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.

Filmography

• 1998Angel Passing — Wife
• 1997The Rainmaker — Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong
• Picket Fences — Emily Ridgefield
• 1990Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To — (archive footage)
• 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception — Helene Berman
• 1990The Exorcist III — Penitent (uncredited)
• 1988The Good Mother — Grandmother Eleanor
• 1987The Fig Tree — Miranda's Grandmother
• Murder, She Wrote — Helen Appletree
• 1983Bill: On His Own — Mae Driscoll
• 1982Morning's at Seven — Cora Swanson
• 1980Somewhere in Time — Laura Roberts
• 1980The Golden Honeymoon — Lucy Tate
• 1977Flood! — Alice Cutler
• 1977Roseland — May
• The Love Boat — Sister Regina
• 1974The Elevator — Edith Reynolds
• Hawkins — Jenny Burke
• 1972Crawlspace — Alice Graves
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Ruthanne Cameron
• 1969Hail, Hero! — Santha Dixon
• 1969The Happy Ending — Mrs. Spencer
• Lancer
• 1967The Desperate Hours — Eleanor Hilliard
• CBS Playhouse — Virgie
• 1962Big Deal in Laredo — Mary
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Marion Brown, Stella
• The Defenders — Anne Clark, Melissa Holmes
• Adventures in Paradise — Emilie Forbes
• Bonanza — Katherine Saunders
• 1958The Restless Years — Elizabeth Grant
• 1957Escapade in Japan — Mary Saunders
• 1957The Edge of Innocence — Carol Morton
• 1957The Miracle Worker — Annie Sullivan
• 1956No. 5 Checked Out — Mary
• 1956Once to Every Woman — Carol
• 1956The Search for Bridey Murphy — Ruth Simmons
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Mary
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Doris Walker, Janice Walner
• 1955The Devil's Disciple — Judith Anderson
• 1955The Miracle on 34th Street — Doris Walker
• Climax! — Eilene Wade, Lorna Baylor, Louella Parsons
• Studio 57
• 1954Track of the Cat — Grace Bridges
• 1953Count the Hours! — Ellen Braden
• General Electric Theater — Mary Todd Lincoln
• Letter to Loretta — Schoolteacher
• 1953The Actress — Annie Jones
• 1952California Conquest — Julie Lawrence
• Four Star Playhouse — Sister Mary Winifred, Carol
• 1952Something to Live For — Edna Miller
• The Ford Television Theatre — Alison Stevens, Paula, Mrs. Wentworth, Janet Larson, Forrester
• 1952The Steel Trap — Laurie Osborne
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Judith Anderson
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Terry Hagen, Laura Savage, Sister Louise
• Lux Video Theatre — Emily, Laura Pennington
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• 1950The Capture — Ellen Tevlin Vanner
• 1950The Men — Ellen
• Your Show of Shows
• 1948Enchantment — Lark Ingoldsby
• 1947Pursued — Thor
• 1947The Trouble with Women — Kate Farrell
• 1946The Best Years of Our Lives — Peggy Stephenson
• 1946The Imperfect Lady — Millicent Hopkins
• 1944Casanova Brown — Isabel Drury
• 1943Shadow of a Doubt — Charlie Newton
• 1942Mrs. Miniver — Carol Beldon
• 1942The Pride of the Yankees — Eleanor Twitchell
• 1941The Little Foxes — Alexandra "Zan" Giddens

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2021I Am Alfred Hitchcock — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Back To "Somewhere In Time" — Self
• 2000Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film — Self
• 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star — Self (archive footage)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Diamonds on the Silver Screen — Self