Terry Moore
Acting
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
Acting107
movieMerrily
2023
Betty Clurman
movieSilent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
Lady in Black
movieTitans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
Self - (archive footage)
movieAimy in a Cage
2015
Grandma Micry
movieMansion of Blood
2015
Natalie
tvTrue Detective
2014
Lilly Hill
movieMargarine Wars
2012
Miriam Cuningham
movieThe Still Life
2007
Mrs. Stratford
movieKill Your Darlings
2006
Ella Toscana
movieRita
2003
Self
movieStageghost
2000
Olive
movieFinal Voyage
1999
Christina
movieMighty Joe Young
1998
Elegant Woman at Party
movieSecond Chances
1998
Dallas Judd
movieMarilyn and Me
1991
Woman at Hyde's Funeral
movieHoodwinked
1989
Sally
movieBeverly Hills Brats
1989
Veronica
movieGoing Overboard
1989
Mistress
movieW.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987
Mrs. McCormack
movieHellhole
1985
Sidnee Hammond
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Florence
tvKnight Rider
1982
Molly Friedrich
tvMatt Houston
1982
Emily Armor
movieDeath Dimension
1978
Madam Maria
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Mrs. Clark
moviePaesano
1975
Self
movieThe Daredevil
1972
Julie Thompson
movieMean Justice
1971
Connie Garrett
movieQuarantined
1970
Martha Atkinson
movieA Man Called Dagger
1968
Harper Davis
movieLionpower from MGM
1967
Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieWaco
1966
Dolly
tvBatman
1966
Venus
movieTown Tamer
1965
Susan Tavenner
movieBlack Spurs
1965
Anna Elkins
tvBurke's Law
1963
Sarah Kingston / Nikki Manners / Felice Knight
Empire
1962
Connie Garrett / Connie
tvThe Virginian
1962
Alma Wilson
movieWhy Must I Die
1960
Lois King
moviePlatinum High School
1960
Jennifer Evans
tvThe Rebel
1959
Janice Dutton
tvBonanza
1959
Lydia Yates
movieCast a Long Shadow
1959
Janet Calvert
movieA Private's Affair
1959
Louise Wright
tvRawhide
1959
Dallas Storm
moviePeyton Place
1957
Betty Anderson
movieBernardine
1957
Jean Cantrick
movieBetween Heaven and Hell
1956
Jenny Gifford
moviePortrait of Alison
1955
Alison Ford
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Ann Winslow
movieDaddy Long Legs
1955
Linda Pendleton
tvClimax!
1954
Rosa / Chris / Julie
movieKing of the Khyber Rifles
1953
Susan Maitland
movieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
Gwyneth Rhys
movieMan on a Tightrope
1953
Tereza Cernik
movieCome Back, Little Sheba
1953
Marie Buckholder
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Evvy Jeffers
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
Susan Randall
movieThe Barefoot Mailman
1951
Adie Titus
movieSunny Side of the Street
1951
Betty Holloway
movieTwo of a Kind
1951
Kathy McIntyre
movieGambling House
1950
Lynn Warren
movieHe's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950
Judy Sears
movieThe Great Rupert
1950
Rosalinda Amendola
movieMighty Joe Young
1949
Jill Young
tvStudio One
1948
Annabelle
movieThe Return of October
1948
Terry Ramsey
movieSummer Holiday
1948
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
movieHeartaches
1947
Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
movieThe Devil On Wheels
1947
Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
movieShadowed
1946
Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
movieThe Clock
1945
Girl at Museum (uncredited)
movieSon of Lassie
1945
Thea (as Helen Koford)
movieSweet and Low-Down
1944
Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
movieSince You Went Away
1944
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
movieGaslight
1944
Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
movieTrue to Life
1943
Little Girl (uncredited)
movieA-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
movieMy Gal Sal
1942
Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
movieOn the Sunny Side
1942
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
movieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
Choir Member (uncredited)
movieThe Howards of Virginia
1940
Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
movieMaryland
1940
Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
Production2
movieBeverly Hills Brats
1989
Producer
Writing1
movieBeverly Hills Brats
1989
Original Story