
Frieda Inescort
Biography
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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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Acting (48 movies)

Foxfire
1955

A Place in the Sun
1951

The Return of the Vampire
1943

Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939

The Underworld Story
1950

You'll Never Get Rich
1941

Street of Chance
1942

The She-Creature
1956

The Alligator People
1959

The Eddy Duchin Story
1956

Pride and Prejudice
1940

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943

The Letter
1940

Shadows on the Stairs
1941

Sunny
1941

Another Dawn
1937

The Crowded Sky
1960

The Great O'Malley
1937

Beauty for the Asking
1939

If You Could Only Cook
1935

The Garden Murder Case
1936

Convicted Woman
1940

Senior Prom
1958

Father's Son
1941

Flame of the Islands
1955

The King Steps Out
1936

Juke Box Rhythm
1959

Sweater Girl
1942

It Comes Up Love
1943

The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942

Casanova's Big Night
1954

Heavenly Days
1944

The Dark Angel
1935

The Zero Hour
1939

Mary of Scotland
1936

Give Me Your Heart
1936

The Judge Steps Out
1947

Call It a Day
1937

Portia on Trial
1937

Hollywood Boulevard
1936

The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943

Remember the Day
1941

Woman Doctor
1939

Never Wave at a WAC
1953

A Woman is the Judge
1939

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942

Mission to Moscow
1943
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