Terry Moore
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-01-07 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Terry Moore
Biography
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).
Acting
(2024)
(2023)
Merrily
as Betty Clurman
(2022)
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
as Lady in Black
(2021)
(2020)
Frank and Ava
as Self
(2015)
Aimy in a Cage
as Grandma Micry
(2015)
Mansion of Blood
as Natalie
(2014)
(2012)
Margarine Wars
as Miriam Cuningham
(2007)
The Still Life
as Mrs. Stratford
(2006)
Kill Your Darlings
as Ella Toscana
(2005)
(2003)
Rita
as Self
(2000)
Stageghost
as Olive
(2000)
(1999)
Final Voyage
as Christina
(1998)
Mighty Joe Young
as Elegant Woman at Party
(1998)
Second Chances
as Dallas Judd
(1996)
(1991)
Marilyn and Me
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
(1989)
Going Overboard
as Mistress
(1989)
Hoodwinked
as Sally
(1989)
Beverly Hills Brats
as Veronica
(1987)
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
as Mrs. McCormack
(1985)
Hellhole
as Sidnee Hammond
(1983)
Do It Debbie's Way
as Self
(1978)
Death Dimension
as Madam Maria
(1976)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Trudy
(1972)
The Daredevil
as Julie Thompson
(1971)
Mean Justice
as Connie Garrett
(1970)
Quarantined
as Martha Atkinson
(1970)
(1968)
A Man Called Dagger
as Harper Davis
(1967)
(1966)
Waco
as Dolly
(1965)
Town Tamer
as Susan Tavenner
(1965)
Black Spurs
as Anna Elkins
(1965)
City of Fear
as Suzan
(1960)
Why Must I Die
as Lois King
(1960)
Platinum High School
as Jennifer Evans
(1959)
Cast a Long Shadow
as Janet Calvert
(1959)
A Private's Affair
as Louise Wright
(1957)
Peyton Place
as Betty Anderson
(1957)
Bernardine
as Jean Cantrick
(1956)
Between Heaven and Hell
as Jenny Gifford
(1956)
No Right to Kill
as Lisa
(1955)
Shack Out on 101
as Kotty
(1955)
Portrait of Alison
as Alison Ford
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
as Linda Pendleton
(1953)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Gwyneth Rhys
(1953)
Man on a Tightrope
as Tereza Cernik
(1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Marie Buckholder
(1953)
King of the Khyber Rifles
as Susan Maitland
(1951)
Two of a Kind
as Kathy McIntyre
(1951)
The Barefoot Mailman
as Adie Titus
(1951)
Sunny Side of the Street
as Betty Holloway
(1950)
The Great Rupert
as Rosalinda Amendola
(1950)
Gambling House
as Lynn Warren
(1950)
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as Judy Sears
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
as Jill Young
(1948)
The Return of October
as Terry Ramsey
(1948)
Summer Holiday
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
(1947)
The Devil On Wheels
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
(1947)
Heartaches
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
(1946)
Shadowed
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
(1945)
The Clock
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
(1945)
Son of Lassie
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
(1944)
Gaslight
as Paula Alquist, age 14 (uncredited)
(1944)
Since You Went Away
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
(1944)
Sweet and Low-Down
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Little Girl (uncredited)
(1942)
My Gal Sal
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
(1942)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
(1942)
On the Sunny Side
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Choir Member (uncredited)
(1940)
The Howards of Virginia
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
(1940)
Maryland
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
Crew
(1989)
Beverly Hills Brats
Producer, Original Story