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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).
The roles that explain the career.
40 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Crowded Sky | Mrs. Mitchell | Film |
| 1959 | The Alligator People | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | Film |
| 1959 | Juke Box Rhythm | Aunt Margaret | Film |
| 1958 | Senior Prom | Mrs. Sherridan | Film |
| 1956 | The She-Creature | Mrs. Chappel | Film |
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Edith Wadsworth | Film |
| 1955 | Flame of the Islands | Evelyn Hammond | Film |
| 1955 | Foxfire | Mrs. Lawrence | Film |
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Signora Di Gambetta | Film |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Lily Mae Gorham | Film |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Mrs. Ann Vickers | Film |
| 1950 | The Underworld Story | Mrs. Eldridge | Film |
| 1944 | Heavenly Days | Ettie Clark | Film |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Karen Holliday | Film |
| 1943 | The Return of the Vampire | Lady Jane Ainsley | Film |
| 1943 | Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain | Narrator | Film |
| 1942 | The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Olivia Nesbit | Film |
| 1942 | Street of Chance | Alma Diedrich | Film |
| 1942 | Sweater Girl | Mrs. Menard | Film |
| 1941 | Shadows on the Stairs | Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage | Film |
| 1941 | Sunny | Elizabeth Warren | Film |
| 1941 | You'll Never Get Rich | Mrs. Julia Cortland | Film |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Mrs. Dewey Roberts | Film |
| 1941 | Father's Son | Ruth Emory | Film |
| 1940 | Convicted Woman | Attorney Mary Ellis | Film |
| 1940 | The Letter | Dorothy Joyce | Film |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice | Miss Caroline Bingley | Film |
| 1939 | Tarzan Finds a Son! | Mrs. Lancing | Film |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking | Flora Barton-Williams | Film |
| 1937 | Call It a Day | Dorothy Hilton | Film |
| 1937 | Another Dawn | Grace Roark | Film |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Mrs. Philips | Film |
| 1937 | Portia on Trial | Portia Merriman | Film |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Mary Beaton | Film |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | Rosamond Melford | Film |
| 1936 | The Garden Murder Case | Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston | Film |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Alice Winslow | Film |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Princess Helena | Film |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Evelyn Fletcher | Film |
| 1935 | The Dark Angel | Ann West | Film |
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