Frieda Inescort

​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.

Cast

Foxfire

(Mrs. Lawrence)

A Place in the Sun

(Mrs. Ann Vickers)

The Return of the Vampire

(Lady Jane Ainsley)

Tarzan Finds a Son!

(Mrs. Lancing)

The Underworld Story

(Mrs. Eldridge)

You'll Never Get Rich

(Mrs. Julia Cortland)

Street of Chance

(Alma Diedrich)

The She-Creature

(Mrs. Chappel)

The Alligator People

(Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne)

The Eddy Duchin Story

(Edith Wadsworth)

Pride and Prejudice

(Miss Caroline Bingley)

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

(Karen Holliday)

The Letter

(Dorothy Joyce)

Shadows on the Stairs

(Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage)

Horrible Horror

(Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People')

Sunny

(Elizabeth Warren)

Another Dawn

(Grace Roark)

The Crowded Sky

(Mrs. Mitchell)

The Great O'Malley

(Mrs. Philips)

Beauty for the Asking

(Flora Barton-Williams)

If You Could Only Cook

(Evelyn Fletcher)

The Garden Murder Case

(Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston)

Convicted Woman

(Attorney Mary Ellis)

Senior Prom

(Mrs. Sherridan)

Father's Son

(Ruth Emory)

Flame of the Islands

(Evelyn Hammond)

The King Steps Out

(Princess Helena)

Juke Box Rhythm

(Aunt Margaret)

Sweater Girl

(Mrs. Menard)

It Comes Up Love

(Portia Winthrop)

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

(Olivia Nesbit)

Casanova's Big Night

(Signora Di Gambetta)

Heavenly Days

(Ettie Clark)

The Dark Angel

(Ann West)

The Zero Hour

(Linda Marsh)

Mary of Scotland

(Mary Beaton)

Give Me Your Heart

(Rosamond Melford)

The Judge Steps Out

(Evelyn Bailey)

Call It a Day

(Dorothy Hilton)

Portia on Trial

(Portia Merriman)

Hollywood Boulevard

(Alice Winslow)

The Trial of Mary Dugan

(Mrs. Wayne)

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

(Narrator)

Remember the Day

(Mrs. Dewey Roberts)

Woman Doctor

(Dr. Judith Randall Graeme)

Never Wave at a WAC

(Lily Mae Gorham)

A Woman is the Judge

(Mary Cabot)

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Mission to Moscow

(Madame Molotov (uncredited))

Bourbon Street Beat

Perry Mason

(Hope Quentin)

General Electric Theater

(Marian Rutledge)

The Millionaire

(Regina Wainwright)

Thriller

(De Chantenay's Mother)

Lux Video Theatre

(Mrs. Robbins)

Climax!

(Martha Hale)

The Rebel

(Varina Davis)

Meet Corliss Archer

Crossroads

Letter to Loretta

(Mabel)

Four Star Playhouse

(Miss Proctor)