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person_profile-Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort Died at age: 74

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jun 29, 1901

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Feb 26, 1976

Biography of

Frieda Inescort

    ​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).

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Filmography of

Frieda Inescort

Found 48 Movies in total

Horrible Horror

Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' ( Actor )

... 1986

The Crowded Sky

Mrs. Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1960

Juke Box Rhythm

Aunt Margaret ( Actor )

... 1959

The Alligator People

Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne ( Actor )

... 1959

Senior Prom

Mrs. Sherridan ( Actor )

... 1958

The She-Creature

Mrs. Chappel ( Actor )

... 1956

The Eddy Duchin Story

Edith Wadsworth ( Actor )

... 1956

Flame of the Islands

Evelyn Hammond ( Actor )

... 1955

Foxfire

Mrs. Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1955

Casanova's Big Night

Signora Di Gambetta ( Actor )

... 1954

Never Wave at a WAC

Lily Mae Gorham ( Actor )

... 1953

A Place in the Sun

Mrs. Ann Vickers ( Actor )

... 1951

The Underworld Story

Mrs. Eldridge ( Actor )

... 1950

The Judge Steps Out

Evelyn Bailey ( Actor )

... 1947

Heavenly Days

Ettie Clark ( Actor )

... 1944

The Return of the Vampire

Lady Jane Ainsley ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

Mission to Moscow

Madame Molotov (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

It Comes Up Love

Portia Winthrop ( Actor )

... 1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Karen Holliday ( Actor )

... 1943

Street of Chance

Alma Diedrich ( Actor )

... 1942

Sweater Girl

Mrs. Menard ( Actor )

... 1942

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

Olivia Nesbit ( Actor )

... 1942

Remember the Day

Mrs. Dewey Roberts ( Actor )

... 1941

You'll Never Get Rich

Mrs. Julia Cortland ( Actor )

... 1941

Sunny

Elizabeth Warren ( Actor )

... 1941

Shadows on the Stairs

Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage ( Actor )

... 1941

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Mrs. Wayne ( Actor )

... 1941

Father's Son

Ruth Emory ( Actor )

... 1941

The Letter

Dorothy Joyce ( Actor )

... 1940

Pride and Prejudice

Miss Caroline Bingley ( Actor )

... 1940

Convicted Woman

Attorney Mary Ellis ( Actor )

... 1940

A Woman is the Judge

Mary Cabot ( Actor )

... 1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Mrs. Lancing ( Actor )

... 1939

The Zero Hour

Linda Marsh ( Actor )

... 1939

Beauty for the Asking

Flora Barton-Williams ( Actor )

... 1939

Woman Doctor

Dr. Judith Randall Graeme ( Actor )

... 1939

Portia on Trial

Portia Merriman ( Actor )

... 1937

Another Dawn

Grace Roark ( Actor )

... 1937

Call It a Day

Dorothy Hilton ( Actor )

... 1937

The Great O'Malley

Mrs. Philips ( Actor )

... 1937

Give Me Your Heart

Rosamond Melford ( Actor )

... 1936

Hollywood Boulevard

Alice Winslow ( Actor )

... 1936

Mary of Scotland

Mary Beaton ( Actor )

... 1936

The King Steps Out

Princess Helena ( Actor )

... 1936

The Garden Murder Case

Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston ( Actor )

... 1936

If You Could Only Cook

Evelyn Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1935

The Dark Angel

Ann West ( Actor )

... 1935