Teresa Wright
1918 - 2005
 Teresa Wright died. She was 86. She goes way back. She costarred with Gary Cooper in The Pride of the Yankees in 1942. She was 23 or 24, and Cooper -- then past 40 -- felt a little awkward doing love scenes (in 1942 this involved a 1.5 second kiss) with her, because she was so young. But they were popular together, and costarred again in Casanova Brown in 1944.
Her first few films were her also her peak films. Her debut earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Sup Actress: The Little Foxes (1941), as Alexandra 'Xan' Giddens. The next year, playing Lou Gehrig's wife in The Pride of the Yankees (1942) earned her a nomination for Best Actress. She lost that but won for Supporting Actress in the same year* for playing Greer Garson's daughter in Mrs. Miniver (1942). Next, she was Charlie, Hitchcock's young heroine, in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) -- afraid of the truth of her Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten). In 1946, she was in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and she was opposite Robert Mitchum in the cultish noir western, Pursued in 1947.
She pissed off boss Sam Goldwyn by refusing to fly to New York to publicize a film, and he fired her in 1948. Her career pretty much fell apart after that, but she did costar with Marlon Brando in his film debut, The Men in 1950. Wright continued to act in films, on TV and on the stage. Her later films include: The Actress (1953), Track of the Cat (1954), The Restless Years (1958), Somewhere in Time (1980), and The Good Mother (1988). In her last film role she played Miss Birdie opposite Matt Damon in Coppola's The Rainmaker (1997). Wright was a regular on the daytime soap, "The Guiding Light," in 1986, playing Grace Cummings.
Besides the three Oscar noms and one win, she had two Emmy nominations, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for Motion Pictures and for Television.
She was married to writer Niven Busch from 1942 to 1952. She married writer Robert Anderson in 1959; they were later divorced and remarried, says the AP obit.
* Wright is one of ten actors to have been nominated for both a Supporting and Lead Acting Oscar in the same year. The other nine are Fay Bainter, Barry Fitzgerald (who was oddly nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor [which he won] in the same year for playing the elderly priest in Going My Way), Jessica Lange, Sigourney Weaver, Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Holly Hunter, Julianne Moore and Jamie Foxx.
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Filmography from imdb:
Teresa Wright
Born Oct 27, 1918, in New York, New York.
Died March 6, 2005, in Connecticut.
 | Teresa Wright with Myrna Loy in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). |
Actress Filmography
1. The Rainmaker (1997) .... Miss Birdie
2. The Red Coat (1993)
3. Lethal Innocence (1991) (TV) .... Myra
4. Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990) (TV) .... Helene Berman
5. The Good Mother (1988) .... Grandmother
6. Wonderworks: The Fig Tree (1987) (TV) .... Miranda's Grandmother
7. "The Guiding Light" (1952) TV Series .... Grace Cummings (1986)
8. Bill: On His Own (1983) (TV) .... Mae Driscoll
9. The Golden Honeymoon (1980) (TV) .... Lucy Tate
10. Somewhere in Time (1980) .... Laura Roberts
11. The Rocking Chair Rebellion (1979) (TV)
12. Roseland (1977) .... May (The Waltz)
13. Flood! (1976) (TV) .... Alice Cutler
14. The Elevator (1974) (TV) .... Edith Reynolds
15. Crawlspace (1972) (TV) .... Alice Graves
16. The Happy Ending (1969) .... Mrs. Spencer
17. Hail, Hero! (1969) .... Santha Dixon
18. Appalachian Autumn (1969) (TV)
19. Our American Heritage: Shadow of a Soldier (1960) (TV) .... Julia Grant
20. The Restless Years (1958) .... Elizabeth Grant
21. Escapade in Japan (1957) .... Mary Saunders
22. The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) .... Ruth Simmons
23. The Miracle on 34th Street (1955) (TV) .... Doris Walker
24. Track of the Cat (1954) .... Grace Bridges
25. The Actress (1953) .... Annie Jones
26. Count the Hours (1953) .... Ellen Braden
27. The Steel Trap (1952) .... Laurie Osborne
28. California Conquest (1952) .... Julie Lawrence
29. Something to Live For (1952) .... Edna Miller
30. The Men (1950) .... Ellen
31. The Capture (1950) .... Ellen Tevlin Vanner
32. Enchantment (1948) .... Lark Ingoldsby
33. The Trouble with Women (1947) .... Kate Farrell
34. The Imperfect Lady (1947) .... Millicent Hopkins
35. Pursued (1947) .... Thorley Callum
36. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) .... Peggy Stephenson
37. Casanova Brown (1944) .... Isabel Drury
38. Shadow of a Doubt (1943) .... Young Charlie
39. The Pride of the Yankees (1942) .... Eleanor Twitchell 'Ellie' Gehrig
40. Mrs. Miniver (1942) .... Carol Beldon/Miniver
41. The Little Foxes (1941) .... Alexandra 'Xan' Giddens
Herself Filmography
1. The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself - Past winner
2. Goldwyn (2001) .... Herself
3. Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000) (V) .... Herself
4. Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999) (TV) .... Herself
5. The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV) .... Herself - Past Winner
6. "A Century of Women" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Family Member
7. Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992) (TV) .... Herself
8. 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990) (TV) .... Herself
9. The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: Cinematography Awards
Archive Footage
1. Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV) .... Herself
Notable TV Guest Appearances
1. "Picket Fences" as "Emily Ridgefield" in: "My Romance" (ep. # 4.13) 26 Jan 1996
2. "Dolphin Cove" as "Nina Rothman" 1 March 1989
3. "Murder, She Wrote" as "Helen Appletree" in: "Mr. Penroy's Vacation" (ep. # 5.3) 6 Nov 1988
4. "Morningstar/Eveningstar" as "Alice Blair" in: "A Rose for Alice" 1 Apr 1986
5. "Morningstar/Eveningstar" as "Alice Blair" in: "The Firebird" 26 March 1986
6. "The Love Boat" in: "A Christmas Presence" (ep. # 6.13) 18 Dec 1982
7. "Grandpa Goes to Washington" 31 Oct 1978
8. "Wide World of Mystery" in: "Terror in the Night" 17 Aug 1976
9. "Hawkins" in: "Murder on the Thirteenth Floor" (ep. # 1.7) 5 Feb 1974
10. "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" as "Ruthanne Cameron" in: "The Camerons Are a Special Clan" (ep. # 3.6) 24 Oct 1973
11. "Lancer" as "Ellen Haney" in: "Yesterday's Vendetta" (ep. # 1.16) 28 Jan 1969
12. "The Defenders" as "Melissa Holmes" in: "The Prosecutor" (ep. # 4.28) 29 Apr 1965
13. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" as "Stella" in: "Lonely Place" (ep. # 3.6) 16 Nov 1964
14. "The Defenders" as "Anne Clark" in: "The Pill Man" (ep. # 3.20) 22 Feb 1964
15. "Bonanza" as "Katherine Saunders" in: "My Son, My Son" (ep. # 5.16) 19 Jan 1964
16. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" as "Marion Brown" in: "Three Wives Too Many" (ep. # 2.12) 3 Jan 1964
17. "The DuPont Show of the Week" as "Mary" in: "Big Deal in Laredo" (ep. # 2.4) 7 Oct 1962
18. "The United States Steel Hour" in: "The Big Laugh" (ep. # 9.11) 24 Jan 1962
19. "Sunday Showcase" in: "Our American Heritage: Shadow of a Soldier" (ep. # 1.23) 21 Feb 1960
20. "Sunday Showcase" as "Margaret Bourke White" in: "The Margaret Bourke White Story" (ep. # 1.16) 3 Jan 1960
21. "Adventures in Paradise" in: "The Pit of Silence" (ep. # 1.4) 5 Oct 1959
22. "The United States Steel Hour" as "Louise Henderson" in: "The Hours Before Dawn" (ep. # 7.2) 23 Sep 1959
23. "The United States Steel Hour" as "Allie Gulliver" in: "Trap for a Stranger" (ep. # 6.12) 25 Feb 1959
24. "Playhouse 90" as "Carol Morton" in: "The Edge of Innocence" (ep. # 2.8) 31 Oct 1957
25. "Undercurrent" as "Helen Fiske" in: "No Escape" 26 July 1957
26. "The Ford Television Theatre" as "Alison Stevens" in: "Desperation" (ep. # 5.38) 19 June 1957
27. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" as "Sister Louise" in: "Sister Louise Goes to Town" (ep. # 6.30) 24 May 1957
28. "The Christophers" in: "As You Make It" 10 March 1957
29. "Playhouse 90" as "Annie Sullivan" in: "The Miracle Worker" (ep. # 1.19) 7 Feb 1957
30. "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" as "Janice Walner" in: "Child of the Regiment" (ep. # 2.1) 3 Oct 1956
31. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" in: "Witness to Condemn" (ep. # 5.38) 22 June 1956
32. "Studio 57" in: "The Faithful Heart" (ep. # 2.34) 27 May 1956
33. "Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story" in: "The Lonely Ones" (ep. # 2.37) 7 Apr 1956
34. "Star Stage" in: "The Secret Place" (ep. # 1.29) 23 March 1956
35. "Climax!" as "Louella Parsons" in: "The Louella Parsons Story" (ep. # 2.23) 8 March 1956
36. "Four Star Playhouse" as "Carol Stuart" in: "Once to Every Woman" (ep. # 4.20) 1 March 1956
37. "Screen Directors Playhouse" as "Mary" in: "Number Five Checked Out" (ep. # 1.16) 18 Jan 1956
38. "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" as "Doris Walker" in: "The Miracle on 34th Street" (ep. # 1.5) 14 Dec 1955
39. "The Alcoa Hour" as "Sylvia Hallock" in: "Undertow" (ep. # 1.5) 11 Dec 1955
40. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" as "Judith Anderson" in: "The Devil's Disciple" 20 Nov 1955
41. "The Ford Television Theatre" as "Julie Forrester" in: "The Lady in the Wind" (ep. # 4.3) 20 Oct 1955
42. "Lux Video Theatre" as "Laura Pennington" in: "The Enchanted Cottage" (ep. # 6.1) 29 Sep 1955
43. "Letter to Loretta" in: "My Uncle O'Moore" (ep. # 3.4) 8 Sep 1955
44. "Your Play Time" in: "Intolerable Portrait" 3 Sep 1955
45. "The United States Steel Hour" as "Miss Mary" in: "Red Gulch" (ep. # 2.21) 21 June 1955
46. "The Elgin Hour" as "Marianne Merrick" in: "Driftwood" (ep. # 1.16) 3 May 1955
47. "Henry Fonda Presents the Star and the Story" as "Terry Spencer" in: "Her Crowning Glory" (ep. # 1.14) 9 Apr 1955
48. "General Electric Theater" as "Mary Todd Lincoln" in: "Love Is Eternal" (ep. # 3.20) 13 Feb 1955
49. "Four Star Playhouse" as "Sister Margaret Madeleine" in: "The Good Sister" (ep. # 3.18) 27 Jan 1955
50. "The Ford Television Theatre" as "Janet Larson" in: "The Stars Don't Shine" (ep. # 3.16) 20 Jan 1955
51. "Climax!" in: "The White Carnation" (ep. # 1.9) 16 Dec 1954
52. "This Is Your Life" as "Herself" in: "William Wellman" 8 Dec 1954
53. "Climax!" as "Eilene Wade" in: "The Long Goodbye" (ep. # 1.1) 7 Oct 1954
54. "The United States Steel Hour" as "Margaret Swift" in: "The End of Paul Dane" (ep. # 1.15) 11 May 1954
55. "The Ford Television Theatre" as "Paula" in: "The Happiest Day" (ep. # 2.17) 21 Jan 1954
56. "The Ford Television Theatre" as "Steve Wentworth" in: "And Suddenly, You Knew" (ep. # 2.11) 10 Dec 1953
57. "Toast of the Town" as "Herself" (ep. # 6.13) 7 Dec 1952
58. "Hollywood Opening Night" in: "Welcome Home, Stranger" (ep. # 2.5) 3 Nov 1952
59. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" as "Terry Hagen" in: "Dress in the Window" (ep. # 1.37) 13 June 1952
60. "Robert Montgomery Presents" in: "And Never Come Back" (ep. # 3.25) 21 Apr 1952
61. "Your Show of Shows" 2 Feb 1952
62. "Lux Video Theatre" in: "The Sound of Waves Breaking" (ep. # 2.22) 21 Jan 1952
63. "The Kate Smith Evening Hour" as "Herself" 2 Jan 1952
64. "Lux Video Theatre" in: "Manhattan Pastorale" (ep. # 1.17) 22 Jan 1951
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