Teresa Wright

1918–2005 · American actress

Muriel Teresa Wright was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs. Miniver. She was nominated for the same award in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. Also in 1942, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Pride of the Yankees, opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943), and in William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Wright received five Photoplay Awards, two National Board of Review Awards, and two Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars for her contributions to motion pictures and television.

Teresa Wright, in order

1. 1941 The Little Foxes: acted · directed by William Wyler
2. 1942 Mrs. Miniver: acted · directed by William Wyler
3. 1942 The Pride of the Yankees: acted · directed by Sam Wood
4. 1943 Shadow of a Doubt: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 100%, audiences 89%
5. 1944 Casanova Brown: acted · directed by Sam Wood · audiences 36%
6. 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives: acted · directed by William Wyler · critics 97%, audiences 93% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
7. 1947 Pursued: acted · directed by Raoul Walsh
8. 1947 The Imperfect Lady: acted · directed by Lewis Allen
9. 1947 The Trouble with Women: acted · directed by Sidney Lanfield
10. 1948 Enchantment: acted · directed by Irving Reis · audiences 72% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
11. 1950 The Capture: acted · directed by John Sturges
12. 1950 The Men: acted · directed by Fred Zinnemann
13. 1952 California Conquest: acted · directed by Lew Landers
14. 1952 Something to Live For: acted · directed by George Stevens
15. 1952 The Steel Trap: acted · directed by Andrew L. Stone
16. 1953 Count the Hours: acted · directed by Don Siegel
17. 1953 The Actress: acted · directed by George Cukor
18. 1954 Track of the Cat: acted · directed by William A. Wellman
19. 1957 Escapade in Japan: acted · directed by Arthur Lubin
20. 1958 The Restless Years: acted · directed by Helmut Käutner
21. 1967 The Desperate Hours: acted · directed by Ted Kotcheff
22. 1969 Hail, Hero!: acted · directed by David Miller
23. 1969 The Happy Ending: acted · directed by Richard Brooks · critics 38%, audiences 37% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
24. 1977 Roseland: acted · directed by James Ivory
25. 1980 Somewhere in Time: acted · directed by Jeannot Szwarc
26. 1988 The Good Mother: acted · directed by Leonard Nimoy · critics 64%, audiences 28% · streaming on Hoopla
27. 1997 The Rainmaker: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 82%, audiences 78% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
28. 1999 Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius: acted · directed by Ted Haimes