Frieda Inescort
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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), 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).
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Known for
Perry Mason
Hope Quentin
Climax!
Martha Hale
Four Star Playhouse
Miss Proctor
The Rebel
Varina Davis
Thriller
De Chantenay's Mother
The Millionaire
Regina Wainwright
Sweater Girl
Mrs. Menard
Hollywood Boulevard
Alice Winslow
You'll Never Get Rich
Mrs. Julia Cortland
The She-Creature
Mrs. Chappel
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Robbins
If You Could Only Cook
Evelyn Fletcher
Call It a Day
Dorothy Hilton
Give Me Your Heart
Rosamond Melford
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Mrs. Lancing
Convicted Woman
Attorney Mary Ellis
Foxfire
Mrs. Lawrence
The Judge Steps Out
Evelyn Bailey
Sunny
Elizabeth Warren
Senior Prom
Mrs. Sherridan
The Letter
Dorothy Joyce
Bourbon Street Beat
Mission to Moscow
Madame Molotov (uncredited)
The Eddy Duchin Story
Edith Wadsworth
Heavenly Days
Ettie Clark
Juke Box Rhythm
Aunt Margaret
Never Wave at a WAC
Lily Mae Gorham
The Zero Hour
Linda Marsh
The King Steps Out
Princess Helena
Crossroads
The Great O'Malley
Mrs. Philips
It Comes Up Love
Portia Winthrop
A Place in the Sun
Mrs. Ann Vickers
The Crowded Sky
Mrs. Mitchell
Street of Chance
Alma Diedrich
Remember the Day
Mrs. Dewey Roberts
Shadows on the Stairs
Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Olivia Nesbit
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Karen Holliday
Flame of the Islands
Evelyn Hammond
The Return of the Vampire
Lady Jane Ainsley
Letter to Loretta
Mabel
The Garden Murder Case
Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston
Father's Son
Ruth Emory
The Dark Angel
Ann West
Beauty for the Asking
Flora Barton-Williams
The Alligator People
Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
Meet Corliss Archer
Woman Doctor
Dr. Judith Randall Graeme
The Underworld Story
Mrs. Eldridge
General Electric Theater
Marian Rutledge
Pride and Prejudice
Miss Caroline Bingley
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Casanova's Big Night
Signora Di Gambetta
A Woman is the Judge
Mary Cabot
Mary of Scotland
Mary Beaton
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Narrator
Portia on Trial
Portia Merriman
Another Dawn
Grace Roark
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mrs. Wayne