Teresa Wright

Acting · Born 1918-10-27 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Best Years of Our Lives as Peggy Stephenson
• Shadow of a Doubt as Young Charlie
• The Rainmaker as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
• Mrs. Miniver as Carol Beldon
• Somewhere in Time as Laura Roberts
• The Men as Ellen
• The Steel Trap as Laurie Osborne
• Enchantment as Lark Ingoldsby
• Count the Hours! as Ellen Braden
• Pursued as Thor

TV

• Murder, She Wrote as Helen Appletree
• Hawkins as Jenny Burke
• General Electric Theater as Mary Todd Lincoln
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Judith Anderson
• Lancer
• Lux Video Theatre as Emily
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Terry Hagen
• Your Show of Shows
• Climax! as Eilene Wade
• Adventures in Paradise as Emilie Forbes