Teresa Wright
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 the CBS drama series Dolphin Cove (1989). She earned the acclaim of top film directors, including William Wyler, who called her the most promising actress he had directed, and Alfred Hitchcock, who admired her thorough preparation and quiet professionalism.
Known For
Peggy Stephenson
The Best Years of Our Lives
Ellen
The Men
Young Charlie
Shadow of a Doubt
Laurie Osborne
The Steel Trap
Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
The Rainmaker
Lark Ingoldsby
Enchantment
Ellen Braden
Count the Hours!
Thor
Pursued
Carol Beldon
Mrs. Miniver
Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
The Little Foxes
Ellen Tevlin Vanner
The Capture
Laura Roberts
Somewhere in Time
Isabel Drury
Casanova Brown
Eleanor Twitchell
The Pride of the Yankees
Mrs. Spencer
The Happy Ending
Grace Bridges
Track of the Cat
Alice Graves
Crawlspace
Annie Jones
The Actress
Edna Miller
Something to Live For
Elizabeth Grant
The Restless Years
Grandmother Eleanor
The Good Mother
Doris Walker
The Miracle on 34th Street
Julie Lawrence
California Conquest
Mary Saunders
Escapade in Japan
Ruth Simmons
The Search for Bridey Murphy
May
Roseland
Millicent Hopkins
The Imperfect Lady
Self
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Edith Reynolds
The Elevator
Kate Farrell
The Trouble with Women
Wife
Angel Passing
Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Santha Dixon
Hail, Hero!
Alice Cutler
Flood!
Helene Berman
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Mary
No. 5 Checked Out
(archive footage)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Carol Morton
The Edge of Innocence
Carol
Once to Every Woman
Eleanor Hilliard
The Desperate Hours
Penitent (uncredited)
The Exorcist III
Mae Driscoll
Bill: On His Own
Lucy Tate
The Golden Honeymoon
Cora Swanson
Morning's at Seven
Mary
Big Deal in Laredo
Self
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Self
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
47
Gender
Female
Birthday
1918-10-27
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Muriel Teresa Wright