Frieda Inescort
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
The Crowded Sky
1960
as Mrs. Mitchell
Thriller
1960
as De Chantenay's Mother
The Alligator People
1959
as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
as Aunt Margaret
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Rebel
1959
as Varina Davis
Senior Prom
1958
as Mrs. Sherridan
Perry Mason
1957
as Hope Quentin
The She-Creature
1956
as Mrs. Chappel
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956
as Edith Wadsworth
Foxfire
1955
as Mrs. Lawrence
Flame of the Islands
1955
as Evelyn Hammond
The Millionaire
1955
as Regina Wainwright
Crossroads
1955
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Signora Di Gambetta
Climax!
1954
as Martha Hale
Meet Corliss Archer
1954
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Lily Mae Gorham
General Electric Theater
1953
as Marian Rutledge
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mabel
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Miss Proctor
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Mrs. Ann Vickers
The Underworld Story
1950
as Mrs. Eldridge
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Robbins
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Evelyn Bailey
Heavenly Days
1944
as Ettie Clark
The Return of the Vampire
1943
as Lady Jane Ainsley
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Karen Holliday
It Comes Up Love
1943
as Portia Winthrop
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943
as Narrator
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
Street of Chance
1942
as Alma Diedrich
Sweater Girl
1942
as Mrs. Menard
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
as Olivia Nesbit
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Mrs. Julia Cortland
Shadows on the Stairs
1941
as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
Sunny
1941
as Elizabeth Warren
Father's Son
1941
as Ruth Emory
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
as Mrs. Wayne
Remember the Day
1941
as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Pride and Prejudice
1940
as Miss Caroline Bingley
The Letter
1940
as Dorothy Joyce
Convicted Woman
1940
as Attorney Mary Ellis
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939
as Mrs. Lancing
Beauty for the Asking
1939
as Flora Barton-Williams
The Zero Hour
1939
as Linda Marsh
Woman Doctor
1939
as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
A Woman is the Judge
1939
as Mary Cabot
Another Dawn
1937
as Grace Roark
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Mrs. Philips
Call It a Day
1937
as Dorothy Hilton
Portia on Trial
1937
as Portia Merriman
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
The King Steps Out
1936
as Princess Helena
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Mary Beaton
Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Rosamond Melford
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Alice Winslow
If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Evelyn Fletcher
The Dark Angel
1935
as Ann West