagger (1968)
as Harper Davis
Sinatra! Eternity (2025)
as Self
No Right to Kill (1956)
as Lisa
Quarantined (1970)
as Martha Atkinson
Why Must I Die (1960)
as Lois King
The Weird World of Weird (1970)
Actor
Merrily (2023)
as Betty Clurman
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood (2024)
as Herself
All About Alfred (—)
as Self