
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 |