Frieda Inescort

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Frieda Inescort born Frieda Wrightman 29 June 1901 26 February 1976 was a Scottishborn actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Cowards play Hay Fever on Broadway She also played the shingled lady in John Galsworthys 1927 Broadway production Escape Inescorts 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 19271928 Napi 1931 Companys Coming 1931 Springtime for Henry 19311932 When Ladies Meet 1933 False Dreams Farewell 1934 Lady Jane 1934 Soldiers Wife 19441945 The Mermaids Singing 19451946 and You Never Can Tell 1948 Frieda Wrightman adopted her mothers 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 Youll 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Frieda Inescort licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia