Teresa Wright
Acting
🎂 1918-10-27
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.
Cast credits(87)
Katherine Saunders
1959
Helen Appletree
1984
Sister Regina
1977
Eilene Wade
1954
Lorna Baylor
1954
Louella Parsons
1954
1950
Sister Mary Winifred
1952
Carol
1952
Marion Brown
1962
Stella
1962
Doris Walker
1955
Janice Walner
1955
Self
1948
Anne Clark
1961
Melissa Holmes
1961
Self
1953
Self
1962
1968
1954
Alison Stevens
1952
Paula
1952
Mrs. Wentworth
1952
Janet Larson
1952
Forrester
1952
Emilie Forbes
1959
Emily
1950
Laura Pennington
1950
Mary
1955
Ruthanne Cameron
1971
Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
1997
Penitent (uncredited)
1990
Jenny Burke
1973
1966
Peggy Stephenson
1946
Schoolteacher
1953
1950
Laura Roberts
1980
Young Charlie
1943
Carol Beldon
1942
Kate Farrell
1947
Judith Anderson
1951
Thor
1947
Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
1941
Helene Berman
1990
Ellen
1950
Grace Bridges
1954
Eleanor Twitchell
1942
Mary Todd Lincoln
1953
Edna Miller
1952
Self (archive footage)
1991
Grandmother Eleanor
1988
Terry Hagen
1951
Laura Savage
1951
Sister Louise
1951
Ellen Tevlin Vanner
1950
Alice Graves
1972
Carol Morton
1957
Elizabeth Grant
1958
Mrs. Spencer
1969
Carol
1956
Doris Walker
1955
Wife
1998
Laurie Osborne
1952
Annie Jones
1953
Mae Driscoll
1983
Mary Saunders
1957
Lark Ingoldsby
1948
Self
2021
Isabel Drury
1944
Santha Dixon
1969
Self
2000
Alice Cutler
1977
Ellen Braden
1953
May
1977
Mary
1956
Edith Reynolds
1974
(archive footage)
1990
Lucy Tate
1980
Miranda's Grandmother
1987
Eleanor Hilliard
1967
Millicent Hopkins
1946
Julie Lawrence
1952
Cora Swanson
1982
Self
2000
Mary
1962
Ruth Simmons
1956