Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 7, 1929
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Terry Moore
Biography
Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood | Herself |
| 2023 | Merrily | Betty Clurman |
| 2022 | Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black | Lady in Black |
| 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self |
| 2020 | Frank and Ava | Self |
| 2015 | Aimy in a Cage | Grandma Micry |
| 2015 | Mansion of Blood | Natalie |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Self |
| 2012 | Margarine Wars | Miriam Cuningham |
| 2007 | The Still Life | Mrs. Stratford |
| 2006 | Kill Your Darlings | Ella Toscana |
| 2005 | Buzz | |
| 2003 | Rita | Self |
| 2000 | Stageghost | Olive |
| 2000 | Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies | Self |
| 1999 | Final Voyage | Christina |
| 1998 | Second Chances | Dallas Judd |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Elegant Woman at Party |
| 1996 | Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach | Self |
| 1991 | Marilyn and Me | Woman at Hyde's Funeral |
| 1989 | Beverly Hills Brats | Veronica |
| 1989 | Going Overboard | Mistress |
| 1989 | Hoodwinked | Sally |
| 1987 | W.A.R.: Women Against Rape | Mrs. McCormack |
| 1985 | Hellhole | Sidnee Hammond |
| 1983 | Do It Debbie's Way | Self |
| 1978 | Death Dimension | Madam Maria |
| 1976 | Smash-Up on Interstate 5 | Trudy |
| 1972 | The Daredevil | Julie Thompson |
| 1971 | Mean Justice | Connie Garrett |
| 1970 | The Weird World of Weird | |
| 1970 | Quarantined | Martha Atkinson |
| 1968 | A Man Called Dagger | Harper Davis |
| 1966 | Waco | Dolly |
| 1965 | City of Fear | Suzan |
| 1965 | Town Tamer | Susan Tavenner |
| 1965 | Black Spurs | Anna Elkins |
| 1960 | Why Must I Die | Lois King |
| 1960 | Platinum High School | Jennifer Evans |
| 1959 | Cast a Long Shadow | Janet Calvert |
| 1959 | A Private's Affair | Louise Wright |
| 1957 | Peyton Place | Betty Anderson |
| 1957 | Bernardine | Jean Cantrick |
| 1956 | Between Heaven and Hell | Jenny Gifford |
| 1956 | No Right to Kill | Lisa |
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs | Linda Pendleton |
| 1955 | Shack Out on 101 | Kotty |
| 1955 | Portrait of Alison | Alison Ford |
| 1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Gwyneth Rhys |
| 1953 | King of the Khyber Rifles | Susan Maitland |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope | Tereza Cernik |
| 1952 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Marie Buckholder |
| 1951 | Two of a Kind | Kathy McIntyre |
| 1951 | Sunny Side of the Street | Betty Holloway |
| 1951 | The Barefoot Mailman | Adie Titus |
| 1950 | Gambling House | Lynn Warren |
| 1950 | The Great Rupert | Rosalinda Amendola |
| 1950 | He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Judy Sears |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Jill Young |
| 1948 | The Return of October | Terry Ramsey |
| 1948 | Summer Holiday | Hatcheck Girl (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Devil On Wheels | Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford) |
| 1947 | Heartaches | Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Shadowed | Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford) |
| 1945 | Son of Lassie | Thea (as Helen Koford) |
| 1945 | The Clock | Girl at Museum (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Paula Alquist, age 14 (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Refugee Child on Train (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Sweet and Low-Down | Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited) |
| 1943 | True to Life | Little Girl (uncredited) |
| 1942 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | On the Sunny Side | Schoolgirl (uncredited) |
| 1942 | My Gal Sal | Carrie Dreiser (uncredited) |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Choir Member (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Neighbor Girl (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Maryland | Linda - Age 10 (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | True Detective | Lilly Hill |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Florence |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Molly Friedrich |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Emily Armor |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Mrs. Clark |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | |
| 1966 | Batman | Venus |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Sarah Kingston |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Nikki Manners |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Felice Knight |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Alma Wilson |
| 1962 | Empire | Connie Garrett |
| 1962 | Empire | Connie |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Dallas Storm |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Janice Dutton |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Lydia Yates |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Ann Winslow |
| 1954 | Climax! | Rosa |
| 1954 | Climax! | Chris |
| 1954 | Climax! | Julie |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Evvy Jeffers |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | Studio One | Annabelle |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |