Frieda Inescort
Acting • Born 1901-06-29 – Died 1976-02-26
Biography
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.
Filmography
60 credits
Foxfire
Movie • 1955
Mrs. Lawrence
A Place in the Sun
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Ann Vickers
The Return of the Vampire
Movie • 1943
Lady Jane Ainsley
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Lancing
The Underworld Story
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Eldridge
You'll Never Get Rich
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Julia Cortland
Street of Chance
Movie • 1942
Alma Diedrich
The She-Creature
Movie • 1956
Mrs. Chappel
The Alligator People
Movie • 1959
Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
The Eddy Duchin Story
Movie • 1956
Edith Wadsworth
Pride and Prejudice
Movie • 1940
Miss Caroline Bingley
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie • 1943
Karen Holliday
The Letter
Movie • 1940
Dorothy Joyce
Shadows on the Stairs
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
Sunny
Movie • 1941
Elizabeth Warren
Another Dawn
Movie • 1937
Grace Roark
The Crowded Sky
Movie • 1960
Mrs. Mitchell
The Great O'Malley
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Philips
Beauty for the Asking
Movie • 1939
Flora Barton-Williams
If You Could Only Cook
Movie • 1935
Evelyn Fletcher
The Garden Murder Case
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
Convicted Woman
Movie • 1940
Attorney Mary Ellis
Senior Prom
Movie • 1958
Mrs. Sherridan
Father's Son
Movie • 1941
Ruth Emory
Flame of the Islands
Movie • 1955
Evelyn Hammond
The King Steps Out
Movie • 1936
Princess Helena
Juke Box Rhythm
Movie • 1959
Aunt Margaret
Sweater Girl
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Menard
It Comes Up Love
Movie • 1943
Portia Winthrop
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie • 1942
Olivia Nesbit
Casanova's Big Night
Movie • 1954
Signora Di Gambetta
Heavenly Days
Movie • 1944
Ettie Clark
The Dark Angel
Movie • 1935
Ann West
The Zero Hour
Movie • 1939
Linda Marsh
Mary of Scotland
Movie • 1936
Mary Beaton
Give Me Your Heart
Movie • 1936
Rosamond Melford
The Judge Steps Out
Movie • 1947
Evelyn Bailey
Call It a Day
Movie • 1937
Dorothy Hilton
Portia on Trial
Movie • 1937
Portia Merriman
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie • 1936
Alice Winslow
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Wayne
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Movie • 1943
Narrator
Remember the Day
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Woman Doctor
Movie • 1939
Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
Never Wave at a WAC
Movie • 1953
Lily Mae Gorham
A Woman is the Judge
Movie • 1939
Mary Cabot
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie • 1942
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Madame Molotov (uncredited)
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Hope Quentin
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Marian Rutledge
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Regina Wainwright
Thriller
TV • 1960
De Chantenay's Mother
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mrs. Robbins
Climax!
TV • 1954
Martha Hale
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Varina Davis
Meet Corliss Archer
TV • 1954
Crossroads
TV • 1955
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Mabel
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Miss Proctor