Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born January 7, 1929
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).
MovieSinatra! Eternity
2025
as Self
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
2024
as Herself
MovieMerrily
2023
as Betty Clurman
MovieSilent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
as Lady in Black
MovieTitans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
as Self - (archive footage)
MovieHollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
MovieFrank and Ava
2020
as Self
MovieAimy in a Cage
2015
as Grandma Micry
MovieMansion of Blood
2015
as Natalie
MovieTab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
MovieMonster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Self
TVTrue Detective
2014
as Lilly Hill
MovieMargarine Wars
2012
as Miriam Cuningham
MovieThe Still Life
2007
as Mrs. Stratford
MovieKill Your Darlings
2006
as Ella Toscana
MovieBuzz
2005
MovieRita
2003
as Self
MovieHoward Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
as Self
MovieStageghost
2000
as Olive
MovieFinal Voyage
1999
as Christina
MovieMighty Joe Young
1998
as Elegant Woman at Party
MovieSecond Chances
1998
as Dallas Judd
MovieBurt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
as Self
MovieMarilyn and Me
1991
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
MovieHoodwinked
1989
as Sally
MovieBeverly Hills Brats
1989
as Veronica
MovieGoing Overboard
1989
as Mistress
TVWiseguy
1987
MovieW.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987
as Mrs. McCormack
MovieHellhole
1985
as Sidnee Hammond
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Florence
MovieDo It Debbie's Way
1983
as Self
TVKnight Rider
1982
as Molly Friedrich
TVMatt Houston
1982
as Emily Armor
MovieDeath Dimension
1978
as Madam Maria
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Mrs. Clark
MovieSmash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
as Trudy
MoviePaesano
1975
as Self
MovieThe Daredevil
1972
as Julie Thompson
MovieMean Justice
1971
as Connie Garrett
MovieQuarantined
1970
as Martha Atkinson
MovieThe Weird World of Weird
1970
MovieA Man Called Dagger
1968
as Harper Davis
MovieLionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieWaco
1966
as Dolly
TVBatman
1966
as Venus
MovieCity of Fear
1965
as Suzan
MovieTown Tamer
1965
as Susan Tavenner
MovieBlack Spurs
1965
as Anna Elkins
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Sarah Kingston
Empire
1962
as Connie Garrett
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Alma Wilson
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVMy Three Sons
1960
MovieWhy Must I Die
1960
as Lois King
MoviePlatinum High School
1960
as Jennifer Evans
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Janice Dutton
TVBonanza
1959
as Lydia Yates
MovieCast a Long Shadow
1959
as Janet Calvert
MovieA Private's Affair
1959
as Louise Wright
TVRawhide
1959
as Dallas Storm
MoviePeyton Place
1957
as Betty Anderson
The Clouded Image
1957
as Eleanor
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieBernardine
1957
as Jean Cantrick
MovieBetween Heaven and Hell
1956
as Jenny Gifford
MovieNo Right to Kill
1956
as Lisa
MovieShack Out on 101
1955
as Kotty
MoviePortrait of Alison
1955
as Alison Ford
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Ann Winslow
MovieDaddy Long Legs
1955
as Linda Pendleton
TVClimax!
1954
as Rosa
MovieKing of the Khyber Rifles
1953
as Susan Maitland
MovieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Gwyneth Rhys
MovieMan on a Tightrope
1953
as Tereza Cernik
MovieCome Back, Little Sheba
1953
as Marie Buckholder
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Evvy Jeffers
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Susan Randall
MovieThe Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Adie Titus
MovieSunny Side of the Street
1951
as Betty Holloway
MovieTwo of a Kind
1951
as Kathy McIntyre
MovieGambling House
1950
as Lynn Warren
MovieHe's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950
as Judy Sears
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieThe Great Rupert
1950
as Rosalinda Amendola
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieMighty Joe Young
1949
as Jill Young
TVStudio One
1948
as Annabelle
MovieThe Return of October
1948
as Terry Ramsey
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieSummer Holiday
1948
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
MovieHeartaches
1947
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil On Wheels
1947
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
MovieShadowed
1946
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
MovieThe Clock
1945
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
MovieSon of Lassie
1945
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
MovieSweet and Low-Down
1944
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
MovieSince You Went Away
1944
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
MovieGaslight
1944
as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
MovieTrue to Life
1943
as Little Girl (uncredited)
MovieA-Haunting We Will Go
1942
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
MovieMy Gal Sal
1942
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
MovieOn the Sunny Side
1942
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
MovieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
as Choir Member (uncredited)
MovieThe Howards of Virginia
1940
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
MovieMaryland
1940
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
