Terry Moore (actress)
Terry Moore (born January 7, 1929 in Los Angeles , California ; actually Helen Luella Koford ) is an American actress .
Live and act
Her career as an actress began the former child model at the age of 11 years, in the film when she 1940 Maryland by Henry King took a small role. Until the end of the 1940s, she was mainly seen in other small supporting roles. In 1942 she acted in the comedy Dick and Doof on a secret mission and two years later she played the role of young Paula Alquist in Das Haus der Lady Alquist, where she appeared under her real name Helen Koford , as well as Jan Ford and Judy Ford . In 1948 Moore took on her first lead role in the film comedy A Horse Called October and chose Terry Moore as her stage name. One year later, her most famous film to date, Panik um King Kong, was made . For her role in Return to Little Sheba , she was nominated for an Oscar in 1953 for Best Supporting Actress. In the 1950s and 1960s she was seen in numerous films such as A Man on a Wire , Daddy Long Legs , Embers under the Ashes and Black Spurs .
Increasingly, Moore also took on roles on television, for example in 1967 in three episodes of the television series Batman . With the beginning of the 1970s, her appearances became less frequent, in this decade she was involved in only five productions. In the 1980s, she was a guest star on television series such as Knight Rider and made some B-movies such as American Boyfriends . During this time she also founded the cosmetics company Moore's More and, in 1984, at the age of 55, retired for Playboy . To this day she is active as an actress, especially for television series and independent films. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Private life
Terry Moore was married a total of six times, including the American football player Glenn Davis (1951-1952). The marriage with Stuart Cramer, which lasted from 1959 to 1972, resulted in two children, including their son Grant Cramer , who also switched to acting.
According to her own statement, she was the secret wife of Howard Hughes from 1949 until his death in 1976 . A divorce would never have taken place. About this relationship she published the two books The Beauty and the Billionaire (1984) and The Passions of Howard Hughes (1996). Moore's claim of marriage to Hughes is controversial, but her longstanding relationship with him is secure.
Filmography (selection)
- 1940: Maryland
- 1940: The Howards of Virginia
- 1942: The Queen of Broadway (My Gal Sal)
- 1942: Dick and Doof on a secret mission (A-Haunting We Will Go)
- 1944: Lady Alquist's house (Gaslight)
- 1944: Since You Went Away (Since You Went Away)
- 1944: Sweet and Low-Down
- 1945: Vacation for Love (The Clock)
- 1948: A horse named October (The Return of October)
- 1949: Panic for King Kong (Mighty Joe Young)
- 1950: The Christmas Wish (The Great Rupert)
- 1950: End of the line murder (Gambling House)
- 1952: Come Back, Little Sheba (Come Back, Little Sheba)
- 1953: A man on a Wire (Man on a Tightrope)
- 1953: The Höllenriff (Beneath the 12-Mile Reef)
- 1953: The Captain of Peshawar (King of the Khyber Rifles)
- 1955: Daddy Longlegs (Daddy Long Legs)
- 1956: Baptism of Fire (Between Heaven and Hell)
- 1957: Embers under the ashes (Peyton Place)
- 1959: Fight Without Mercy (Cast a Long Shadow)
- 1960: Naked greed for life (Why Must I Die?)
- 1962–1963: Empire (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 1965: Black spores (Black Spurs)
- 1965: Sharp kisses for Mike Forster (City of Fear)
- 1966: Wyoming-Bravados (Waco)
- 1967: Batman (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1970: Bonanza (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1978: The Lone Fighter (Death Dimension)
- 1980/1984: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1983: Knight Rider (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1983: Matt Houston (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1983: Psycho-Killer (Double Exposure)
- 1989: Adam Sandler's Love Boat (Going Overboard)
- 1989: American Boyfriends
- 1991: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1998: My great friend Joe (Mighty Joe Young)
- 1999: Cruise ship on death course (Final Voyage)
- 2006: Kill Your Darlings
- 2014: True Detective (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2016: Ray Donovan (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2018: Saving Flora
Web links
- Terry Moore at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- Biography from Baseline's Encyclopedia of Film at theoscarsite.com (English)
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SURNAME | Moore, Terry |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koford, Helen Luella (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , USA |