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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

60

Gender

Female

Birthday

1901-06-29

Day of Death

1976-02-26 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

Freida Inescourt

Frieda Inescourt

Frieda Inescort

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 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.

Known For

Acting

Foxfire

1955

Foxfire

as

Mrs. Lawrence

A Place in the Sun

1951

A Place in the Sun

as

Mrs. Ann Vickers

The Return of the Vampire

1943

The Return of the Vampire

as

Lady Jane Ainsley

Tarzan Finds a Son!

1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

as

Mrs. Lancing

The Underworld Story

1950

The Underworld Story

as

Mrs. Eldridge

You'll Never Get Rich

1941

You'll Never Get Rich

as

Mrs. Julia Cortland

Street of Chance

1942

Street of Chance

as

Alma Diedrich

The She-Creature

1956

The She-Creature

as

Mrs. Chappel

The Alligator People

1959

The Alligator People

as

Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

The Eddy Duchin Story

1956

The Eddy Duchin Story

as

Edith Wadsworth

Pride and Prejudice

1940

Pride and Prejudice

as

Miss Caroline Bingley

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

as

Karen Holliday

The Letter

1940

The Letter

as

Dorothy Joyce

Shadows on the Stairs

1941

Shadows on the Stairs

as

Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage

Sunny

1941

Sunny

as

Elizabeth Warren

Another Dawn

1937

Another Dawn

as

Grace Roark

The Crowded Sky

1960

The Crowded Sky

as

Mrs. Mitchell

The Great O'Malley

1937

The Great O'Malley

as

Mrs. Philips

Beauty for the Asking

1939

Beauty for the Asking

as

Flora Barton-Williams

If You Could Only Cook

1935

If You Could Only Cook

as

Evelyn Fletcher

The Garden Murder Case

1936

The Garden Murder Case

as

Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston

Convicted Woman

1940

Convicted Woman

as

Attorney Mary Ellis

Senior Prom

1958

Senior Prom

as

Mrs. Sherridan

Father's Son

1941

Father's Son

as

Ruth Emory

Flame of the Islands

1955

Flame of the Islands

as

Evelyn Hammond

The King Steps Out

1936

The King Steps Out

as

Princess Helena

Juke Box Rhythm

1959

Juke Box Rhythm

as

Aunt Margaret

Sweater Girl

1942

Sweater Girl

as

Mrs. Menard

It Comes Up Love

1943

It Comes Up Love

as

Portia Winthrop

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

1942

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

as

Olivia Nesbit

Casanova's Big Night

1954

Casanova's Big Night

as

Signora Di Gambetta

Heavenly Days

1944

Heavenly Days

as

Ettie Clark

The Dark Angel

1935

The Dark Angel

as

Ann West

The Zero Hour

1939

The Zero Hour

as

Linda Marsh

Mary of Scotland

1936

Mary of Scotland

as

Mary Beaton

Give Me Your Heart

1936

Give Me Your Heart

as

Rosamond Melford

The Judge Steps Out

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as

Evelyn Bailey

Call It a Day

1937

Call It a Day

as

Dorothy Hilton

Portia on Trial

1937

Portia on Trial

as

Portia Merriman

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

as

Alice Winslow

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1941

The Trial of Mary Dugan

as

Mrs. Wayne

Remember the Day

1941

Remember the Day

as

Mrs. Dewey Roberts

Woman Doctor

1939

Woman Doctor

as

Dr. Judith Randall Graeme

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

Never Wave at a WAC

as

Lily Mae Gorham

A Woman is the Judge

1939

A Woman is the Judge

as

Mary Cabot

Mission to Moscow

1943

Mission to Moscow

as

Madame Molotov (uncredited)

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

as

Hope Quentin

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as

Marian Rutledge

The Millionaire

The Millionaire

as

Regina Wainwright

Thriller

Thriller

as

De Chantenay's Mother

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Mrs. Robbins

Climax!

Climax!

as

Martha Hale

The Rebel

The Rebel

as

Varina Davis

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

as

Miss Proctor

Production

Crew

Directing