Terry Moore
Biography
Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
Acting (76 movies)
City of Fear
1965
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
Daddy Long Legs
1955
Kill Your Darlings
2006
Death Dimension
1978
Two of a Kind
1951
Hellhole
1985
Shack Out on 101
1955
Peyton Place
1957
Second Chances
1998
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953
Gambling House
1950
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Daredevil
1972
The Great Rupert
1950
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Shadowed
1946
Merrily
2023
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953
Why Must I Die
1960
Man on a Tightrope
1953
Bernardine
1957
Maryland
1940
Platinum High School
1960
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950
Portrait of Alison
1955
Cast a Long Shadow
1959
A Man Called Dagger
1968
The Return of October
1948
Sunny Side of the Street
1951
Mighty Joe Young
1998
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
True to Life
1943
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
Town Tamer
1965
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
A Private's Affair
1959
Going Overboard
1989
Black Spurs
1965
Frank and Ava
2020
Hoodwinked
1989
Marilyn and Me
1991
Aimy in a Cage
2015
Gaslight
1944
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
The Devil On Wheels
1947
The Weird World of Weird
1970
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Summer Holiday
1948
Since You Went Away
1944
Son of Lassie
1945
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
One Foot in Heaven
1941
The Clock
1945
On the Sunny Side
1942
My Gal Sal
1942
Stageghost
2000
Waco
1966
The Still Life
2007
Mansion of Blood
2015
Rita
2003
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
Do It Debbie's Way
1983
No Right to Kill
1956
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
Mean Justice
1971
Quarantined
1970
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
Final Voyage
1999
Heartaches
1947
Margarine Wars
2012
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills Brats | 1989 | Producer |