Acting
Frieda Inescort
EN cinema · 48 credits
Born
29 June 1901
Died
26 February 1976 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also known as Freida Inescourt · Frieda Inescourt
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
Filmography
The Crowded Sky
as Mrs. Mitchell
The Alligator People
as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Juke Box Rhythm
as Aunt Margaret
Senior Prom
as Mrs. Sherridan
The She-Creature
as Mrs. Chappel
The Eddy Duchin Story
as Edith Wadsworth
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
The Return of the Vampire
as Lady Jane Ainsley
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Karen Holliday
It Comes Up Love
as Portia Winthrop
Mission to Moscow
as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
Street of Chance
as Alma Diedrich
Sweater Girl
as Mrs. Menard
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Olivia Nesbit
You'll Never Get Rich
as Mrs. Julia Cortland
Shadows on the Stairs
as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
Sunny
as Elizabeth Warren
Father's Son
as Ruth Emory
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mrs. Wayne
Remember the Day
as Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Pride and Prejudice
as Miss Caroline Bingley
The Letter
as Dorothy Joyce
Convicted Woman
as Attorney Mary Ellis
Tarzan Finds a Son!
as Mrs. Lancing
Beauty for the Asking
as Flora Barton-Williams
The Zero Hour
as Linda Marsh
Woman Doctor
as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
A Woman is the Judge
as Mary Cabot
Another Dawn
as Grace Roark
The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. Philips
Call It a Day
as Dorothy Hilton
Portia on Trial
as Portia Merriman
The Garden Murder Case
as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
The King Steps Out
as Princess Helena
Mary of Scotland
as Mary Beaton
Give Me Your Heart
as Rosamond Melford
Hollywood Boulevard
as Alice Winslow
If You Could Only Cook
as Evelyn Fletcher
The Dark Angel
as Ann West