Teresa Wright
Actor
Biography
Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress.
Her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination came in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. She received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1942 for her performance in Mrs. Miniver. That same year, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance in Pride of the Yankees opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
Wright received three Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the Playhouse 90 original television version of The Miracle Worker (1957), in the Breck Sunday Showcase feature The Margaret Bourke-White Story, and in the CBS drama series Dolphin Cove (1989). She earned the acclaim of top film directors, including William Wyler, who called her the most promising actress he had directed, and Alfred Hitchcock, who admired her thorough preparation and quiet professionalism.
Filmography
Shadow of a Doubt
as Young Charlie 1943
The Exorcist III
as Penitent (uncredited) 1990
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Peggy Stephenson 1946
Somewhere in Time
as Laura Roberts 1980
Mrs. Miniver
as Carol Beldon 1942
The Little Foxes
as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens 1941
The Pride of the Yankees
as Eleanor Twitchell 1942
Pursued
as Thor 1947
The Men
as Ellen 1950
Track of the Cat
as Grace Bridges 1954
The Good Mother
as Grandmother Eleanor 1988
The Happy Ending
as Mrs. Spencer 1969
Casanova Brown
as Isabel Drury 1944
The Steel Trap
as Laurie Osborne 1952
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage) 2021
The Capture
as Ellen Tevlin Vanner 1950