Frieda Inescort
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 29, 1901
- Died
- February 26, 1976
- Birthplace
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
The Crowded Sky 1960
as Mrs. Mitchell
Juke Box Rhythm 1959
as Aunt Margaret
The Alligator People 1959
as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Senior Prom 1958
as Mrs. Sherridan
The She-Creature 1956
as Mrs. Chappel
The Eddy Duchin Story 1956
as Edith Wadsworth
Flame of the Islands 1955
as Evelyn Hammond
Foxfire 1955
as Mrs. Lawrence
Casanova's Big Night 1954
as Signora Di Gambetta
Never Wave at a WAC 1953
as Lily Mae Gorham
A Place in the Sun 1951
as Mrs. Ann Vickers
The Underworld Story 1950
as Mrs. Eldridge
The Judge Steps Out 1947
as Evelyn Bailey
Heavenly Days 1944
as Ettie Clark
The Return of the Vampire 1943
as Lady Jane Ainsley
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain 1943
as Narrator
Mission to Moscow 1943
as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
It Comes Up Love 1943
as Portia Winthrop
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday 1943
as Karen Holliday
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 1942
Actor
Street of Chance 1942
as Alma Diedrich
Sweater Girl 1942
as Mrs. Menard
The Courtship of Andy Hardy 1942
as Olivia Nesbit
Remember the Day 1941
as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
You'll Never Get Rich 1941
as Mrs. Julia Cortland
Sunny 1941
as Elizabeth Warren
Shadows on the Stairs 1941
as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
The Trial of Mary Dugan 1941
as Mrs. Wayne
Father's Son 1941
as Ruth Emory
The Letter 1940
as Dorothy Joyce
Pride and Prejudice 1940
as Miss Caroline Bingley
Convicted Woman 1940
as Attorney Mary Ellis
A Woman is the Judge 1939
as Mary Cabot
Tarzan Finds a Son! 1939
as Mrs. Lancing
The Zero Hour 1939
as Linda Marsh
Beauty for the Asking 1939
as Flora Barton-Williams
Woman Doctor 1939
as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
Portia on Trial 1937
as Portia Merriman
Another Dawn 1937
as Grace Roark
Call It a Day 1937
as Dorothy Hilton
The Great O'Malley 1937
as Mrs. Philips
Give Me Your Heart 1936
as Rosamond Melford
Hollywood Boulevard 1936
as Alice Winslow
Mary of Scotland 1936
as Mary Beaton
The King Steps Out 1936
as Princess Helena
The Garden Murder Case 1936
as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
If You Could Only Cook 1935
as Evelyn Fletcher
The Dark Angel 1935
as Ann West
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