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