Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort

1901-06-29 – 1976-02-26 (age 74) Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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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 NoΓ«l 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

The Letter
The Letter

1940

as Dorothy Joyce

Foxfire
Foxfire

1955

as Mrs. Lawrence

A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun

1951

as Mrs. Ann Vickers

The Alligator People
The Alligator People

1959

as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice

1940

as Miss Caroline Bingley

Remember the Day
Remember the Day

1941

as Mrs. Dewey Roberts

Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard

1936

as Alice Winslow

The Eddy Duchin Story
The Eddy Duchin Story

1956

as Edith Wadsworth

Casanova's Big Night
Casanova's Big Night

1954

as Signora Di Gambetta

You'll Never Get Rich
You'll Never Get Rich

1941

as Mrs. Julia Cortland

Tarzan Finds a Son!
Tarzan Finds a Son!

1939

as Mrs. Lancing

The She-Creature
The She-Creature

1956

as Mrs. Chappel

The Crowded Sky
The Crowded Sky

1960

as Mrs. Mitchell

The Dark Angel
The Dark Angel

1935

as Ann West

The Courtship of Andy Hardy
The Courtship of Andy Hardy

1942

as Olivia Nesbit

Sunny
Sunny

1941

as Elizabeth Warren

The Return of the Vampire
The Return of the Vampire

1943

as Lady Jane Ainsley

Mission to Moscow
Mission to Moscow

1943

as Madame Molotov (uncredited)

Mary of Scotland
Mary of Scotland

1936

as Mary Beaton

Juke Box Rhythm
Juke Box Rhythm

1959

as Aunt Margaret