Terry Moore
Born: 1929-01-07 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
Filmography
2025
- Sinatra! Eternity as Self
2024
2023
- Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black as Lady in Black
- Merrily as Betty Clurman
2021
- Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
- Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self
2020
- Frank and Ava as Self
2015
- Mansion of Blood as Natalie
- Aimy in a Cage as Grandma Micry
2014
- True Detective as Lilly Hill
- Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Self
2012
- Margarine Wars as Miriam Cuningham
2007
- The Still Life as Mrs. Stratford
2006
- Kill Your Darlings as Ella Toscana
2005
2003
- Rita as Self
2000
- Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies as Self
- Stageghost as Olive
1999
- Final Voyage as Christina
1998
- Mighty Joe Young as Elegant Woman at Party
- Second Chances as Dallas Judd
1996
- Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach as Self
1991
- Marilyn and Me as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
1989
- America's Funniest Home Videos ... (Producer)
- Going Overboard as Mistress
- Beverly Hills Brats as Veronica
- Hoodwinked as Sally
1987
- Wiseguy
- W.A.R.: Women Against Rape as Mrs. McCormack
1985
- Hellhole as Sidnee Hammond
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Florence
1983
- Do It Debbie's Way as Self
1982
- Knight Rider as Molly Friedrich
- Matt Houston as Emily Armor
1978
- Death Dimension as Madam Maria
1977
- The Love Boat as Mrs. Clark
1976
- Smash-Up on Interstate 5 as Trudy
1975
- Paesano as Self
1972
- The Daredevil as Julie Thompson
1971
- Mean Justice as Connie Garrett
1970
- The Weird World of Weird
- Quarantined as Martha Atkinson
1968
- A Man Called Dagger as Harper Davis
1967
- Lionpower from MGM as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
- Town Tamer as Susan Tavenner
- Black Spurs as Anna Elkins
- City of Fear as Suzan
1963
- Burke's Law as Sarah Kingston
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1962
- The Virginian as Alma Wilson
- Empire as Connie Garrett
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960
- My Three Sons
- Platinum High School as Jennifer Evans
- Why Must I Die as Lois King
1959
- Bonanza as Lydia Yates
- Rawhide as Dallas Storm
- The Rebel as Janice Dutton
- Cast a Long Shadow as Janet Calvert
- A Private's Affair as Louise Wright
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- Peyton Place as Betty Anderson
- Bernardine as Jean Cantrick
1956
- Between Heaven and Hell as Jenny Gifford
- No Right to Kill as Lisa
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Ann Winslow
- Daddy Long Legs as Linda Pendleton
- Shack Out on 101 as Kotty
- Portrait of Alison as Alison Ford
1954
- Climax! as Rosa
1953
- General Electric Theater as Evvy Jeffers
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef as Gwyneth Rhys
- Come Back, Little Sheba as Marie Buckholder
- Man on a Tightrope as Tereza Cernik
- King of the Khyber Rifles as Susan Maitland
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Susan Randall
1951
- Two of a Kind as Kathy McIntyre
- The Barefoot Mailman as Adie Titus
- Sunny Side of the Street as Betty Holloway
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Great Rupert as Rosalinda Amendola
- Gambling House as Lynn Warren
- He's a Cockeyed Wonder as Judy Sears
1949
- Mighty Joe Young as Jill Young
1948
- Studio One as Annabelle
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Summer Holiday as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
- The Return of October as Terry Ramsey
1947
- The Devil On Wheels as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
- Heartaches as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
1946
- Shadowed as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
1945
- The Clock as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
- Son of Lassie as Thea (as Helen Koford)
1944
- Gaslight as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
- Since You Went Away as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
- Sweet and Low-Down as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
1943
- True to Life as Little Girl (uncredited)
1942
- My Gal Sal as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
- A-Haunting We Will Go as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
- On the Sunny Side as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
1941
- One Foot in Heaven as Choir Member (uncredited)
1940
- The Howards of Virginia as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
- Maryland as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)