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Frieda Inescort
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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 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).
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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| 1986 | Horrible Horror | Actor | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' | 59 Average |
| 1960 | The Crowded Sky | Actor | Mrs. Mitchell | 58 Average |
| 1959 | Juke Box Rhythm | Actor | Aunt Margaret | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Alligator People | Actor | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | 58 Average |
| 1958 | Senior Prom | Actor | Mrs. Sherridan | 59 Average |
| 1956 | The She-Creature | Actor | Mrs. Chappel | 57 Average |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Actor | Edith Wadsworth | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Actor | Evelyn Hammond | 58 Average |
| 1955 | Foxfire | Actor | Mrs. Lawrence | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Actor | Signora Di Gambetta | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Meet Corliss Archer | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Actor | Lily Mae Gorham | 58 Average |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Actor | Mrs. Ann Vickers | 65 Fair |
| 1950 | The Underworld Story | Actor | Mrs. Eldridge | 59 Average |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Actor | Evelyn Bailey | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Heavenly Days | Actor | Ettie Clark | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | The Return of the Vampire | Actor | Lady Jane Ainsley | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Actor | Madame Molotov (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | It Comes Up Love | Actor | Portia Winthrop | 58 Average |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Actor | Karen Holliday | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1942 | Street of Chance | Actor | Alma Diedrich | 58 Average |
| 1942 | Sweater Girl | Actor | Mrs. Menard | 58 Average |
| 1942 | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Actor | Olivia Nesbit | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Actor | Mrs. Dewey Roberts | 59 Average |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Actor | Mrs. Julia Cortland | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Sunny | Actor | Elizabeth Warren | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Shadows on the Stairs | Actor | Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage | 58 Average |
| 1941 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Actor | Mrs. Wayne | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Father's Son | Actor | Ruth Emory | 58 Average |
| 1940 | The Letter | Actor | Dorothy Joyce | 63 Fair |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice | Actor | Miss Caroline Bingley | 61 Fair |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman | Actor | Attorney Mary Ellis | 58 Average |
| 1939 | A Woman is the Judge | Actor | Mary Cabot | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Tarzan Finds a Son! | Actor | Mrs. Lancing | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Zero Hour | Actor | Linda Marsh | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking | Actor | Flora Barton-Williams | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Woman Doctor | Actor | Dr. Judith Randall Graeme | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Portia on Trial | Actor | Portia Merriman | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Another Dawn | Actor | Grace Roark | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Call It a Day | Actor | Dorothy Hilton | 59 Average |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Actor | Mrs. Philips | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | Actor | Rosamond Melford | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Actor | Alice Winslow | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Actor | Mary Beaton | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Actor | Princess Helena | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Garden Murder Case | Actor | Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston | 58 Average |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Actor | Evelyn Fletcher | 59 Average |
| 1935 | The Dark Angel | Actor | Ann West | 59 Average |