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Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright

Birthday: 1918-10-27 | Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock

as    Self

1988
The Good Mother

as    Grandmother Eleanor

1980
Somewhere in Time

as    Laura Roberts

1977
Flood!

as    Alice Cutler

1977
Roseland

as    May

1974
The Elevator

as    Edith Reynolds

1972
Crawlspace

as    Alice Graves

1957
Escapade in Japan

as    Mary Saunders

1955
The Miracle on 34th Street

as    Doris Walker

1954
Track of the Cat

as    Grace Bridges

1953
Count the Hours!

as    Ellen Braden

1952
California Conquest

as    Julie Lawrence

1950
The Men

as    Ellen

1950
The Capture

as    Ellen Tevlin Vanner

1948
Enchantment

as    Lark Ingoldsby

1947
Pursued

as    Thor

1946
The Best Years of Our Lives

as    Peggy Stephenson

1944
Casanova Brown

as    Isabel Drury

1943
Shadow of a Doubt

as    Charlie Newton

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as    Carol Beldon

1942
The Pride of the Yankees

as    Eleanor Twitchell

1941
The Little Foxes

as    Alexandra "Zan" Giddens