Frieda Inescort
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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).
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Fotos
Filmes (48)
The Crowded Sky
1960 · Mrs. Mitchell
Juke Box Rhythm
1959 · Aunt Margaret
The Alligator People
1959 · Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Senior Prom
1958 · Mrs. Sherridan
The She-Creature
1956 · Mrs. Chappel
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Edith Wadsworth
Flame of the Islands
1955 · Evelyn Hammond
Foxfire
1955 · Mrs. Lawrence
Casanova's Big Night
1954 · Signora Di Gambetta
Never Wave at a WAC
1953 · Lily Mae Gorham
A Place in the Sun
1951 · Mrs. Ann Vickers
The Underworld Story
1950 · Mrs. Eldridge
The Judge Steps Out
1947 · Evelyn Bailey
Heavenly Days
1944 · Ettie Clark
The Return of the Vampire
1943 · Lady Jane Ainsley
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943 · Narrator
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Madame Molotov (uncredited)
It Comes Up Love
1943 · Portia Winthrop
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Karen Holliday
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Street of Chance
1942 · Alma Diedrich
Sweater Girl
1942 · Mrs. Menard
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942 · Olivia Nesbit
Remember the Day
1941 · Mrs. Dewey Roberts
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Mrs. Julia Cortland
Sunny
1941 · Elizabeth Warren
Shadows on the Stairs
1941 · Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941 · Mrs. Wayne
Father's Son
1941 · Ruth Emory
The Letter
1940 · Dorothy Joyce
Pride and Prejudice
1940 · Miss Caroline Bingley
Convicted Woman
1940 · Attorney Mary Ellis
A Woman is the Judge
1939 · Mary Cabot
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939 · Mrs. Lancing
The Zero Hour
1939 · Linda Marsh
Beauty for the Asking
1939 · Flora Barton-Williams
Woman Doctor
1939 · Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
Portia on Trial
1937 · Portia Merriman
Another Dawn
1937 · Grace Roark
Call It a Day
1937 · Dorothy Hilton
The Great O'Malley
1937 · Mrs. Philips
Give Me Your Heart
1936 · Rosamond Melford
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 · Alice Winslow
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Mary Beaton
The King Steps Out
1936 · Princess Helena
The Garden Murder Case
1936 · Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
If You Could Only Cook
1935 · Evelyn Fletcher
The Dark Angel
1935 · Ann West
Séries (12)
Thriller
1960 · De Chantenay's Mother
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Rebel
1959 · Varina Davis
Perry Mason
1957 · Hope Quentin
Crossroads
1955
The Millionaire
1955 · Regina Wainwright
Climax!
1954 · Martha Hale
Meet Corliss Archer
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Mabel
General Electric Theater
1953 · Marian Rutledge
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Miss Proctor
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Mrs. Robbins