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Terry Moore

Terry Moore

Birthday: 1929-01-07 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles - California - USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2016
Aimy in a Cage

as    Grandma Micry

2015
Mansion of Blood

as    Natalie

2007
The Still Life

as    Mrs. Stratford

2006
Kill Your Darlings

as    Ella Toscana

1998
Second Chances

as    Dallas Judd

1987
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

as    Mrs. McCormack

1985
Hellhole

as    Sidnee Hammond

1978
Death Dimension

as    Madam Maria

1972
The Daredevil

as    Julie Thompson

1967
A Man Called Dagger

as    Harper Davis

1966
Waco

as    Dolly

1965
Black Spurs

as    Anna Elkins

1965
Town Tamer

as    Susan Tavenner

1962
Empire

as    Connie Garrett

1960
Why Must I Die

as    Lois King

1959
Cast a Long Shadow

as    Janet Calvert

1957
Peyton Place

as    Betty Anderson

1956
Portrait of Alison

as    Alison Ford

1956
Between Heaven and Hell

as    Jenny Gifford

1955
Shack Out on 101

as    Kotty

1955
Daddy Long Legs

as    Linda Pendleton

1953
King of the Khyber Rifles

as    Susan Maitland

1953
Man on a Tightrope

as    Tereza Cernik

1952
Come Back, Little Sheba

as    Marie Buckholder

1951
The Barefoot Mailman

as    Adie Titus

1951
Two of a Kind

as    Kathy McIntyre

1950
He's a Cockeyed Wonder

as    Judy Sears

1950
The Great Rupert

as    Rosalinda Amendola

1949
Mighty Joe Young

as    Jill Young