1901-06-29 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.
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Horrible Horror | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' | 1986-01-01 |
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The Crowded Sky | Mrs. Mitchell | 1960-09-02 |
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Juke Box Rhythm | Aunt Margaret | 1959-08-01 |
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The Alligator People | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | 1959-07-16 |
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Senior Prom | Mrs. Sherridan | 1958-12-01 |
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The Eddy Duchin Story | Edith Wadsworth | 1956-05-02 |
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The She-Creature | Mrs. Chappel | 1956-08-01 |
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Flame of the Islands | Evelyn Hammond | 1955-12-04 |
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Foxfire | Mrs. Lawrence | 1955-07-13 |
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Casanova's Big Night | Signora Di Gambetta | 1954-04-07 |
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Never Wave at a WAC | Lily Mae Gorham | 1953-01-28 |
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A Place in the Sun | Mrs. Ann Vickers | 1951-06-12 |
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The Underworld Story | Mrs. Eldridge | 1950-07-26 |
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The Judge Steps Out | Evelyn Bailey | 1947-12-15 |
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Heavenly Days | Ettie Clark | 1944-10-20 |
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Mission to Moscow | Madame Molotov (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
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The Return of the Vampire | Lady Jane Ainsley | 1943-11-11 |
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 1943-10-10 |
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It Comes Up Love | Portia Winthrop | 1943-04-09 |
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Karen Holliday | 1943-02-19 |
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | 1942-10-05 | |
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Sweater Girl | Mrs. Menard | 1942-07-13 |
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Street of Chance | Alma Diedrich | 1942-10-03 |
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Olivia Nesbit | 1942-03-03 |
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Remember the Day | Mrs. Dewey Roberts | 1941-12-25 |
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The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mrs. Wayne | 1941-02-14 |
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Sunny | Elizabeth Warren | 1941-05-30 |
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Father's Son | Ruth Emory | 1941-02-12 |
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You'll Never Get Rich | Mrs. Julia Cortland | 1941-09-25 |
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Shadows on the Stairs | Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage | 1941-03-01 |
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Pride and Prejudice | Miss Caroline Bingley | 1940-07-26 |
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Convicted Woman | Attorney Mary Ellis | 1940-01-31 |
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The Letter | Dorothy Joyce | 1940-11-21 |
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Beauty for the Asking | Flora Barton-Williams | 1939-02-24 |
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A Woman is the Judge | Mary Cabot | 1939-10-03 |
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Woman Doctor | Dr. Judith Randall Graeme | 1939-02-06 |
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The Zero Hour | Linda Marsh | 1939-05-26 |
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Tarzan Finds a Son! | Mrs. Lancing | 1939-06-16 |
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The Great O'Malley | Mrs. Philips | 1937-02-13 |
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Another Dawn | Grace Roark | 1937-06-26 |
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Portia on Trial | Portia Merriman | 1937-11-08 |
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Call It a Day | Dorothy Hilton | 1937-04-17 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Alice Winslow | 1936-08-20 |
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Mary of Scotland | Mary Beaton | 1936-07-28 |
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Give Me Your Heart | Rosamond Melford | 1936-09-17 |
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The Garden Murder Case | Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston | 1936-02-21 |
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The King Steps Out | Princess Helena | 1936-05-27 |
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If You Could Only Cook | Evelyn Fletcher | 1935-12-30 |
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The Dark Angel | Ann West | 1935-09-08 |
