Terry Moore
Acting • Born 1929-01-07
Biography
Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
Filmography
109 credits
City of Fear
Movie • 1965
Suzan
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Movie • 1953
Gwyneth Rhys
Daddy Long Legs
Movie • 1955
Linda Pendleton
Kill Your Darlings
Movie • 2006
Ella Toscana
Death Dimension
Movie • 1978
Madam Maria
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1951
Kathy McIntyre
Hellhole
Movie • 1985
Sidnee Hammond
Shack Out on 101
Movie • 1955
Kotty
Peyton Place
Movie • 1957
Betty Anderson
Second Chances
Movie • 1998
Dallas Judd
King of the Khyber Rifles
Movie • 1953
Susan Maitland
Gambling House
Movie • 1950
Lynn Warren
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1949
Jill Young
The Daredevil
Movie • 1972
Julie Thompson
The Great Rupert
Movie • 1950
Rosalinda Amendola
The Howards of Virginia
Movie • 1940
Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Shadowed
Movie • 1946
Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
Merrily
Movie • 2023
Betty Clurman
Between Heaven and Hell
Movie • 1956
Jenny Gifford
Come Back, Little Sheba
Movie • 1953
Marie Buckholder
Why Must I Die
Movie • 1960
Lois King
Man on a Tightrope
Movie • 1953
Tereza Cernik
Bernardine
Movie • 1957
Jean Cantrick
Maryland
Movie • 1940
Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
Buzz
Movie • 2005
Platinum High School
Movie • 1960
Jennifer Evans
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Movie • 1950
Judy Sears
Portrait of Alison
Movie • 1955
Alison Ford
Cast a Long Shadow
Movie • 1959
Janet Calvert
A Man Called Dagger
Movie • 1968
Harper Davis
The Return of October
Movie • 1948
Terry Ramsey
Sunny Side of the Street
Movie • 1951
Betty Holloway
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1998
Elegant Woman at Party
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Movie • 2014
Self
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Little Girl (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Brats
Movie • 1989
Veronica
Town Tamer
Movie • 1965
Susan Tavenner
The Barefoot Mailman
Movie • 1951
Adie Titus
A Private's Affair
Movie • 1959
Louise Wright
Going Overboard
Movie • 1989
Mistress
Black Spurs
Movie • 1965
Anna Elkins
Frank and Ava
Movie • 2020
Self
Hoodwinked
Movie • 1989
Sally
Marilyn and Me
Movie • 1991
Woman at Hyde's Funeral
Aimy in a Cage
Movie • 2015
Grandma Micry
Gaslight
Movie • 1944
Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
Movie • 1987
Mrs. McCormack
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie • 2021
Self
The Devil On Wheels
Movie • 1947
Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
The Weird World of Weird
Movie • 1970
A-Haunting We Will Go
Movie • 1942
Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
Summer Holiday
Movie • 1948
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
Movie • 1944
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Son of Lassie
Movie • 1945
Thea (as Helen Koford)
Sweet and Low-Down
Movie • 1944
Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
Movie • 1941
Choir Member (uncredited)
The Clock
Movie • 1945
Girl at Museum (uncredited)
On the Sunny Side
Movie • 1942
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
Movie • 2024
Herself
My Gal Sal
Movie • 1942
Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
Stageghost
Movie • 2000
Olive
Waco
Movie • 1966
Dolly
The Still Life
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Stratford
Mansion of Blood
Movie • 2015
Natalie
Rita
Movie • 2003
Self
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Movie • 1976
Trudy
Do It Debbie's Way
Movie • 1983
Self
No Right to Kill
Movie • 1956
Lisa
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Movie • 2000
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Movie • 1996
Self
Mean Justice
Movie • 1971
Connie Garrett
Quarantined
Movie • 1970
Martha Atkinson
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Movie • 2023
Lady in Black
Final Voyage
Movie • 1999
Christina
Heartaches
Movie • 1947
Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
Margarine Wars
Movie • 2012
Miriam Cuningham
Lionpower from MGM
Movie • 1967
Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sinatra! Eternity
Movie
Self
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Movie • 2021
Self - (archive footage)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Sarah Kingston
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Batman
TV • 1966
Venus
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Molly Friedrich
Studio One
TV • 1948
Annabelle
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Evvy Jeffers
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Dallas Storm
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Alma Wilson
Climax!
TV • 1954
Rosa
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Janice Dutton
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
True Detective
TV • 2014
Lilly Hill
Empire
TV • 1962
Connie Garrett
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Ann Winslow
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Nikki Manners
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Felice Knight
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Lydia Yates
Climax!
TV • 1954
Chris
Climax!
TV • 1954
Julie
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Mrs. Clark
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Empire
TV • 1962
Connie
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Florence
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Emily Armor