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Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort

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).

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The Crowded Sky (1960)

When Navy pilot Dale Heath takes off, he doesn't expect his navigational equipment to fail and must adapt when it goes out along with his radio. Heading straight for a commercial jet piloted by Dick Barnett, whose plane is full of passengers, Heath can't t ...

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Juke Box Rhythm (1959)

An European princess visiting America helps a record producer organize a big concert. ...

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The Alligator People (1959)

Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely man ...

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Senior Prom (1958)

At a college party, a girl named Gay (Jill Corey) meets a guy named Tom (Paul Hampton) and they soon fall in love. Tom's bandmate, who goes by the nickname "Dog" with his own girlfriend whose nickname is "Flip", form a friendship quartet together with Gay ...

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The She-Creature (1956)

A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life. ...

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The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s. ...

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Flame of the Islands (1955)

A café singer buys a gambling casino and several men fall in love with her. ...

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Foxfire (1955)

A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride. ...

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Casanova's Big Night (1954)

Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's credito ...

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Never Wave at a WAC (1953)

A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, an ...

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A Place in the Sun (1951)

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition. ...

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The Underworld Story (1950)

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily. ...

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The Judge Steps Out (1947)

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook. ...

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Heavenly Days (1944)

Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government. ...

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The Return of the Vampire (1943)

In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scien ...

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Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943)

The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operat ...

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Mission to Moscow (1943)

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism. ...

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It Comes Up Love (1943)

This modest bit of comedy and romance in the adolescent vein is about a couple of spirited juveniles, Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean, who carry on a flirtation parallel with that of their elders, Louise Allbritton and Ian Hunter. ...

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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country. ...

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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood. ...

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Street of Chance (1942)

In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a lot of mysterious happenings. ...

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Sweater Girl (1942)

College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show. ...

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The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)

While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter. ...

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Remember the Day (1941)

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost. ...

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You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection. ...

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Sunny (1941)

A circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Features some spirited dance numbers with Ray Bolger. ...

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Shadows on the Stairs (1941)

Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered. ...

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The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)

Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. ...

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Father's Son (1941)

A young boy seeks love and understanding from his cold, demanding father. ...

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The Letter (1940)

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions. ...

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Pride and Prejudice (1940)

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking t ...

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Convicted Woman (1940)

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there. ...

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A Woman is the Judge (1939)

Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justin ...

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Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, t ...

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The Zero Hour (1939)

A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their shared affection for a young orphan. ...

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Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, t ...

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Woman Doctor (1939)

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Portia on Trial (1937)

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners, who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon. Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon, forced them ...

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Another Dawn (1937)

Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the death of her fiancé; som ...

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Call It a Day (1937)

The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day. ...

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The Great O'Malley (1937)

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien). ...

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Give Me Your Heart (1936)

An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman. ...

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Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to de ...

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Mary of Scotland (1936)

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords. ...

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The King Steps Out (1936)

Princess is destined to marry the Emperor, until her sister steps in. ...

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The Garden Murder Case (1936)

Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play. ...

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If You Could Only Cook (1935)

An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion. ...

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The Dark Angel (1935)

Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his b ...

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