Frieda Inescort
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frieda Inescort (born Frieda Wrightman, 29 June 1901 – 26 February 1976) was a Scottish-born actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Coward's play Hay Fever on Broadway. She also played the shingled lady in John Galsworthy's 1927 Broadway production Escape. Inescort's acting debut came in The Truth About Blayds (1922), which was presented at the Booth Theatre on Broadway. Her other Broadway credits include You and I (1923), The Woman on the Jury (1923), Windows (1923), The Fake (1924), Ariadne (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Love in a Mist (1926), Mozart (1926), Trelawny of the "Wells" (1927), Escape (1927-1928), Napi (1931), Company's Coming (1931), Springtime for Henry (1931-1932), When Ladies Meet (1933), False Dreams, Farewell (1934), Lady Jane (1934), Soldier's Wife (1944-1945), The Mermaids Singing (1945-1946) and You Never Can Tell (1948). Frieda Wrightman adopted her mother's surname as her professional name and moved to Hollywood and made her film debut in The Dark Angel (1935). Her other films include Mary of Scotland (1936), The Letter (1940), The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941), You'll Never Get Rich (1941) and A Place in the Sun (1951). She appeared with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson as the conniving Caroline Bingley in the 1940 film version of Pride and Prejudice. She had a leading role in Call It A Day, a 1937 film in which she appeared with Olivia de Havilland, Bonita Granville, Roland Young, and Ian Hunter. She appeared in at least one episode of Perry Mason, as Hope Quentin in "The Case of the Jealous Journalist" (season 5, 1961). Description above from the Wikipedia article Frieda Inescort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 1986 · Horrible Horror as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People'
- 1960 · Thriller as De Chantenay's Mother
- 1960 · The Crowded Sky as Mrs. Mitchell
- 1959 · Bourbon Street Beat as
- 1959 · The Rebel as Varina Davis
- 1959 · Juke Box Rhythm as Aunt Margaret
- 1959 · The Alligator People as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
- 1958 · Senior Prom as Mrs. Sherridan
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Hope Quentin
- 1956 · The She-Creature as Mrs. Chappel
- 1956 · The Eddy Duchin Story as Edith Wadsworth
- 1955 · Flame of the Islands as Evelyn Hammond
- 1955 · Crossroads as
- 1955 · Foxfire as Mrs. Lawrence
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Regina Wainwright
- 1954 · Climax! as Martha Hale
- 1954 · Casanova's Big Night as Signora Di Gambetta
- 1954 · Meet Corliss Archer as
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Mabel
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Marian Rutledge
- 1953 · Never Wave at a WAC as Lily Mae Gorham
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Miss Proctor
- 1951 · A Place in the Sun as Mrs. Ann Vickers
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Mrs. Robbins
- 1950 · The Underworld Story as Mrs. Eldridge
- 1947 · The Judge Steps Out as Evelyn Bailey
- 1944 · Heavenly Days as Ettie Clark
- 1943 · The Return of the Vampire as Lady Jane Ainsley
- 1943 · Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator
- 1943 · Mission to Moscow as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
- 1943 · It Comes Up Love as Portia Winthrop
- 1943 · The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Karen Holliday
- 1942 · Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as
- 1942 · Street of Chance as Alma Diedrich
- 1942 · Sweater Girl as Mrs. Menard
- 1942 · The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Olivia Nesbit
- 1941 · Remember the Day as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
- 1941 · You'll Never Get Rich as Mrs. Julia Cortland
- 1941 · Sunny as Elizabeth Warren
- 1941 · Shadows on the Stairs as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
- 1941 · The Trial of Mary Dugan as Mrs. Wayne
- 1941 · Father's Son as Ruth Emory
- 1940 · The Letter as Dorothy Joyce
- 1940 · Pride and Prejudice as Miss Caroline Bingley
- 1940 · Convicted Woman as Attorney Mary Ellis
- 1939 · A Woman is the Judge as Mary Cabot
- 1939 · Tarzan Finds a Son! as Mrs. Lancing
- 1939 · The Zero Hour as Linda Marsh
- 1939 · Beauty for the Asking as Flora Barton-Williams
- 1939 · Woman Doctor as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
- 1937 · Portia on Trial as Portia Merriman
- 1937 · Another Dawn as Grace Roark
- 1937 · Call It a Day as Dorothy Hilton
- 1937 · The Great O'Malley as Mrs. Philips
- 1936 · Give Me Your Heart as Rosamond Melford
- 1936 · Hollywood Boulevard as Alice Winslow
- 1936 · Mary of Scotland as Mary Beaton
- 1936 · The King Steps Out as Princess Helena
- 1936 · The Garden Murder Case as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
- 1935 · If You Could Only Cook as Evelyn Fletcher
- 1935 · The Dark Angel as Ann West