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The Good Mother

as Grandmother Eleanor

1988
Somewhere in Time

as Laura Roberts

1980
Roseland

as May

1977
Flood!

as Alice Cutler

1977
The Elevator

as Edith Reynolds

1974
Crawlspace

as Alice Graves

1972
Escapade in Japan

as Mary Saunders

1957
The Miracle on 34th Street

as Doris Walker

1955
Track of the Cat

as Grace Bridges

1954
Count the Hours!

as Ellen Braden

1953
California Conquest

as Julie Lawrence

1952
The Men

as Ellen

1950
The Capture

as Ellen Tevlin Vanner

1950
Enchantment

as Lark Ingoldsby

1948
Pursued

as Thor

1947
The Best Years of Our Lives

as Peggy Stephenson

1946
Casanova Brown

as Isabel Drury

1944
Shadow of a Doubt

as Charlie Newton

1943
The Pride of the Yankees

as Eleanor Twitchell

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as Carol Beldon

1942
The Little Foxes

as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens

1941
Teresa Wright Teresa Wright

Birthday

1918-10-27

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005) was an American actress. Her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination came in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. She received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1942 for her performance in Mrs. Miniver. That same year, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance in Pride of the Yankees opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Wright received three Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the Playhouse 90 original television version of The Miracle Worker (1957), in the Breck Sunday Showcase feature The Margaret Bourke-White Story, and in the CBS drama series Dolphin Cove (1989). She earned the acclaim of top film directors, including William Wyler, who called her the most promising actress he had directed, and Alfred Hitchcock, who admired her thorough preparation and quiet professionalism.
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