Frieda Inescort
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1901-06-29
Day of Death
1976-02-26 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Frieda Inescort
Biography
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).
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Known For
Acting
(1960)
The Crowded Sky
as Mrs. Mitchell
(1959)
The Alligator People
as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
(1959)
Juke Box Rhythm
as Aunt Margaret
(1958)
Senior Prom
as Mrs. Sherridan
(1956)
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Edith Wadsworth
(1956)
The She-Creature
as Mrs. Chappel
(1955)
Foxfire
as Mrs. Lawrence
(1955)
Flame of the Islands
as Evelyn Hammond
(1954)
Casanova's Big Night
as Signora Di Gambetta
(1953)
Never Wave at a WAC
as Lily Mae Gorham
(1951)
A Place in the Sun
as Mrs. Ann Vickers
(1950)
The Underworld Story
as Mrs. Eldridge
(1947)
The Judge Steps Out
as Evelyn Bailey
(1944)
Heavenly Days
as Ettie Clark
(1943)
The Return of the Vampire
as Lady Jane Ainsley
(1943)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Karen Holliday
(1943)
Mission to Moscow
as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
(1943)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
as Narrator
(1943)
It Comes Up Love
as Portia Winthrop
(1942)
Sweater Girl
as Mrs. Menard
(1942)
Street of Chance
as Alma Diedrich
(1942)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Olivia Nesbit
(1942)
(1941)
Shadows on the Stairs
as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
(1941)
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Julia Cortland
(1941)
Sunny
as Elizabeth Warren
(1941)
Remember the Day
as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
(1941)
Father's Son
as Ruth Emory
(1941)
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mrs. Wayne
(1940)
Pride and Prejudice
as Miss Caroline Bingley
(1940)
The Letter
as Dorothy Joyce
(1940)
Convicted Woman
as Attorney Mary Ellis
(1939)
Tarzan Finds a Son!
as Mrs. Lancing
(1939)
The Zero Hour
as Linda Marsh
(1939)
A Woman is the Judge
as Mary Cabot
(1939)
Beauty for the Asking
as Flora Barton-Williams
(1939)
Woman Doctor
as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
(1937)
The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. Philips
(1937)
Another Dawn
as Grace Roark
(1937)
Call It a Day
as Dorothy Hilton
(1937)
Portia on Trial
as Portia Merriman
(1936)
Mary of Scotland
as Mary Beaton
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Alice Winslow
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
(1936)
The King Steps Out
as Princess Helena
(1936)
Give Me Your Heart
as Rosamond Melford
(1935)
If You Could Only Cook
as Evelyn Fletcher
(1935)
The Dark Angel
as Ann West