People
Frieda Inescort
Biography:
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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),... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Horrible Horror as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' | 1986-01-01 |
The Crowded Sky as Mrs. Mitchell | 1960-09-02 |
Juke Box Rhythm as Aunt Margaret | 1959-08-01 |
The Alligator People as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | 1959-07-16 |
Senior Prom as Mrs. Sherridan | 1958-12-01 |
The She-Creature as Mrs. Chappel | 1956-08-01 |
The Eddy Duchin Story as Edith Wadsworth | 1956-05-02 |
Flame of the Islands as Evelyn Hammond | 1955-12-04 |
Foxfire as Mrs. Lawrence | 1955-07-13 |
Casanova's Big Night as Signora Di Gambetta | 1954-04-07 |
Never Wave at a WAC as Lily Mae Gorham | 1953-01-28 |
A Place in the Sun as Mrs. Ann Vickers | 1951-06-12 |
The Underworld Story as Mrs. Eldridge | 1950-07-26 |
The Judge Steps Out as Evelyn Bailey | 1947-12-15 |
Heavenly Days as Ettie Clark | 1944-10-20 |
The Return of the Vampire as Lady Jane Ainsley | 1943-11-11 |
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain as Narrator | 1943-10-10 |
Mission to Moscow as Madame Molotov (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
It Comes Up Love as Portia Winthrop | 1943-04-09 |
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Karen Holliday | 1943-02-19 |
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | 1942-10-05 |
Street of Chance as Alma Diedrich | 1942-10-03 |
Sweater Girl as Mrs. Menard | 1942-07-13 |
The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Olivia Nesbit | 1942-03-03 |
Remember the Day as Mrs. Dewey Roberts | 1941-12-25 |
You'll Never Get Rich as Mrs. Julia Cortland | 1941-09-25 |
Sunny as Elizabeth Warren | 1941-05-30 |
Shadows on the Stairs as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage | 1941-03-01 |
The Trial of Mary Dugan as Mrs. Wayne | 1941-02-14 |
Father's Son as Ruth Emory | 1941-02-12 |
The Letter as Dorothy Joyce | 1940-11-21 |
Pride and Prejudice as Miss Caroline Bingley | 1940-07-26 |
Convicted Woman as Attorney Mary Ellis | 1940-01-31 |
A Woman is the Judge as Mary Cabot | 1939-10-03 |
Tarzan Finds a Son! as Mrs. Lancing | 1939-06-16 |
The Zero Hour as Linda Marsh | 1939-05-26 |
Beauty for the Asking as Flora Barton-Williams | 1939-02-24 |
Woman Doctor as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme | 1939-02-06 |
Portia on Trial as Portia Merriman | 1937-11-08 |
Another Dawn as Grace Roark | 1937-06-26 |
Call It a Day as Dorothy Hilton | 1937-04-17 |
The Great O'Malley as Mrs. Philips | 1937-02-13 |
Give Me Your Heart as Rosamond Melford | 1936-09-17 |
Hollywood Boulevard as Alice Winslow | 1936-08-20 |
Mary of Scotland as Mary Beaton | 1936-07-28 |
The King Steps Out as Princess Helena | 1936-05-27 |
The Garden Murder Case as Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston | 1936-02-21 |
If You Could Only Cook as Evelyn Fletcher | 1935-12-30 |
The Dark Angel as Ann West | 1935-09-08 |