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Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort

Actor · 1901 – 1976 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

​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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.3

    A Place in the Sun

    1951 · 429 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Pride and Prejudice

    1940 · 157 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Tarzan Finds a Son!

    1939 · 109 votes

  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.5

    You'll Never Get Rich

    1941 · 63 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Eddy Duchin Story

    1956 · 37 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Letter

    1940 · 253 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Casanova's Big Night

    1954 · 19 votes

  • Movie7.4

    If You Could Only Cook

    1935 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Mary of Scotland

    1936 · 43 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Another Dawn

    1937 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Dark Angel

    1935 · 20 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Great O'Malley

    1937 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Sweater Girl

    1942 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Crowded Sky

    1960 · 15 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Remember the Day

    1941 · 7 votes

  • Movie4.7

    Flame of the Islands

    1955 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.6

    The Alligator People

    1959 · 66 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Mission to Moscow

    1943 · 21 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie4.1

    The She-Creature

    1956 · 36 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.0

    The King Steps Out

    1936 · 10 votes

Series12

  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Millionaire

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV6.7

    Thriller

    1960 · 20 votes

  • TV5.1

    The Rebel

    1959 · 11 votes

  • TV6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • TV6.0

    Bourbon Street Beat

    1959 · 2 votes

  • TV6.6

    Letter to Loretta

    1953 · 7 votes

  • TV6.8

    Crossroads

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV8.0

    Meet Corliss Archer

    1954 · 1 votes