Teresa Wright

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: Acting

Born: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, 1918-10-27

Died: 2005-03-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	The Little Foxes	Alexandra "Zan" Giddens	75
2	1942	Mrs. Miniver	Carol Beldon	70
3	1942	The Pride of the Yankees	Eleanor Twitchell	74
4	1943	Shadow of a Doubt	Charlie Newton	75
5	1944	Casanova Brown	Isabel Drury	63
6	1946	The Imperfect Lady	Millicent Hopkins	0
7	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Peggy Stephenson	78
8	1947	Pursued	Thor	65
9	1947	The Trouble with Women	Kate Farrell	0
10	1948	Enchantment	Lark Ingoldsby	64
11	1950	The Capture	Ellen Tevlin Vanner	61
12	1950	The Men	Ellen	70
13	1952	Something to Live For	Edna Miller	68
14	1952	California Conquest	Julie Lawrence	46
15	1952	The Steel Trap	Laurie Osborne	64
16	1953	Count the Hours!	Ellen Braden	55
17	1953	The Actress	Annie Jones	62
18	1954	Track of the Cat	Grace Bridges	58
19	1955	The Miracle on 34th Street	Doris Walker	53
20	1956	No. 5 Checked Out	Mary	50
21	1956	Once to Every Woman	Carol	0
22	1956	The Search for Bridey Murphy	Ruth Simmons	63
23	1957	The Edge of Innocence	Carol Morton	0
24	1957	Escapade in Japan	Mary Saunders	55
25	1958	The Restless Years	Elizabeth Grant	0
26	1962	Big Deal in Laredo	Mary	0
27	1967	The Desperate Hours	Eleanor Hilliard	40
28	1969	Hail, Hero!	Santha Dixon	60
29	1969	The Happy Ending	Mrs. Spencer	60
30	1972	Crawlspace	Alice Graves	58
31	1974	The Elevator	Edith Reynolds	60
32	1977	Flood!	Alice Cutler	49
33	1977	Roseland	May	52
34	1980	The Golden Honeymoon	Lucy Tate	0
35	1980	Somewhere in Time	Laura Roberts	75
36	1982	Morning's at Seven	Cora Swanson	0
37	1983	Bill: On His Own	Mae Driscoll	67
38	1988	The Good Mother	Grandmother Eleanor	58
39	1990	Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception	Helene Berman	70
40	1990	Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To	(archive footage)	90
41	1990	The Exorcist III	Penitent (uncredited)	62
42	1991	Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star	Self (archive footage)	70
43	1997	The Rainmaker	Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong	70
44	1998	Angel Passing	Wife	0
45	2000	Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film	Self	70
46	2000	Back To "Somewhere In Time"	Self	0
47	2021	I Am Alfred Hitchcock	Self	69

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		52
3	1950	Your Show of Shows		55
4	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Emily	60
5	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Laura Pennington	60
6	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Terry Hagen	70
7	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Laura Savage	70
8	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Sister Louise	70
9	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Judith Anderson	87
10	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Sister Mary Winifred	61
11	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Carol	61
12	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Alison Stevens	70
13	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Paula	70
14	1953	General Electric Theater	Mary Todd Lincoln	60
15	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
16	1953	Letter to Loretta	Schoolteacher	62
17	1954	Climax!	Eilene Wade	30
18	1954	Climax!	Lorna Baylor	30
19	1954	Climax!	Louella Parsons	30
20	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
21	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Doris Walker	52
22	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Mary	65
23	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Emilie Forbes	57
24	1961	The Defenders	Anne Clark	62
25	1961	The Defenders	Melissa Holmes	62
26	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Marion Brown	78
27	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Stella	78
28	1966	CBS Playhouse		70
29	1968	Lancer		47
30	1973	Hawkins	Jenny Burke	72
31	1977	The Love Boat	Sister Regina	63
32	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Helen Appletree	75