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Teresa Wright
Muriel Teresa Wright was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs. Miniver. She was nominated for the same award in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. Also in 1942, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Pride of the Yankees, opposite Gary Cooper. She is also kn…
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entertainment · American actress (1918–2005) · actor · stage actor · television actor · film actor · also Teresa Wright, Muriel Teresa Wright, Theresa Wright, Wright
Born 27 October 1918 · Died 6 March 2005 · Q230136
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I would like to say that I never refused to perform the services required of me; I was unable to perform them because of ill health. I accept Mr. Goldwyn's termination of my contract without protest—in fact, with relief. The types of contracts standardized in the motion picture industry between players and producers are archaic in form and absurd in concept.
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Moviefone: Teresa Wright
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2005· 4 entries
Wright's name was read among the ballplayers and members of the Yankees family
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After suffering a heart attack at age 86 in Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut
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Died 2005-03-06.
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“I would like to say that I never refused to perform the services required of me; I was unable to perform them because of ill health. I accept Mr. Goldwyn's termination of my contract without protest—in fact, with relief. The types of contracts standardized in the motion picture industry between players and producers are archaic in form and absurd in concept.”
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1998· 1 entry
Smith accompanied Wright on her first visit to Yankee Stadium when she was invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch
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1996· 1 entry
Reminisced about Alfred Hitchcock at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and in 2003, she appeared on the Academy Awards show in a segment honoring previous Oscar-winners
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1989· 1 entry
Received her third Emmy Award nomination for her performance in the CBS drama series Dolphin Cove
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1978· 1 entry
But maintained a close relationship until the end of her life
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1975· 1 entry
Wright appeared in the Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, and in 1980, appeared in the revival of Morning's at Seven, for which she won a Drama Desk Award as a member of the Outstanding Ensemble Performance
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1960· 1 entry
Wright was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame with two stars: one for motion pictures at 1658 Vine Street, and one for television at 6405 Hollywood Boulevard
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1957· 2 entries
“The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”
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Starred on Broadway in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Inge
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1955· 1 entry
Played Doris Walker in The 20th Century-Fox Hour remake of the 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street, opposite MacDonald Carey and Thomas Mitchell
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1947· 1 entry
Wright appeared in the western Pursued opposite Robert Mitchum
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1946· 1 entry
Wright delivered another notable performance in William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives, an award-winning film about the adjustments of servicemen returning home after World War II
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1943· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Mrs. Miniver (1943).
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Wright appeared in the acclaimed Universal film Shadow of a Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, playing a young woman who discovers her beloved uncle (played by Joseph Cotten) is a serial murderer
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1942· 1 entry
Received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Pride of the Yankees, opposite Gary Cooper
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1941· 1 entry
Wright was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Little Foxes
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1938· 1 entry
Went to New York, shortened her name to "Teresa Wright", and was hired as understudy to Dorothy McGuire and Martha Scott for the role of Emily in Thornton Wilder's stage production of Our Town at Henry Miller's Theat
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1936· 1 entry
Wright took an interest in acting and began playing leading roles in school plays
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1918· 2 entries
In New York City, the daughter of Martha Espy and Arthur Hendricksen Wright, an insurance agent
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Born 1918-10-27.
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