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Frieda Inescort

Acting Born Jun 29, 1901 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 24 credits

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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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Known for

Perry Mason

as Hope Quentin

Four Star Playhouse

as Miss Proctor

The Rebel

as Varina Davis

Thriller

as De Chantenay's Mother

Climax!

as Martha Hale
Film

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

as Regina Wainwright
Film

Undercover Brother

as Mrs. Robbins
Film

A Place in the Sun

as Mrs. Ann Vickers

Full filmography

  • Perry Mason (1957) as Hope Quentin
  • Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Miss Proctor
  • The Rebel (1959) as Varina Davis
  • Thriller (1960) as De Chantenay's Mother
  • Climax! (1954) as Martha Hale
  • The Millionaire (1955) as Regina Wainwright
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Mrs. Robbins
  • Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
  • Mary of Scotland (1936) as Mary Beaton
  • Crossroads (1955)
  • Letter to Loretta (1953) as Mabel
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Marian Rutledge
  • Pride and Prejudice (1940) as Miss Caroline Bingley
  • A Place in the Sun (1951) as Mrs. Ann Vickers
  • The Letter (1940) as Dorothy Joyce
  • Meet Corliss Archer (1954)
  • Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) as Mrs. Lancing
  • The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) as Edith Wadsworth
  • Mission to Moscow (1943) as Madame Molotov (uncredited)
  • Casanova's Big Night (1954) as Signora Di Gambetta
  • The Alligator People (1959) as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
  • The Return of the Vampire (1943) as Lady Jane Ainsley
  • The Crowded Sky (1960) as Mrs. Mitchell
  • If You Could Only Cook (1935) as Evelyn Fletcher