Acting
Terry Moore
EN cinema · 84 credits
Born
7 January 1929 (age 97)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Helen Luella Koford · Jan Ford · Judy Ford · Helen Koford
Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
Known for
Filmography
Merrily
as Betty Clurman
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
as Lady in Black
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Frank and Ava
as Self
Aimy in a Cage
as Grandma Micry
Mansion of Blood
as Natalie
Margarine Wars
as Miriam Cuningham
The Still Life
as Mrs. Stratford
Kill Your Darlings
as Ella Toscana
Rita
as Self
Stageghost
as Olive
Final Voyage
as Christina
Second Chances
as Dallas Judd
Mighty Joe Young
as Elegant Woman at Party
Marilyn and Me
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
Beverly Hills Brats
as Veronica, Producer, Original Story
Going Overboard
as Mistress
Hoodwinked
as Sally
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
as Mrs. McCormack
Hellhole
as Sidnee Hammond
Death Dimension
as Madam Maria
Paesano
as Self
The Daredevil
as Julie Thompson
Mean Justice
as Connie Garrett
Quarantined
as Martha Atkinson
A Man Called Dagger
as Harper Davis
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Waco
as Dolly
City of Fear
as Suzan
Town Tamer
as Susan Tavenner
Black Spurs
as Anna Elkins
Why Must I Die
as Lois King
Platinum High School
as Jennifer Evans
Cast a Long Shadow
as Janet Calvert
A Private's Affair
as Louise Wright
Peyton Place
as Betty Anderson
Bernardine
as Jean Cantrick
Between Heaven and Hell
as Jenny Gifford
Daddy Long Legs
as Linda Pendleton
Shack Out on 101
as Kotty
Portrait of Alison
as Alison Ford
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Gwyneth Rhys
King of the Khyber Rifles
as Susan Maitland
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Marie Buckholder
Man on a Tightrope
as Tereza Cernik
Two of a Kind
as Kathy McIntyre
Sunny Side of the Street
as Betty Holloway
The Barefoot Mailman
as Adie Titus
Gambling House
as Lynn Warren
The Great Rupert
as Rosalinda Amendola
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as Judy Sears
Mighty Joe Young
as Jill Young
The Return of October
as Terry Ramsey
Summer Holiday
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
The Devil On Wheels
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
Heartaches
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
Shadowed
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
Son of Lassie
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
The Clock
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
Gaslight
as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Sweet and Low-Down
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
True to Life
as Little Girl (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited), Actor
On the Sunny Side
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
My Gal Sal
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
as Choir Member (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Maryland
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)