Teresa Wright

Career timeline

1. 1918 · Born

   Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

2. 1941 · Screen debut

   The Little Foxes (Movie)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Bonanza (TV)

4. 1998 · Latest release

   Angel Passing (Movie)

5. 2005 · Died

   March 6, 2005

Career in numbers

10 1940s

29 1950s

8 1960s

6 1970s

6 1980s

6 1990s

• Drama54
• Comedy14
• Crime11
• Romance11
• Tv Movie9
• Thriller8

Highest-rated title The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 7.9 Most popular title Bonanza 1959 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Teresa Wright in our catalogue.

Ted Post

6 titles together

Fielder Cook

5 titles together

Buzz Kulik

5 titles together

Robert Stevenson

3 titles together

George Schaefer

3 titles together

Roddy McDowall

2 titles together

Ernest Laszlo

2 titles together

William Asher

2 titles together

Herbert Heyes

2 titles together

Sydney Pollack

2 titles together

1. 1998 Angel Passing as Wife Movie
2. 1997 The Rainmaker as Colleen 'Miss Birdie' Birdsong 7.0 Movie
3. 1992 Picket Fences as Emily Ridgefield 7.4 TV
4. 1990 The Exorcist III as Penitent (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
5. 1990 Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage) Movie
6. 1990 Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Helene Berman Movie
7. 1988 The Good Mother as Grandmother Eleanor 5.7 Movie
8. 1987 The Fig Tree as Miranda's Grandmother Movie
9. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Helen Appletree 7.5 TV
10. 1983 Bill: On His Own as Mae Driscoll Movie
11. 1982 Morning's at Seven as Cora Swanson Movie
12. 1980 Somewhere in Time as Laura Roberts 7.5 Movie
13. 1977 Roseland as May Movie
14. 1977 The Love Boat as Sister Regina 6.3 TV
15. 1977 Flood! as Alice Cutler Movie
16. 1974 The Elevator as Edith Reynolds Movie
17. 1972 Crawlspace as Alice Graves Movie
18. 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Ruthanne Cameron TV
19. 1969 The Happy Ending as Mrs. Spencer 6.1 Movie
20. 1969 Hail, Hero! as Santha Dixon Movie
21. 1968 Lancer TV
22. 1967 The Desperate Hours as Eleanor Hilliard Movie
23. 1966 CBS Playhouse as Virgie TV
24. 1962 Big Deal in Laredo as Mary Movie
25. 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Marion Brown 7.9 TV
26. 1961 The Defenders as Anne Clark TV
27. 1959 Adventures in Paradise as Emilie Forbes TV
28. 1959 Bonanza as Katherine Saunders 7.5 TV
29. 1958 The Restless Years as Elizabeth Grant Movie
30. 1957 Escapade in Japan as Mary Saunders Movie
31. 1957 The Edge of Innocence as Carol Morton Movie
32. 1956 Once to Every Woman as Carol Movie
33. 1956 No. 5 Checked Out as Mary Movie
34. 1955 The Miracle on 34th Street as Doris Walker Movie
35. 1955 The Devil's Disciple as Judith Anderson Movie
36. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Doris Walker TV
37. 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse as Mary TV
38. 1954 Track of the Cat as Grace Bridges 5.9 Movie
39. 1954 Climax! as Eilene Wade TV
40. 1954 Studio 57 TV
41. 1953 The Actress as Annie Jones 6.2 Movie
42. 1953 Letter to Loretta as Schoolteacher TV
43. 1953 Count the Hours! as Ellen Braden Movie
44. 1953 General Electric Theater as Mary Todd Lincoln TV
45. 1952 The Steel Trap as Laurie Osborne 6.6 Movie
46. 1952 The Ford Television Theatre as Alison Stevens TV
47. 1952 Four Star Playhouse as Sister Mary Winifred TV
48. 1952 California Conquest as Julie Lawrence Movie
49. 1952 Something to Live For as Edna Miller Movie
50. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Judith Anderson TV
51. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Terry Hagen TV
52. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Emily TV
53. 1950 The Men as Ellen 7.0 Movie
54. 1950 The Capture as Ellen Tevlin Vanner Movie
55. 1950 Your Show of Shows TV
56. 1948 Enchantment as Lark Ingoldsby Movie
57. 1947 The Trouble with Women as Kate Farrell Movie
58. 1947 Pursued as Thor 6.5 Movie
59. 1946 The Imperfect Lady as Millicent Hopkins Movie
60. 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives as Peggy Stephenson 7.7 Movie
61. 1944 Casanova Brown as Isabel Drury 6.4 Movie
62. 1943 Shadow of a Doubt as Charlie Newton 7.5 Movie
63. 1942 The Pride of the Yankees as Eleanor Twitchell 7.3 Movie
64. 1942 Mrs. Miniver as Carol Beldon 7.1 Movie
65. 1941 The Little Foxes as Alexandra "Zan" Giddens 7.5 Movie

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