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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 (Movies)
The Crowded Sky
Character:Mrs. Mitchell
Release Date:02/09/1960
Juke Box Rhythm
Character:Aunt Margaret
Release Date:01/08/1959
The Alligator People
Character:Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Release Date:16/07/1959
Senior Prom
Character:Mrs. Sherridan
Release Date:01/12/1958
The She-Creature
Character:Mrs. Chappel
Release Date:01/08/1956
The Eddy Duchin Story
Character:Edith Wadsworth
Release Date:02/05/1956
Flame of the Islands
Character:Evelyn Hammond
Release Date:04/12/1955
Foxfire
Character:Mrs. Lawrence
Release Date:13/07/1955
Casanova's Big Night
Character:Signora Di Gambetta
Release Date:07/04/1954
Never Wave at a WAC
Character:Lily Mae Gorham
Release Date:28/01/1953
A Place in the Sun
Character:Mrs. Ann Vickers
Release Date:12/06/1951
The Underworld Story
Character:Mrs. Eldridge
Release Date:26/07/1950
The Judge Steps Out
Character:Evelyn Bailey
Release Date:15/12/1947
Heavenly Days
Character:Ettie Clark
Release Date:20/10/1944
The Return of the Vampire
Character:Lady Jane Ainsley
Release Date:11/11/1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/10/1943
Mission to Moscow
Character:Madame Molotov (uncredited)
Release Date:29/04/1943
It Comes Up Love
Character:Portia Winthrop
Release Date:09/04/1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Character:Karen Holliday
Release Date:19/02/1943
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Character:
Release Date:05/10/1942
Street of Chance
Character:Alma Diedrich
Release Date:03/10/1942
Sweater Girl
Character:Mrs. Menard
Release Date:13/07/1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Character:Olivia Nesbit
Release Date:03/03/1942
Remember the Day
Character:Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Release Date:25/12/1941
You'll Never Get Rich
Character:Mrs. Julia Cortland
Release Date:25/09/1941
Sunny
Character:Elizabeth Warren
Release Date:30/05/1941
Shadows on the Stairs
Character:Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
Release Date:01/03/1941
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Character:Mrs. Wayne
Release Date:14/02/1941
Father's Son
Character:Ruth Emory
Release Date:12/02/1941
The Letter
Character:Dorothy Joyce
Release Date:21/11/1940
Pride and Prejudice
Character:Miss Caroline Bingley
Release Date:26/07/1940
Convicted Woman
Character:Attorney Mary Ellis
Release Date:31/01/1940
A Woman is the Judge
Character:Mary Cabot
Release Date:03/10/1939
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Character:Mrs. Lancing
Release Date:16/06/1939
The Zero Hour
Character:Linda Marsh
Release Date:26/05/1939
Beauty for the Asking
Character:Flora Barton-Williams
Release Date:24/02/1939
Woman Doctor
Character:Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
Release Date:06/02/1939
Portia on Trial
Character:Portia Merriman
Release Date:08/11/1937
Another Dawn
Character:Grace Roark
Release Date:26/06/1937
Call It a Day
Character:Dorothy Hilton
Release Date:17/04/1937
The Great O'Malley
Character:Mrs. Philips
Release Date:13/02/1937
Give Me Your Heart
Character:Rosamond Melford
Release Date:17/09/1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Character:Alice Winslow
Release Date:20/08/1936
Mary of Scotland
Character:Mary Beaton
Release Date:28/07/1936
The King Steps Out
Character:Princess Helena
Release Date:27/05/1936
The Garden Murder Case
Character:Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
Release Date:21/02/1936
If You Could Only Cook
Character:Evelyn Fletcher
Release Date:30/12/1935
The Dark Angel
Character:Ann West
Release Date:08/09/1935
Television Appearances
Thriller
Character:De Chantenay's Mother
Bourbon Street Beat
Character:
The Rebel
Character:Varina Davis
Perry Mason
Character:Hope Quentin
Crossroads
Character:
The Millionaire
Character:Regina Wainwright
Climax!
Character:Martha Hale
Meet Corliss Archer
Character:
Letter to Loretta
Character:Mabel
General Electric Theater
Character:Marian Rutledge
Four Star Playhouse
Character:Miss Proctor
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Mrs. Robbins
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