Teresa Wright
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.
Acting
Movie
The Rainmaker
as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
1997
Movie
Shadow of a Doubt
as Young Charlie
1943
Movie
The Exorcist III
as Penitent (uncredited)
1990
Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Peggy Stephenson
1946
Movie
Somewhere in Time
as Laura Roberts
1980
TV
Bonanza
as Katherine Saunders
1959
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Helen Appletree
1984
Movie
Mrs. Miniver
as Carol Beldon
1942
TV
The Love Boat
as Sister Regina
1977
Movie
The Little Foxes
as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens
1941
Movie
The Pride of the Yankees
as Eleanor Twitchell
1942
Movie
Pursued
as Thor
1947
Movie
The Men
as Ellen
1950
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Marion Brown
1962
TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Stella
1962
TV
Picket Fences
as Emily Ridgefield
1992
Movie
Track of the Cat
as Grace Bridges
1954
Movie
The Good Mother
as Grandmother Eleanor
1988
Movie
The Happy Ending
as Mrs. Spencer
1969
Movie
The Steel Trap
as Laurie Osborne
1952
Movie
Casanova Brown
as Isabel Drury
1944
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Movie
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
2021