Terry Moore
Acting
- Born:
- 1929-01-07
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Merrily
Sinatra! Eternity
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Frank and Ava
Aimy in a Cage
Mansion of Blood
Tab Hunter Confidential
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
True Detective
Margarine Wars
The Still Life
Kill Your Darlings
Buzz
Rita
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Stageghost
Final Voyage
Mighty Joe Young
Second Chances
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Marilyn and Me
Hoodwinked
Beverly Hills Brats
Going Overboard
Wiseguy
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
True Confessions
Hellhole
Murder, She Wrote
Do It Debbie's Way
Knight Rider
Matt Houston
Death Dimension
The Love Boat
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Paesano
The Daredevil
Mean Justice
Quarantined
The Weird World of Weird
A Man Called Dagger
Lionpower from MGM
Waco
Batman
City of Fear
Town Tamer
Black Spurs
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Burke's Law
Empire
The Virginian
The Mike Douglas Show
My Three Sons
Why Must I Die
Platinum High School
The Rebel
Bonanza
Cast a Long Shadow
A Private's Affair
Rawhide
Peyton Place
The Clouded Image
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Bernardine
Between Heaven and Hell
No Right to Kill
Shack Out on 101
Portrait of Alison
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Daddy Long Legs
Climax!
King of the Khyber Rifles
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Man on a Tightrope
Come Back, Little Sheba
General Electric Theater
The Ford Television Theatre
The Barefoot Mailman
Sunny Side of the Street
Two of a Kind
Gambling House
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Great Rupert
What's My Line?
Mighty Joe Young
Studio One
The Return of October
The Ed Sullivan Show
Summer Holiday
Heartaches
The Devil On Wheels
Shadowed
The Clock
Son of Lassie
Sweet and Low-Down
Since You Went Away
Gaslight
True to Life
A-Haunting We Will Go
My Gal Sal
On the Sunny Side
One Foot in Heaven
The Howards of Virginia
Maryland
All About Alfred