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Frieda Inescort
Frieda Inescort
Born
Frieda Wrightman
(1901-06-29 ) 29 June 1901Died 26 February 1976(1976-02-26) (aged 74 ) Occupation Actress Years active 1935–1961 Spouse
(m. 1926; died 1961)
Frieda Inescort (born Frieda Wrightman , 29 June 1901 – 26 February 1976) was a Scottish actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Coward 's play Hay Fever on Broadway .[1] John Galsworthy 's 1927 Broadway production Escape [2] Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice .
Early years [ edit ]
Born in Edinburgh , Inescort was the daughter of Scots-born journalist John "Jock" Wrightman and actress Elaine Inescourt (née [3] [4]
While she lived in Britain, Inescort wrote for a newspaper in London[5] [6] Lady Astor .)[7]
After going to the United States, she not only acted but also worked as associate editor of The Exporter's Encyclopedia .[6]
Inescort's acting debut came in The Truth About Blayds Booth Theatre on Broadway .[4] You and I (1923), The Woman on the Jury (1923), Windows (1923), The Fake Ariadne (1925), Hay Fever (1925), Love in a Mist (1926), Mozart (1926), Trelawny of the "Wells" 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).[8]
Frieda Inescort
Frieda Wrightman adopted her mother's surname as her professional name and moved to Hollywood and made her film debut in The Dark Angel Mary of Scotland Give Me Your Heart Beauty for the Asking (1939), The Letter The Trial of Mary Dugan You'll Never Get Rich A Place in the Sun [9]
She appeared with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson as the conniving Caroline Bingley in the 1940 film version of Pride and Prejudice [10] Call It a Day Olivia de Havilland , Bonita Granville, Roland Young, and Ian Hunter.[11] Foxfire Jeff Chandler and Jane Russell . She appeared in one episode of Perry Mason [12]
Personal life [ edit ]
On 2 August 1961, she and her husband since 1926, Ben Ray Redman, dined out. Redman had been despondent for some time. Returning home before her, he went upstairs to bed. He then called Frieda, informing her that he was depressed over the state of the world and had taken 12 sedative pills. By the time the paramedics arrived, he had died, a suicide at the age of 65.[13] Saturday Review [14] [15]
Inescort had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1932.[16] Brighton , England, aged 87.[17] [18] [19] [citation needed
Inescort died at the age of 74 at the Motion Picture Country Home at Woodland Hills, California from multiple sclerosis.[20] [1]
Partial filmography [ edit ]
If You Could Only Cook
The Garden Murder Case
The King Steps Out
Mary of Scotland
Hollywood Boulevard
Give Me Your Heart
The Great O'Malley
Call It a Day
Another Dawn
Portia on Trial
Woman Doctor
Beauty for the Asking
The Zero Hour
Tarzan Finds a Son!
A Woman Is the Judge
Convicted Woman
Pride and Prejudice
The Letter
Father's Son
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Shadows on the Stairs
Sunny
You'll Never Get Rich
Remember the Day
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Sweater Girl
Street of Chance
It Comes Up Love
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Mission to Moscow
The Return of the Vampire
Heavenly Days
The Judge Steps Out
The Underworld Story
A Place in the Sun
Never Wave at a WAC
Casanova's Big Night
Foxfire
Flame of the Islands
The Eddy Duchin Story
The She-Creature
Darby's Rangers
Senior Prom
Juke Box Rhythm
The Alligator People
The Crowded Sky
References [ edit ]
^ Elaine Inescourt profile , gsarchive.net. Accessed May 13, 2023.
^ a b "Frieda Inescort Coming to City; a Varied Career" . Wilkes-Barre Times Leader . Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre. The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News. 9 April 1924. p. 4 . Retrieved 31 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hale, Marian (26 May 1922). "Could You Fill Two Jobs? This Girl Can -- She Acts Nights, Writes by Day" . Times Herald . New York, Olean. Times Herald. p. 22 . Retrieved 30 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ a b Maurel, Mabel (30 April 1922). "Viscount Astor's Former Secretary Now Actress in "Truth About Bladys" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . New York, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 47 . Retrieved 30 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "An Unaffected Movie Actress" . The Hutchinson News . Kansas, Hutchinson. The Hutchinson News. 14 August 1936. p. 5 . Retrieved 31 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Frieda Inescort profile" . ibdb.com . Retrieved 1 February 2016 .
^ "Frieda Inescort - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie" . AllMovie .
^ "Pride and Prejudice (1940) - Robert Z. Leonard - Cast and Crew - AllMovie" . AllMovie .
^ "Call It a Day (1937) - Archie Mayo - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie" . AllMovie .
^ "Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Journalist (1961) - John English - Cast and Crew - AllMovie" . AllMovie .
^ "Writer Redman Takes Own Life" . Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. 3 August 1961. p. 9 . Retrieved 31 January 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ben Ray Redman: The Greenwich Village Bookshop Door" . norman.hrc.utexas.edu .
^ "Books by Ben Ray Redman (Author of The Works of Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels)" . www.goodreads.com .
^ Kear, Lynn; King, James (21 November 2012). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook ISBN 9780786454686
^ "Elaine Inescort" . gsarchive.net .
^ "Frieda Inescort - Classic Monsters" . 30 March 2015.
^ "Frieda Inescort" . 15 July 2001. Archived from the original on 15 July 2001.
^ "Frieda Inescort" . IMDb.
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