Teresa Wright

Biography

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

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

The Love Boat

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Merv Griffin Show

Climax!

All Movies (49)

• I Am Alfred Hitchcock2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Back To "Somewhere In Time"2000 · as Self
• Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film2000 · as Self
• Angel Passing1998 · as Wife
• The Rainmaker1997 · as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
• Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Exorcist III1990 · as Penitent (uncredited)
• Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To1990 · as (archive footage)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception1990 · as Helene Berman
• The Good Mother1988 · as Grandmother Eleanor
• The Fig Tree1987 · as Miranda's Grandmother
• Bill: On His Own1983 · as Mae Driscoll
• Morning's at Seven1982 · as Cora Swanson
• Somewhere in Time1980 · as Laura Roberts
• The Golden Honeymoon1980 · as Lucy Tate
• Roseland1977 · as May
• Flood!1977 · as Alice Cutler
• The Elevator1974 · as Edith Reynolds
• Crawlspace1972 · as Alice Graves
• The Happy Ending1969 · as Mrs. Spencer
• Hail, Hero!1969 · as Santha Dixon
• The Desperate Hours1967 · as Eleanor Hilliard
• Big Deal in Laredo1962 · as Mary
• The Restless Years1958 · as Elizabeth Grant
• Escapade in Japan1957 · as Mary Saunders
• The Edge of Innocence1957 · as Carol Morton
• The Miracle Worker1957 · as Annie Sullivan
• The Search for Bridey Murphy1956 · as Ruth Simmons
• Once to Every Woman1956 · as Carol
• No. 5 Checked Out1956 · as Mary
• The Miracle on 34th Street1955 · as Doris Walker
• Track of the Cat1954 · as Grace Bridges
• The Actress1953 · as Annie Jones
• Count the Hours!1953 · as Ellen Braden
• The Steel Trap1952 · as Laurie Osborne
• California Conquest1952 · as Julie Lawrence
• Something to Live For1952 · as Edna Miller
• The Men1950 · as Ellen
• The Capture1950 · as Ellen Tevlin Vanner
• Enchantment1948 · as Lark Ingoldsby
• The Trouble with Women1947 · as Kate Farrell
• Pursued1947 · as Thor
• The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Peggy Stephenson
• The Imperfect Lady1946 · as Millicent Hopkins
• Casanova Brown1944 · as Isabel Drury
• Shadow of a Doubt1943 · as Young Charlie
• The Pride of the Yankees1942 · as Eleanor Twitchell
• Mrs. Miniver1942 · as Carol Beldon
• The Little Foxes1941 · as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens

All TV Shows (40)

• Picket Fences1992 · as Emily Ridgefield
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Helen Appletree
• The Love Boat1977 · as Sister Regina
• Hawkins1973 · as Jenny Burke
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law1971 · as Ruthanne Cameron
• Lancer1968
• CBS Playhouse1966 · as Virgie
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Marion Brown
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Stella
• The Defenders1961 · as Anne Clark
• The Defenders1961 · as Melissa Holmes
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Emilie Forbes
• Bonanza1959 · as Katherine Saunders
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Doris Walker
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Mary
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Janice Walner
• Climax!1954 · as Eilene Wade
• Climax!1954 · as Lorna Baylor
• Climax!1954 · as Louella Parsons
• Studio 571954
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Schoolteacher
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Mary Todd Lincoln
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Alison Stevens
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Paula
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Mrs. Wentworth
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Janet Larson
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Forrester
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Sister Mary Winifred
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Carol
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Judith Anderson
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Terry Hagen
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Laura Savage
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Sister Louise
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Emily
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Laura Pennington
• Your Show of Shows1950
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self