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Birth Name: Muriel Teresa Wright

Born: 27 October 1918 Died: 6 March 2005

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 3"


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Description: Acting career In autumn 1939, Wright began a two-year appearance in the stage play Life with Father, playing the role of Mary Skinner. It was there that she was discovered by Samuel Goldwyn, who came to see her in the show she had been appearing in for almost a year. Goldwyn would later recall his first encounter with her backstage: Miss Wright was seated at her dressing table, and looked for all the world like a little girl experimenting with her mother's cosmetics. I had discovered in her from the first sight, you might say, an unaffected genuineness and appeal. ”Goldwyn immediately hired the young actress for th ... (more)
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" 1943 - WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role TERESA WRIGHT as Carol Beldon in MRS. MINIVER 1942 | dir: William Wyler "


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" YEAR: 1943 (15th Academy Awards) Best Actress in a Leading Role TERESA WRIGHT as Eleanor Gehrig in THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES 1942 | dir: Sam Wood Best Actress in a Supporting Role TERESA WRIGHT as Aunt Belle Massey in MRS. MINIVER 1942 | dir: William Wyler Wright won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress that year, for her performance in Mrs. Miniver. "


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" MURIEL TERESA WRIGHTBorn: 27 October 1918Movies: 1941-1997Died: 6 March 2005"


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"Muriel Teresa Wright(1918-2005)"