Acting
62
Woman
Jun 29, 1901
Feb 26, 1976 (74)
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Frieda Inescort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Horrible Horror | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' |
| 1960 | Thriller | De Chantenay's Mother |
| 1960 | The Crowded Sky | Mrs. Mitchell |
| 1959 | The Alligator People | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Varina Davis |
| 1959 | Juke Box Rhythm | Aunt Margaret |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | |
| 1958 | Senior Prom | Mrs. Sherridan |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Hope Quentin |
| 1956 | The She-Creature | Mrs. Chappel |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Edith Wadsworth |
| 1955 | Foxfire | Mrs. Lawrence |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Evelyn Hammond |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Regina Wainwright |
| 1955 | Crossroads | |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Signora Di Gambetta |
| 1954 | Climax! | Martha Hale |
| 1954 | Meet Corliss Archer | |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf | |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Lily Mae Gorham |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Mabel |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Marian Rutledge |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Miss Proctor |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Mrs. Ann Vickers |
| 1950 | The Underworld Story | Mrs. Eldridge |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Robbins |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Evelyn Bailey |
| 1944 | Heavenly Days | Ettie Clark |
| 1943 | The Return of the Vampire | Lady Jane Ainsley |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Madame Molotov (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | Narrator |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Karen Holliday |
| 1943 | It Comes Up Love | Portia Winthrop |
| 1942 | Street of Chance | Alma Diedrich |
| 1942 | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Olivia Nesbit |
| 1942 | Sweater Girl | Mrs. Menard |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Mrs. Julia Cortland |
| 1941 | Shadows on the Stairs | Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage |
| 1941 | Sunny | Elizabeth Warren |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Mrs. Dewey Roberts |
| 1941 | Father's Son | Ruth Emory |
| 1941 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mrs. Wayne |
| 1940 | The Letter | Dorothy Joyce |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice | Miss Caroline Bingley |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman | Attorney Mary Ellis |
| 1939 | Tarzan Finds a Son! | Mrs. Lancing |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking | Flora Barton-Williams |
| 1939 | The Zero Hour | Linda Marsh |
| 1939 | Woman Doctor | Dr. Judith Randall Graeme |
| 1939 | A Woman is the Judge | Mary Cabot |
| 1937 | Another Dawn | Grace Roark |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Mrs. Philips |
| 1937 | Portia on Trial | Portia Merriman |
| 1937 | Call It a Day | Dorothy Hilton |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Mary Beaton |
| 1936 | The Garden Murder Case | Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Princess Helena |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | Rosamond Melford |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Alice Winslow |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Evelyn Fletcher |
| 1935 | The Dark Angel | Ann West |