Terry Moore
Acting
Born: 1929-01-07 in 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
True Detective
Lilly Hill
Knight Rider
Molly Friedrich
Mighty Joe Young
Elegant Woman at Party
Batman
Venus
Gaslight
Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
Bonanza
Lydia Yates
Murder, She Wrote
Florence
The Love Boat
Mrs. Clark
The Love Boat
Going Overboard
Mistress
Mighty Joe Young
Jill Young
Peyton Place
Betty Anderson
Daddy Long Legs
Linda Pendleton
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self
Since You Went Away
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
The Clock
Girl at Museum (uncredited)
Rawhide
Dallas Storm
Come Back, Little Sheba
Marie Buckholder
A-Haunting We Will Go
Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
My Three Sons
Wiseguy
Between Heaven and Hell
Jenny Gifford
Man on a Tightrope
Tereza Cernik
The Virginian
Alma Wilson
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Gwyneth Rhys
Hellhole
Sidnee Hammond
The Great Rupert
Rosalinda Amendola
What's My Line?
Self
Matt Houston
Emily Armor
Death Dimension
Madam Maria
One Foot in Heaven
Choir Member (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Son of Lassie
Thea (as Helen Koford)
Shack Out on 101
Kotty
Second Chances
Dallas Judd
Black Spurs
Anna Elkins
Final Voyage
Christina
Portrait of Alison
Alison Ford
Aimy in a Cage
Grandma Micry