Frieda Inescort

Acting

Born June 29, 1901, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

​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.

Filmography

• 1960The Crowded Sky — Mrs. Mitchell
• Thriller — De Chantenay's Mother
• Bourbon Street Beat
• 1959Juke Box Rhythm — Aunt Margaret
• 1959The Alligator People — Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
• The Rebel — Varina Davis
• 1958Senior Prom — Mrs. Sherridan
• Perry Mason — Hope Quentin
• 1956The Eddy Duchin Story — Edith Wadsworth
• 1956The She-Creature — Mrs. Chappel
• Crossroads
• 1955Flame of the Islands — Evelyn Hammond
• 1955Foxfire — Mrs. Lawrence
• The Millionaire — Regina Wainwright
• 1954Casanova's Big Night — Signora Di Gambetta
• Climax! — Martha Hale
• Meet Corliss Archer
• General Electric Theater — Marian Rutledge
• Letter to Loretta — Mabel
• 1953Never Wave at a WAC — Lily Mae Gorham
• Four Star Playhouse — Miss Proctor
• 1951A Place in the Sun — Mrs. Ann Vickers
• Lux Video Theatre — Mrs. Robbins
• 1950The Underworld Story — Mrs. Eldridge
• 1947The Judge Steps Out — Evelyn Bailey
• 1944Heavenly Days — Ettie Clark
• 1943It Comes Up Love — Portia Winthrop
• 1943Mission to Moscow — Madame Molotov (uncredited)
• 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday — Karen Holliday
• 1943The Return of the Vampire — Lady Jane Ainsley
• 1943Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain — Narrator
• 1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
• 1942Street of Chance — Alma Diedrich
• 1942Sweater Girl — Mrs. Menard
• 1942The Courtship of Andy Hardy — Olivia Nesbit
• 1941Father's Son — Ruth Emory
• 1941Remember the Day — Mrs. Dewey Roberts
• 1941Shadows on the Stairs — Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
• 1941Sunny — Elizabeth Warren
• 1941The Trial of Mary Dugan — Mrs. Wayne
• 1941You'll Never Get Rich — Mrs. Julia Cortland
• 1940Convicted Woman — Attorney Mary Ellis
• 1940Pride and Prejudice — Miss Caroline Bingley
• 1940The Letter — Dorothy Joyce
• 1939A Woman is the Judge — Mary Cabot
• 1939Beauty for the Asking — Flora Barton-Williams
• 1939Tarzan Finds a Son! — Mrs. Lancing
• 1939The Zero Hour — Linda Marsh
• 1939Woman Doctor — Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
• 1937Another Dawn — Grace Roark
• 1937Call It a Day — Dorothy Hilton
• 1937Portia on Trial — Portia Merriman
• 1937The Great O'Malley — Mrs. Philips
• 1936Give Me Your Heart — Rosamond Melford
• 1936Hollywood Boulevard — Alice Winslow
• 1936Mary of Scotland — Mary Beaton
• 1936The Garden Murder Case — Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
• 1936The King Steps Out — Princess Helena
• 1935If You Could Only Cook — Evelyn Fletcher
• 1935The Dark Angel — Ann West