Frieda Inescort
Acting
Born 1901-06-29
Died 1976-02-26
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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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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Filmography
Acting
56 credits
Perry Mason
Climax!
Four Star Playhouse
Thriller
The Millionaire
The Rebel
Lux Video Theatre
Pride and Prejudice
A Place in the Sun
Letter to Loretta
Mary of Scotland
The Letter
Remember the Day
Tarzan Finds a Son!
General Electric Theater
Another Dawn
The Eddy Duchin Story
The Alligator People
Casanova's Big Night
Mission to Moscow
You'll Never Get Rich
If You Could Only Cook
The Return of the Vampire
The Dark Angel
Foxfire
The Great O'Malley
The Underworld Story
The Crowded Sky
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Judge Steps Out
The She-Creature
Never Wave at a WAC
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Hollywood Boulevard
Portia on Trial
Juke Box Rhythm
Woman Doctor
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Flame of the Islands
Convicted Woman
Give Me Your Heart
Call It a Day
Sweater Girl
The Garden Murder Case
Father's Son
Sunny
The King Steps Out
Street of Chance
Beauty for the Asking
The Zero Hour
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Shadows on the Stairs
Heavenly Days
It Comes Up Love
Senior Prom
A Woman is the Judge
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