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Teresa Wright
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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 Li…
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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.
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2021
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Back To "Somewhere In Time"
Movie Self
- 2000
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1998
Angel Passing
Movie Wife
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1997
The Rainmaker
Movie Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
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1992
Picket Fences
TV show Emily Ridgefield
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1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1990
The Exorcist III
Movie Penitent (uncredited)
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1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Movie (archive footage)
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1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Movie Helene Berman
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1988
The Good Mother
Movie Grandmother Eleanor
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1987
The Fig Tree
Movie Miranda's Grandmother
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Helen Appletree
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1983
Bill: On His Own
Movie Mae Driscoll
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1982
Morning's at Seven
Movie Cora Swanson
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1980
Somewhere in Time
Movie Laura Roberts
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1980
The Golden Honeymoon
Movie Lucy Tate
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1977
Roseland
Movie May
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Sister Regina
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1977
Flood!
Movie Alice Cutler
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1974
The Elevator
Movie Edith Reynolds
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1973
Hawkins
TV show Jenny Burke
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1972
Crawlspace
Movie Alice Graves
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1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV show Ruthanne Cameron
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1969
The Happy Ending
Movie Mrs. Spencer
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1969
Hail, Hero!
Movie Santha Dixon
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1968
Lancer
TV show
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1967
The Desperate Hours
Movie Eleanor Hilliard
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1966
CBS Playhouse
TV show Virgie
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1962
Big Deal in Laredo
Movie Mary
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show Marion Brown
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1961
The Defenders
TV show Anne Clark
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1959
Adventures in Paradise
TV show Emilie Forbes
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Katherine Saunders
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1958
The Restless Years
Movie Elizabeth Grant
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1957
Escapade in Japan
Movie Mary Saunders
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1957
The Edge of Innocence
Movie Carol Morton
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1957
The Miracle Worker
Movie Annie Sullivan
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1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy
Movie Ruth Simmons
