Frieda Inescort

Born: 1901-06-29 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Died: 1976-02-26

Known For: Acting

Biography

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

1960

Thriller as De Chantenay's Mother
The Crowded Sky as Mrs. Mitchell

1959

The Rebel as Varina Davis
Bourbon Street Beat
The Alligator People as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Juke Box Rhythm as Aunt Margaret

1958

Senior Prom as Mrs. Sherridan

1957

Perry Mason as Hope Quentin

1956

The Eddy Duchin Story as Edith Wadsworth
The She-Creature as Mrs. Chappel

1955

The Millionaire as Regina Wainwright
Crossroads
Foxfire as Mrs. Lawrence
Flame of the Islands as Evelyn Hammond

1951

A Place in the Sun as Mrs. Ann Vickers

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Mrs. Robbins
The Underworld Story as Mrs. Eldridge

1947

The Judge Steps Out as Evelyn Bailey

1944

Heavenly Days as Ettie Clark

1943

Mission to Moscow as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
The Return of the Vampire as Lady Jane Ainsley
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Karen Holliday
It Comes Up Love as Portia Winthrop

1942

Sweater Girl as Mrs. Menard
Street of Chance as Alma Diedrich
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Olivia Nesbit

1941

You'll Never Get Rich as Mrs. Julia Cortland
Sunny as Elizabeth Warren
Remember the Day as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Father's Son as Ruth Emory
Shadows on the Stairs as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
The Trial of Mary Dugan as Mrs. Wayne

1940

Pride and Prejudice as Miss Caroline Bingley
The Letter as Dorothy Joyce
Convicted Woman as Attorney Mary Ellis

1939

Tarzan Finds a Son! as Mrs. Lancing
The Zero Hour as Linda Marsh
Beauty for the Asking as Flora Barton-Williams
Woman Doctor as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
A Woman is the Judge as Mary Cabot

1937

The Great O'Malley as Mrs. Philips
Another Dawn as Grace Roark
Call It a Day as Dorothy Hilton
Portia on Trial as Portia Merriman

1936

Mary of Scotland as Mary Beaton
The King Steps Out as Princess Helena
The Garden Murder Case as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
Give Me Your Heart as Rosamond Melford
Hollywood Boulevard as Alice Winslow

1935

If You Could Only Cook as Evelyn Fletcher
The Dark Angel as Ann West