Acting · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · Born June 29, 1901
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.
TVThriller
1960
as De Chantenay's Mother
MovieThe Crowded Sky
1960
as Mrs. Mitchell
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Varina Davis
MovieJuke Box Rhythm
1959
as Aunt Margaret
MovieThe Alligator People
1959
as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
MovieSenior Prom
1958
as Mrs. Sherridan
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Hope Quentin
MovieThe She-Creature
1956
as Mrs. Chappel
MovieThe Eddy Duchin Story
1956
as Edith Wadsworth
MovieFlame of the Islands
1955
as Evelyn Hammond
TVCrossroads
1955
MovieFoxfire
1955
as Mrs. Lawrence
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Regina Wainwright
TVClimax!
1954
as Martha Hale
MovieCasanova's Big Night
1954
as Signora Di Gambetta
TVMeet Corliss Archer
1954
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Mabel
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Marian Rutledge
MovieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
as Lily Mae Gorham
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Miss Proctor
MovieA Place in the Sun
1951
as Mrs. Ann Vickers
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Robbins
MovieThe Underworld Story
1950
as Mrs. Eldridge
MovieThe Judge Steps Out
1947
as Evelyn Bailey
MovieHeavenly Days
1944
as Ettie Clark
MovieThe Return of the Vampire
1943
as Lady Jane Ainsley
MovieWhy We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943
as Narrator
MovieMission to Moscow
1943
as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
MovieIt Comes Up Love
1943
as Portia Winthrop
MovieThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Karen Holliday
MovieHedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
MovieStreet of Chance
1942
as Alma Diedrich
MovieSweater Girl
1942
as Mrs. Menard
MovieThe Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
as Olivia Nesbit
MovieRemember the Day
1941
as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
MovieYou'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Mrs. Julia Cortland
MovieSunny
1941
as Elizabeth Warren
MovieShadows on the Stairs
1941
as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
MovieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
as Mrs. Wayne
MovieFather's Son
1941
as Ruth Emory
MovieThe Letter
1940
as Dorothy Joyce
MoviePride and Prejudice
1940
as Miss Caroline Bingley
MovieConvicted Woman
1940
as Attorney Mary Ellis
MovieA Woman is the Judge
1939
as Mary Cabot
MovieTarzan Finds a Son!
1939
as Mrs. Lancing
MovieThe Zero Hour
1939
as Linda Marsh
MovieBeauty for the Asking
1939
as Flora Barton-Williams
MovieWoman Doctor
1939
as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
MoviePortia on Trial
1937
as Portia Merriman
MovieAnother Dawn
1937
as Grace Roark
MovieCall It a Day
1937
as Dorothy Hilton
MovieThe Great O'Malley
1937
as Mrs. Philips
MovieGive Me Your Heart
1936
as Rosamond Melford
MovieHollywood Boulevard
1936
as Alice Winslow
MovieMary of Scotland
1936
as Mary Beaton
MovieThe King Steps Out
1936
as Princess Helena
MovieThe Garden Murder Case
1936
as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
MovieIf You Could Only Cook
1935
as Evelyn Fletcher
MovieThe Dark Angel
1935
as Ann West
