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Teresa Wright
Known for: ActingTeresa 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.
Filmography 22
Sateentekijä
as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong 
Epäilyksen varjo
as Charlie Newton 
Somewhere in Time
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as Laura Roberts 
Parhaat vuodet
as Peggy Stephenson 
Rouva Miniver
as Carol Beldon 
Sankaritekojen mies
as Eleanor Twitchell 
Nainen ei armoa antanut
as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens 
Miehet
as Ellen 
The Actress
as Annie Jones 
Puuman jäljillä
as Grace Bridges 
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage) 
Casanova Brown
as Isabel Drury 
The Good Mother
as Grandmother Eleanor 
Yksinäinen ratsastaja
as Thor 
Something to Live For
as Edna Miller 
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
as Helene Berman 
The Capture
as Ellen Tevlin Vanner 
The Fig Tree
as Miranda's Grandmother 
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Doris Walker 
Enchantment
as Lark Ingoldsby 
The Happy Ending
as Mrs. Spencer 
California Conquest
as Julie Lawrence