Teresa Wright
American actress (1918-2005) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
Muriel Teresa Wright was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs. Miniver. She was nominated for the same award in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes.
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The RainmakerFilm, Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong1992
Picket FencesSeries, Emily Ridgefield1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home ToFilm, (archive footage)1983
Bill: On His OwnFilm, Mae Driscoll1977
The Love BoatSeries, Sister Regina
Flood!Film, 1977Alice Cutler1973
HawkinsSeries, Jenny Burke1972
CrawlspaceFilm, Alice Graves1968
LancerSeries1967
The Desperate HoursFilm, Eleanor Hilliard1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Marion Brown1961
The DefendersSeries, Anne Clark1956No. 5 Checked OutFilm, Mary1955
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, Mary1954
Track of the CatFilm, Grace Bridges1953
Letter to LorettaSeries, Schoolteacher1952
Four Star PlayhouseSeries, Sister Mary Winifred
California ConquestFilm, 1952Julie Lawrence1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
EnchantmentFilm, 1948Lark Ingoldsby1946
The Best Years of Our LivesFilm, Peggy Stephenson1943Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward
Shadow of a DoubtFilm, 1943Charlie Newton1941
The Little FoxesFilm, Alexandra "Zan" Giddens1918Born27 October 1918People around Teresa
Samuel Goldwyn Produced The Best Years of Our Lives (1947)
William Wyler Directed The Best Years of Our Lives (1947)
Sam Wood Directed The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Macdonald Carey Also in Count the Hours and Shadow of a Doubt
Michael Douglas Produced The Rainmaker (1998)
Ray Milland Also in Something to Live For (1952)
Don Siegel Directed Count the Hours (1953)
Dimitri Tiomkin Wrote Shadow of a Doubt and The Men
Patricia Collinge Also in The Little Foxes and Casanova Brown
Ian Wolfe Also in Mrs. Miniver, Pursued and The Actress
Edgar Barrier Also in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Lane Chandler Also in The Pride of the Yankees and Pursued
Virginia Brissac Also in Shadow of a Doubt and Pursued
Erville Alderson Also in Pursued and The Actress
Ralph Sanford Also in The Best Years of Our Lives (1947)
Lester Dorr Also in The Best Years of Our Lives (1947)
Mary Field Also in Something to Live For (1952)
Benedict Bogeaus Produced Count the Hours (1953)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
John Wayne Produced Track of the Cat (1954)
Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Rainmaker (1998)
Gary Cooper Also in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Leonard Nimoy Directed The Good Mother (1989)
Robert Mitchum Also in Pursued and Track of the Cat
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The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
Somewhere in Time 1980
Shadow of a Doubt 1943
The Little Foxes 1941
The Pride of the Yankees 1942
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Also in 1942, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Pride of the Yankees, opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943), and in William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Additionally, Wright received five Photoplay Awards, two National Board of Review Awards, and two Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars for her contributions to motion pictures and television.
