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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 29, 1901
Died
February 26, 1976
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Freida Inescourt
- Frieda Inescourt
Frieda Inescort
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.6
De Chantenay's Mother
Thriller
1960
5.6
Mrs. Mitchell
The Crowded Sky
1960
5.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
4.7
Varina Davis
The Rebel
1959
7.0
Aunt Margaret
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
5.6
Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
The Alligator People
1959
7.0
Mrs. Sherridan
Senior Prom
1958
7.7
Hope Quentin
Perry Mason
1957
4.1
Mrs. Chappel
The She-Creature
1956
6.2
Edith Wadsworth
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
Credits
Thriller
as De Chantenay's Mother
1960
6.6
The Crowded Sky
as Mrs. Mitchell
1960
5.6
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Rebel
as Varina Davis
1959
4.7
Juke Box Rhythm
as Aunt Margaret
1959
7.0
The Alligator People
as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
1959
5.6
Senior Prom
as Mrs. Sherridan
1958
7.0
Perry Mason
as Hope Quentin
1957
7.7
The She-Creature
as Mrs. Chappel
1956
4.1
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Edith Wadsworth
1956
6.2
Flame of the Islands
as Evelyn Hammond
1955
3.7
Crossroads
1955
5.7
Foxfire
as Mrs. Lawrence
1955
6.0
The Millionaire
as Regina Wainwright
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Martha Hale
1954
3.3
Casanova's Big Night
as Signora Di Gambetta
1954
5.8
Meet Corliss Archer
1954
0.0
Letter to Loretta
as Mabel
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Marian Rutledge
1953
6.4
Never Wave at a WAC
as Lily Mae Gorham
1953
4.6
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Miss Proctor
1952
6.7
A Place in the Sun
as Mrs. Ann Vickers
1951
7.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Robbins
1950
6.3
The Underworld Story
as Mrs. Eldridge
1950
6.1
The Judge Steps Out
as Evelyn Bailey
1947
7.0
Heavenly Days
as Ettie Clark
1944
0.0
The Return of the Vampire
as Lady Jane Ainsley
1943
6.1
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
as Narrator
1943
6.7
Mission to Moscow
as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
1943
5.3
It Comes Up Love
as Portia Winthrop
1943
2.3
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Karen Holliday
1943
6.7
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
6.0
Street of Chance
as Alma Diedrich
1942
5.3
Sweater Girl
as Mrs. Menard
1942
4.0
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Olivia Nesbit
1942
5.7
Remember the Day
as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
1941
6.6
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Julia Cortland
1941
6.4
Sunny
as Elizabeth Warren
1941
5.5
Shadows on the Stairs
as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
1941
5.1
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mrs. Wayne
1941
5.0
Father's Son
as Ruth Emory
1941
4.5
The Letter
as Dorothy Joyce
1940
7.3
Pride and Prejudice
as Miss Caroline Bingley
1940
6.9
Convicted Woman
as Attorney Mary Ellis
1940
3.0
A Woman is the Judge
as Mary Cabot
1939
0.0
Tarzan Finds a Son!
as Mrs. Lancing
1939
6.1
The Zero Hour
as Linda Marsh
1939
4.5
Beauty for the Asking
as Flora Barton-Williams
1939
5.2
Woman Doctor
as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
1939
1.0
Portia on Trial
as Portia Merriman
1937
5.4
Another Dawn
as Grace Roark
1937
6.2
Call It a Day
as Dorothy Hilton
1937
5.0
The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. Philips
1937
6.7
Give Me Your Heart
as Rosamond Melford
1936
5.3
Hollywood Boulevard
as Alice Winslow
1936
2.7
Mary of Scotland
as Mary Beaton
1936
6.2
The King Steps Out
as Princess Helena
1936
5.9
The Garden Murder Case
as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
1936
5.4
If You Could Only Cook
as Evelyn Fletcher
1935
7.4
The Dark Angel
as Ann West
1935
6.2