Teresa Wright
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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.
Known for
Credits
Somewhere in Time (1980)
as Laura Roberts
The Rainmaker (1997)
as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
The Exorcist III (1990)
as Penitent (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Peggy Stephenson
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Young Charlie
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
as Carol Beldon
The Actress (1953)
as Annie Jones
The Little Foxes (1941)
as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
The Men (1950)
as Ellen
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
as Eleanor Twitchell
The Good Mother (1988)
as Grandmother Eleanor
The Happy Ending (1969)
as Mrs. Spencer
Flood! (1977)
as Alice Cutler
Hail, Hero! (1969)
as Santha Dixon
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
as Helene Berman
Pursued (1947)
as Thor
Casanova Brown (1944)
as Isabel Drury
Escapade in Japan (1957)
as Mary Saunders
Track of the Cat (1954)
as Grace Bridges
The Capture (1950)
as Ellen Tevlin Vanner
California Conquest (1952)
as Julie Lawrence
Crawlspace (1972)
as Alice Graves
Something to Live For (1952)
as Edna Miller
Enchantment (1948)
as Lark Ingoldsby
The Steel Trap (1952)
as Laurie Osborne
I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Count the Hours! (1953)
as Ellen Braden
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Roseland (1977)
as May
The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
as Doris Walker
The Golden Honeymoon (1980)
as Lucy Tate
No. 5 Checked Out (1956)
as Mary
Back To "Somewhere In Time" (2000)
as Self
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990)
as (archive footage)
Bill: On His Own (1983)
as Mae Driscoll
The Desperate Hours (1967)
as Eleanor Hilliard
The Elevator (1974)
as Edith Reynolds
The Fig Tree (1987)
as Miranda's Grandmother
Big Deal in Laredo (1962)
as Mary
The Imperfect Lady (1946)
as Millicent Hopkins
The Trouble with Women (1947)
as Kate Farrell
The Restless Years (1958)
as Elizabeth Grant
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
as Ruth Simmons
The Edge of Innocence (1957)
as Carol Morton
Once to Every Woman (1956)
as Carol
Angel Passing (1998)
as Wife
The Miracle Worker (1957)
as Annie Sullivan
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000)
as Self
Morning's at Seven (1982)
as Cora Swanson