People named Teresa Wright

Teresa Wright Born October 27, 1918 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Died March 6, 2005 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA (heart attack) Birth Name Muriel Teresa Wright Height 5' 3" (1.6 m) Mini Bio (1) A natural and lovely talent who was discovered for films by Samuel Goldwyn, the always likable Teresa Wright distinguished herself early on in high-caliber, Oscar-worthy form -- the only performer ever to be nominated for Oscars for her first three films. Always true to herself, she was able to earn Hollywood stardom on her own unglamorized terms. Born Muriel Teresa Wright in the Harlem district of New York City on October 27, 1918, her parents divorced when she was quite young and she lived with various relatives in New York and New Jersey. An uncle of hers was a stage actor. She attended the exclusive Rosehaven School in Tenafly, New Jersey. The acting bug revealed itself when she saw the legendary Helen Hayes perform in a production of "Victoria Regina." After performing in school plays and graduating from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, she made the decision to pursue acting professionally. Apprenticing at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts during the summers of 1937 and 1938 in such plays as "The Vinegar Tree" and "Susan and God", she moved to New York and changed her name to Teresa after she discovered there was already a Muriel Wright in Actors Equity. Her first New York play was Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" wherein she played a small part but also understudied the lead ingénue role of Emily. She eventually replaced Martha Scott in the lead after the actress was escorted to Hollywood to make pictures and recreate the Emily role on film. It was during her year-long run in "Life with Father" that Teresa was seen by Goldwyn talent scouts, was tested, and ultimately won the coveted role of Alexandra in the film The Little Foxes (1941). She also accepted an MGM starlet contract on the condition that she not be forced to endure cheesecake publicity or photos for any type of promotion and could return to the theater at least once a year. Oscar-nominated for her work alongside fellow cast members Bette Davis (as calculating mother Regina) and Patricia Collinge (recreating her scene-stealing Broadway role as the flighty, dipsomaniac Aunt Birdie), Teresa's star rose even higher with her next pictures. Playing the good-hearted roles of the granddaughter in the war-era tearjerker Mrs. Miniver (1942) and baseball icon Lou Gehrig's altruistic wife in The Pride of the Yankees (1942) opposite Gary Cooper, the pretty newcomer won both "Best Supporting Actress" and "Best Actress" nods respectively in the same year, ultimately taking home the supporting trophy. Teresa's fourth huge picture in a row was Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and she even received top-billing over established star Joseph Cotten who played a murdering uncle to her suspecting niece. Wed to screenwriter Niven Busch in 1942, she had a slip with her fifth picture Casanova Brown (1944) but bounced right back as part of the ensemble cast in the "Best Picture" of the year The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) portraying the assuaging daughter of Fredric March and Myrna Loy who falls in love with damaged soldier-turned-civilian Dana Andrews. With that film, however, her MGM contract ended. Remarkably, she made only one movie for the studio ("Mrs. Miniver") during all that time. The rest were all loanouts. As a freelancing agent, the quality of her films began to dramatically decline. Pictures such as Enchantment (1948), Something to Live For (1952), California Conquest (1952), Count the Hours! (1953), Track of the Cat (1954) and Escapade in Japan (1957) pretty much came and went. For her screenwriter husband she appeared in the above-average western thriller Pursued (1947) and crime drama The Capture (1950). Her most inspired films of that post-war era were The Men (1950) opposite film newcomer Marlon Brando and the low budgeted but intriguing The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) which chronicled the fascinating story of an American housewife who claimed she lived a previous life. The "Golden Age" of TV was her salvation during these lean film years in which she appeared in fine form in a number of dramatic showcases. She recreated for TV the perennial holiday classic The 20th Century-Fox Hour: The Miracle on 34th Street (1955) in which she played the Maureen O'Hara role opposite Macdonald Carey and Thomas Mitchell. Divorced from Busch, the father of her two children, By this time a mature actress now in her 50s, challenging stage work came in the form of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the Moon Marigolds", "Long Day's Journey Into Night", "Morning's at Seven" and "Ah, Wilderness!" Teresa also graced the stage alongside George C. Scott's Willy Loman (as wife Linda) in an acclaimed presentation of "Death of a Salesman" in 1975, and appeared opposite Scott again in her very last play, "On Borrowed Time" (1991). After almost a decade away from films, she came back to play the touching role of an elderly landlady opposite Matt Damon in her last picture, John Grisham's The Rainmaker (1997). Teresa passed away of a heart attack in 2005. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / [contact link] Spouse (2) Robert Anderson (11 December 1959 - 29 October 1978) ( divorced) Niven Busch (23 May 1942 - 25 November 1952) ( divorced) ( 2 children)

Teresa Stella Wright of Melbourne East Australia was born in 1893 in Se Ym to Thomas Wright and Helena Ocallaghan Wright. She had siblings Richard Wright and William Neil Wright. Teresa Wright died at age 6 years old in 1899 in Melbourne East.

Teresa Wright Ramcharan of Opa Locka, Miami-Dade County, Florida was born on November 25, 1969, and died at age 38 years old on November 16, 2008.

Teresa Maria Wright of El Paso, El Paso County, TX was born on January 18, 1926, and died at age 79 years old on November 6, 2005. Teresa Wright was buried at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery Section BB Site 26 P.o. Box 6342 - 5200 Fred Wilson Avenue, in El Paso.

Teresa Tamara Wright was born on April 8, 1942, and died at age 64 years old on March 9, 2007. Teresa Wright was buried at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Section 15 Site 879 5810 Midway Road, in Dixon, Ca. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa Tamara Wright.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa Lee Wright.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa Vyola (Wright) Kirth-Wood-Blackburn.

Teresa Mae Wright was born on January 3, 1961, and died on January 23, 1961. Teresa Wright was buried at Ft. Richardson National Cemetery Section C Site 594 P. O. Box 5-498 - Building 58-512, Davis Highway, in Fort Richardson, Ak. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa Mae Wright.

Teresa Marie Wright of Texas was born on November 17, 1976, and died at age 33 years old on February 14, 2010.

Teresa Wright of Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina was born on September 28, 1883, and died at age 83 years old in March 1967.

Teresa Marie Wright of Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California was born on August 16, 1935, and died at age 69 years old on March 1, 2005.

Teresa M Wright of Xenia, Greene County, OH was born on February 25, 1959, and died at age 43 years old on July 11, 2002.

Teresa K Wright of Murrieta, Riverside County, CA was born on January 18, 1955, and died at age 43 years old on April 26, 1998.

Teresa Wright of Nampa, Canyon County, ID was born on June 20, 1971, and died at age 32 years old on May 15, 2004.

Teresa Ann Michelle Wright of Sacramento, Sacramento County, California was born on September 8, 1983, and died at age 27 years old on March 3, 2011.

Teresa Ann Wright of Independence, Polk County, Oregon was born on November 9, 1959, and died at age 47 years old on June 6, 2007.

Teresa R Wright of Denver, Adams County, CO was born on April 19, 1967, and died at age 32 years old on November 19, 1999.

Teresa C Wright of Davis, Yolo County, CA was born on March 8, 1924, and died at age 80 years old on January 11, 2005.

Teresa Wright of Lake Andes, Charles Mix County, South Dakota was born on May 7, 1935, and died at age 43 years old in October 1978.

Teresa J Wright of West Plains, Howell County, MO was born on July 2, 1964, and died at age 43 years old on June 24, 2008.

Teresa Anne Wright of Leander, Williamson County, Texas was born on June 24, 1951, and died at age 54 years old on February 28, 2006.

Teresa Ann Wright of Texas was born on December 9, 1952, and died at age 53 years old on September 30, 2006.

Teresa L Wright was born on March 5, 1948, and died at age 46 years old on August 23, 1994. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa L Wright.

Teresa Wright was born on June 17, 1955, and died at age 23 years old in January 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa Wright.

Teresa A Wright of Morton, Scott County, MS was born on April 15, 1962, and died at age 33 years old on December 4, 1995.

Teresa Wright of Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL was born on January 17, 1969, and died at age 40 years old on July 8, 2009.

Teresa Wright was born on August 25, 1965, and died at age 39 years old on March 26, 2005. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Teresa Wright.

Teresa W Wright of Smyrna, Rutherford County, TN was born on July 27, 1954, and died at age 53 years old on September 3, 2007.

Teresa Wright of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on September 6, 1892, and died at age 86 years old in February 1979.