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Terry Moore
Known for: ActingBorn 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).
Filmography 33
Mighty Joe Young
as Elegant Woman at Party 
Peyton Place
as Betty Anderson 
Daddy Long Legs
as Linda Pendleton 
Mighty Joe Young
as Jill Young 
Town Tamer
as Susan Tavenner 
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Marie Buckholder 
The Clock
as Girl at Museum (uncredited) 
Between Heaven and Hell
as Jenny Gifford 
King of the Khyber Rifles
as Susan Maitland 
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Gwyneth Rhys 
Cast a Long Shadow
as Janet Calvert 
Son of Lassie
as Thea (as Helen Koford) 
The Return of October
as Terry Ramsey 
Death Dimension
as Madam Maria 
Second Chances
as Dallas Judd 
Final Voyage
as Christina 
Man on a Tightrope
as Tereza Cernik 
Waco
as Dolly 
Why Must I Die
as Lois King 
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Trudy 
Hellhole
as Sidnee Hammond 
Black Spurs
as Anna Elkins 
The Great Rupert
as Rosalinda Amendola 
Frank and Ava
as Self 
A Private's Affair
as Louise Wright 
Mansion of Blood
as Natalie 
Portrait of Alison
as Alison Ford 
The Devil On Wheels
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford) 
The Still Life
as Mrs. Stratford 
Marilyn and Me
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral 
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self 
Beverly Hills Brats
as Veronica