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Frieda Inescort was a Scottish-born actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Coward's play Hay Fever on Broadway. She also played the shingled lady in John Galsworthy's 1927 Broadway production Escape.
Birth Name
Frieda Wrightman
Born
Saturday, 29 June 1901
Died
Thursday, 26 February 1976
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Lady Jane Ainsley | 2007 |
| Horrible Horror | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne, In clips from 'The Alligator People' / Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' | 1986 |
| The Tab Hunter Show | Grandmother | 1960 |
| Thriller | De Chantenay's Mother | 1960 |
| The Crowded Sky | Mrs. Mitchell | 1960 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Charity LeGrande | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Varina Davis | 1959 |
| The Alligator People | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne - Henry's Wife / Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | 1959 |
| Juke Box Rhythm | Aunt Margaret | 1959 |
| Senior Prom | Mrs. Sherridan | 1958 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Lady Jane Ainsley | 2007 |
| Horrible Horror | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne, In clips from 'The Alligator People' / Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne in 'The Alligator People' | 1986 |
| The Tab Hunter Show | Grandmother | 1960 |
| Thriller | De Chantenay's Mother | 1960 |
| The Crowded Sky | Mrs. Mitchell | 1960 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Charity LeGrande | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Varina Davis | 1959 |
| The Alligator People | Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne - Henry's Wife / Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne | 1959 |
| Juke Box Rhythm | Aunt Margaret | 1959 |
| Senior Prom | Mrs. Sherridan | 1958 |
| Darby's Rangers | Lady Hollister | 1958 |
| Perry Mason | Hope Quentin | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Antoinette Creston | 1957 |
| The She-Creature | Mrs. Chappel | 1956 |
| The Eddy Duchin Story | Edith Wadsworth | 1956 |
| Flame of the Islands | Evelyn Hammond | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Helen Gould | 1955 |
| Foxfire | Mrs. Lawrence | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Regina | 1955 |
| Climax! | Martha Hale | 1954 |
| December Bride | Miss Prudhomme | 1954 |
| The Lone Wolf | Mrs. Folsom | 1954 |
| Casanova's Big Night | Signora Di Gambetta | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Emily Van Buren | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Mabel | 1953 |
| The Ray Milland Show | Mother | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Marian Rutledge | 1953 |
| Never Wave at a WAC | Lily Mae Gorham | 1953 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Miss Proctor | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Mrs. Andrew Tack | 1951 |
| A Place in the Sun | Mrs. Ann Vickers | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Robbins / Louise | 1950 |
| The Underworld Story | Mrs. Eldridge | 1950 |
| The Judge Steps Out | Evelyn Bailey | 1947 |
| The Return of the Vampire | Lady Jane Ainsley | 1943 |
| The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 1943 |
| Mission to Moscow | Madame Molotov | 1943 |
| It Comes Up Love | Portia Winthrop | 1943 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Karen Holliday | 1943 |
| Street of Chance | Alma Diedrich | 1942 |
| Sweater Girl | Mrs. Menard | 1942 |
| The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Olivia Nesbit | 1942 |
| Remember the Day | Mrs. Dewey Roberts | 1941 |
| You'll Never Get Rich | Mrs. Julia Cortland | 1941 |
| Sunny | Elizabeth Warren | 1941 |
| Shadows on the Stairs | Mrs. Stella Armitage / Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage | 1941 |
| The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mrs. Wayne | 1941 |
| Father's Son | Ruth Emory | 1941 |
| The Letter | Dorothy Joyce | 1940 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Miss Bingley / Miss Caroline Bingley | 1940 |
| Convicted Woman | Attorney Mary Ellis | 1940 |
| A Woman Is the Judge | Mary Cabot | 1939 |
| Tarzan Finds a Son! | Mrs. August Lancing / Mrs. Lancing | 1939 |
| The Zero Hour | Linda Marsh | 1939 |
| Beauty for the Asking | Flora Barton-Williams | 1939 |
| Woman Doctor | Dr. Judith Randall Graeme | 1939 |
| Portia on Trial | Portia Merriman | 1937 |
| Another Dawn | Grace Roark | 1937 |
| Call It a Day | Dorothy Hilton | 1937 |
| The Great O'Malley | Mrs. Phillips / Mrs. Philips | 1937 |
| Give Me Your Heart | Rosamond Melford | 1936 |
| Hollywood Boulevard | Alice Winslow | 1936 |
| Mary of Scotland | Mary Beaton | 1936 |
| The King Steps Out | Princess Helena | 1936 |
| The Garden Murder Case | Mrs. Fenwicke-Ralston / Mrs. Madge Fenwicke-Ralston | 1936 |
| If You Could Only Cook | Evelyn Fletcher | 1935 |
| The Dark Angel | Ann West | 1935 |
