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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The Crowded Sky | Mrs. Mitchell | 1960-09-02 |
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The Alligator People | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | 1959-07-16 |
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Juke Box Rhythm | Aunt Margaret | 1959-08-01 |
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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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Foxfire | Mrs. Lawrence | 1955-07-13 |
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Flame of the Islands | Evelyn Hammond | 1955-12-04 |
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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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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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Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 1943-10-10 |
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The Return of the Vampire | Lady Jane Ainsley | 1943-11-11 |
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Mission to Moscow | Madame Molotov (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
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Sweater Girl | Mrs. Menard | 1942-07-13 |
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Olivia Nesbit | 1942-03-03 |
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Street of Chance | Alma Diedrich | 1942-10-03 |
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | 1942-10-05 | |
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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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Father's Son | Ruth Emory | 1941-02-12 |
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Shadows on the Stairs | Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage | 1941-03-01 |
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Sunny | Elizabeth Warren | 1941-05-30 |
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You'll Never Get Rich | Mrs. Julia Cortland | 1941-09-25 |
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Pride and Prejudice | Miss Caroline Bingley | 1940-07-26 |
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The Letter | Dorothy Joyce | 1940-11-21 |
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Convicted Woman | Attorney Mary Ellis | 1940-01-31 |
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Woman Doctor | Dr. Judith Randall Graeme | 1939-02-06 |
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A Woman is the Judge | Mary Cabot | 1939-10-03 |
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Beauty for the Asking | Flora Barton-Williams | 1939-02-24 |
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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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Portia on Trial | Portia Merriman | 1937-11-08 |
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Another Dawn | Grace Roark | 1937-06-26 |
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The Great O'Malley | Mrs. Philips | 1937-02-13 |
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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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The Garden Murder Case | Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston | 1936-02-21 |
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Mary of Scotland | Mary Beaton | 1936-07-28 |
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The King Steps Out | Princess Helena | 1936-05-27 |
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Give Me Your Heart | Rosamond Melford | 1936-09-17 |
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The Dark Angel | Ann West | 1935-09-08 |
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If You Could Only Cook | Evelyn Fletcher | 1935-12-30 |
