Frieda Inescort

Actor Jun 29 (died age 74) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1935–1960 (25 year career)

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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 Wom…

Known For

Film

A Place in the Sun

Mrs. Ann Vickers

Film

The Letter

Dorothy Joyce

Film

Pride and Prejudice

Miss Caroline Bingley

Film

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Mrs. Lancing

Film

You'll Never Get Rich

Mrs. Julia Cortland

Film

The Return of the Vampire

Lady Jane Ainsley

Film

The Alligator People

Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

Film

Mary of Scotland

Mary Beaton

Filmography

Acting (60)

Movies (48)

The Crowded Sky

1960

as Mrs. Mitchell

5.5

The Alligator People

1959

as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

Juke Box Rhythm

as Aunt Margaret

Senior Prom

as Mrs. Sherridan

The Eddy Duchin Story

as Edith Wadsworth

The She-Creature

as Mrs. Chappel

Foxfire

as Mrs. Lawrence

Flame of the Islands

as Evelyn Hammond

Casanova's Big Night

as Signora Di Gambetta

Never Wave at a WAC

as Lily Mae Gorham

A Place in the Sun

as Mrs. Ann Vickers

The Underworld Story

as Mrs. Eldridge

The Judge Steps Out

as Evelyn Bailey

Heavenly Days

as Ettie Clark

It Comes Up Love

1943

as Portia Winthrop

2.3

The Return of the Vampire

1943

as Lady Jane Ainsley

6.1

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

1943

as Narrator

6.7

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

as Karen Holliday

6.7

Mission to Moscow

1943

as Madame Molotov (uncredited)

Sweater Girl

as Mrs. Menard

Street of Chance

as Alma Diedrich

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

6.0

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

1942

as Olivia Nesbit

5.7

Remember the Day

1941

as Mrs. Dewey Roberts

7.0

Shadows on the Stairs

1941

as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage

5.1

Sunny

1941

as Elizabeth Warren

5.5

You'll Never Get Rich

1941

as Mrs. Julia Cortland

6.4

Father's Son

1941

as Ruth Emory

4.5

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1941

as Mrs. Wayne

5.0

Pride and Prejudice

1940

as Miss Caroline Bingley

The Letter

as Dorothy Joyce

Convicted Woman

as Attorney Mary Ellis

3.0

A Woman is the Judge

1939

as Mary Cabot

The Zero Hour

1939

as Linda Marsh

4.5

Woman Doctor

1939

as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme

1.0

Tarzan Finds a Son!

1939

as Mrs. Lancing

6.1

Beauty for the Asking

1939

as Flora Barton-Williams

Another Dawn

as Grace Roark

Call It a Day

as Dorothy Hilton

Portia on Trial

as Portia Merriman

The Great O'Malley

as Mrs. Philips

Mary of Scotland

as Mary Beaton

The King Steps Out

as Princess Helena

Hollywood Boulevard

as Alice Winslow

The Garden Murder Case

1936

as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston

5.4

Give Me Your Heart

1936

as Rosamond Melford

5.3

If You Could Only Cook

as Evelyn Fletcher

The Dark Angel

as Ann West

Television (12)

Thriller

1960

as De Chantenay's Mother

The Rebel

as Varina Davis

Bourbon Street Beat

Perry Mason

as Hope Quentin

The Millionaire

as Regina Wainwright

Crossroads

Climax!

as Martha Hale

Meet Corliss Archer

General Electric Theater

as Marian Rutledge

Letter to Loretta

as Mabel

Four Star Playhouse

as Miss Proctor

Lux Video Theatre

as Mrs. Robbins