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Frieda Inescort
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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 So…
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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.
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1960
Thriller
TV show De Chantenay's Mother
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1960
The Crowded Sky
Movie Mrs. Mitchell
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1959
Bourbon Street Beat
TV show
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1959
The Rebel
TV show Varina Davis
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1959
Juke Box Rhythm
Movie Aunt Margaret
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1959
The Alligator People
Movie Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
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1958
Senior Prom
Movie Mrs. Sherridan
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Hope Quentin
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1956
The She-Creature
Movie Mrs. Chappel
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1956
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie Edith Wadsworth
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1955
Flame of the Islands
Movie Evelyn Hammond
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1955
Crossroads
TV show
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1955
Foxfire
Movie Mrs. Lawrence
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1955
The Millionaire
TV show Regina Wainwright
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1954
Climax!
TV show Martha Hale
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1954
Casanova's Big Night
Movie Signora Di Gambetta
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1954
Meet Corliss Archer
TV show
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show Mabel
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Marian Rutledge
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1953
Never Wave at a WAC
Movie Lily Mae Gorham
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show Miss Proctor
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1951
A Place in the Sun
Movie Mrs. Ann Vickers
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1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV show Mrs. Robbins
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1950
The Underworld Story
Movie Mrs. Eldridge
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1947
The Judge Steps Out
Movie Evelyn Bailey
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1944
Heavenly Days
Movie Ettie Clark
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1943
The Return of the Vampire
Movie Lady Jane Ainsley
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1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Movie Narrator
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1943
Mission to Moscow
Movie Madame Molotov (uncredited)
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1943
It Comes Up Love
Movie Portia Winthrop
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1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie Karen Holliday
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1942
Street of Chance
Movie Alma Diedrich
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1942
Sweater Girl
Movie Mrs. Menard
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1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie Olivia Nesbit
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1941
Remember the Day
Movie Mrs. Dewey Roberts
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1941
You'll Never Get Rich
Movie Mrs. Julia Cortland
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1941
Sunny
Movie Elizabeth Warren
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1941
Shadows on the Stairs
Movie Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
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1941
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Movie Mrs. Wayne
