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Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918–March
6, 2005) was an United States|American
actor|actress who was nominated for three Academy
Awards in her first three movies.

Wright was born in Harlem, New York City and grew
up in Maplewood, New Jersey. During her years at
Columbia High School, she became seriously
interested in acting and spent her summers working
in Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown
theater productions. Following her high school
graduation in 1938, she returned to New York and
was hired to understudy the role of Emily (Dorothy
McGuire and later Martha Scott) in Thornton
Wilder's Our Town. She took over the role when
Martha Scott went to Hollywood to make the film
version of the play. 

In the fall of 1939, she appeared in Life with
Father, playing the role of Mary Skinner for two
years. It was there that she was discovered by a
talent scout hired by Samuel Goldwyn to find a
young actress for the role of Bette Davis'
daughter in the 1941 in film|1941 adaptation of
Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes.  She was
immediately signed to a five-year Hollywood
contract but asserted her seriousness as an
actress. Her contract was unique by Hollywood
standards because it contained the following
clause:

:The aforementioned Teresa Wright shall not be
required to pose for photographs in a bathing suit
unless she is in the water. Neither may she be
photographed running on the beach with her hair
flying in the wind. Nor may she pose in any of the
following situations: In shorts, playing with a
cocker spaniel; digging in a garden; whipping up a
meal; attired in firecrackers and holding
skyrockets for the July 4|Fourth of July; looking
insinuatingly at a turkey for Thanksgiving;
wearing a bunny cap with long ears for Easter;
twinkling on prop snow in a skiing outfit while a
fan blows her scarf; assuming an athletic stance
while pretending to hit something with a bow and
arrow...

After earning an Academy Award nomination for The
Little Foxes, Wright appeared as the wife of Lou
Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees and then as Greer
Garson's daughter-in-law in Mrs. Miniver. She
received two Academy Award nominations that year,
for Lead Actress (for Pride of the Yankees) and
winning the award for Supporting Actress (Mrs.
Miniver). 

In 1943 in film|1943 in the film Shadow of a
Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, she played
the innocent girl who discovered that her beloved
uncle was a murderer.  Other notable films include
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946 in film|1946)
and The Men (1950 in film|1950).

Wright rebelled against the United States v.
Paramount Pictures, Inc.|studio system of the
time; When Samuel Goldwyn fired her, citing her
refusal to publicize a film, she expressed no
regret about losing her $5000/week contract:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/08/obit.
wright.ap/
:The type of contract between players and
producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and
abstract in concept. ... We have no privacies
which producers cannot invade, they trade us like
cattle, boss us like children. 

After 1959 she worked mainly in television and on
the stage. She was nominated for Emmy Award|Emmys
in 1957 in television|1957 for The Miracle Worker
and in 1960 in television|1960 for The Margaret
Bourke-White Story. She was in the 1975 Broadway
theatre|Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman.  

Her more recent movie appearances included a major
role in Somewhere in Time (movie)|Somewhere in
Time and the role of Miss Birdie in John Grisham's
The Rainmaker in 1997 in film|1997.

Wright was married to writer Niven Busch from
1942-1952; they had two children. She married
playright Robert Anderson in 1959; they later
divorced but remarried again. 

She died of a heart attack at Yale-New Haven
Hospital in Connecticut.

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
one for motion pictures at 1658 Vine Street and
one for television at 6405 Hollywood Blvd.

==Academy Awards and nominations==
*1943 - Won Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Mrs.
Miniver
*1943 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Pride
of the Yankees
*1942 -  Nominated Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting
Role - The Little Foxes

== External links ==
*imdb name|id=0942863|name=Teresa Wright
*ibdb name|id=65730|name=Teresa Wright
*http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/08/obit
.wright.ap/ An obituary from Associated Press via
CNN

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Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918–March
6, 2005) was an United States|American
actor|actress who was nominated for three Academy
Awards in her first three movies.

Wright was born in Harlem, New York City and grew
up in Maplewood, New Jersey. During her years at
Columbia High School, she became seriously
interested in acting and spent her summers working
in Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown
theater productions. Following her high school
graduation in 1938, she returned to New York and
was hired to understudy the role of Emily (Dorothy
McGuire and later Martha Scott) in Thornton
Wilder's Our Town. She took over the role when
Martha Scott went to Hollywood to make the film
version of the play. 

In the fall of 1939, she appeared in Life with
Father, playing the role of Mary Skinner for two
years. It was there that she was discovered by a
talent scout hired by Samuel Goldwyn to find a
young actress for the role of Bette Davis'
daughter in the 1941 in film|1941 adaptation of
Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes.  She was
immediately signed to a five-year Hollywood
contract but asserted her seriousness as an
actress. Her contract was unique by Hollywood
standards because it contained the following
clause:

:The aforementioned Teresa Wright shall not be
required to pose for photographs in a bathing suit
unless she is in the water. Neither may she be
photographed running on the beach with her hair
flying in the wind. Nor may she pose in any of the
following situations: In shorts, playing with a
cocker spaniel; digging in a garden; whipping up a
meal; attired in firecrackers and holding
skyrockets for the July 4|Fourth of July; looking
insinuatingly at a turkey for Thanksgiving;
wearing a bunny cap with long ears for Easter;
twinkling on prop snow in a skiing outfit while a
fan blows her scarf; assuming an athletic stance
while pretending to hit something with a bow and
arrow...

After earning an Academy Award nomination for The
Little Foxes, Wright appeared as the wife of Lou
Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees and then as Greer
Garson's daughter-in-law in Mrs. Miniver. She
received two Academy Award nominations that year,
for Lead Actress (for Pride of the Yankees) and
winning the award for Supporting Actress (Mrs.
Miniver). 

In 1943 in film|1943 in the film Shadow of a
Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, she played
the innocent girl who discovered that her beloved
uncle was a murderer.  Other notable films include
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946 in film|1946)
and The Men (1950 in film|1950).

Wright rebelled against the United States v.
Paramount Pictures, Inc.|studio system of the
time; When Samuel Goldwyn fired her, citing her
refusal to publicize a film, she expressed no
regret about losing her $5000/week contract:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/08/obit.
wright.ap/
:The type of contract between players and
producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and
abstract in concept. ... We have no privacies
which producers cannot invade, they trade us like
cattle, boss us like children. 

After 1959 she worked mainly in television and on
the stage. She was nominated for Emmy Award|Emmys
in 1957 in television|1957 for The Miracle Worker
and in 1960 in television|1960 for The Margaret
Bourke-White Story. She was in the 1975 Broadway
theatre|Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman.  

Her more recent movie appearances included a major
role in Somewhere in Time (movie)|Somewhere in
Time and the role of Miss Birdie in John Grisham's
The Rainmaker in 1997 in film|1997.

Wright was married to writer Niven Busch from
1942-1952; they had two children. She married
playright Robert Anderson in 1959; they later
divorced but remarried again. 

She died of a heart attack at Yale-New Haven
Hospital in Connecticut.

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
one for motion pictures at 1658 Vine Street and
one for television at 6405 Hollywood Blvd.

==Academy Awards and nominations==
*1943 - Won Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Mrs.
Miniver
*1943 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Pride
of the Yankees
*1942 -  Nominated Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting
Role - The Little Foxes

== External links ==
*imdb name|id=0942863|name=Teresa Wright
*ibdb name|id=65730|name=Teresa Wright
*http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/08/obit
.wright.ap/ An obituary from Associated Press via
CNN

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Muriel Teresa Wright (October 27, 1918–March
6, 2005) was an United States|American
actor|actress who was nominated for three Academy
Awards in her first three movies.

Wright was born in Harlem, New York City and grew
up in Maplewood, New Jersey. During her years at
Columbia High School, she became seriously
interested in acting and spent her summers working
in Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown
theater productions. Following her high school
graduation in 1938, she returned to New York and
was hired to understudy the role of Emily (Dorothy
McGuire and later Martha Scott) in Thornton
Wilder's Our Town. She took over the role when
Martha Scott went to Hollywood to make the film
version of the play. 

In the fall of 1939, she appeared in Life with
Father, playing the role of Mary Skinner for two
years. It was there that she was discovered by a
talent scout hired by Samuel Goldwyn to find a
young actress for the role of Bette Davis'
daughter in the 1941 in film|1941 adaptation of
Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes.  She was
immediately signed to a five-year Hollywood
contract but asserted her seriousness as an
actress. Her contract was unique by Hollywood
standards because it contained the following
clause:

:The aforementioned Teresa Wright shall not be
required to pose for photographs in a bathing suit
unless she is in the water. Neither may she be
photographed running on the beach with her hair
flying in the wind. Nor may she pose in any of the
following situations: In shorts, playing with a
cocker spaniel; digging in a garden; whipping up a
meal; attired in firecrackers and holding
skyrockets for the July 4|Fourth of July; looking
insinuatingly at a turkey for Thanksgiving;
wearing a bunny cap with long ears for Easter;
twinkling on prop snow in a skiing outfit while a
fan blows her scarf; assuming an athletic stance
while pretending to hit something with a bow and
arrow...

After earning an Academy Award nomination for The
Little Foxes, Wright appeared as the wife of Lou
Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees and then as Greer
Garson's daughter-in-law in Mrs. Miniver. She
received two Academy Award nominations that year,
for Lead Actress (for Pride of the Yankees) and
winning the award for Supporting Actress (Mrs.
Miniver). 

In 1943 in film|1943 in the film Shadow of a
Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, she played
the innocent girl who discovered that her beloved
uncle was a murderer.  Other notable films include
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946 in film|1946)
and The Men (1950 in film|1950).

Wright rebelled against the United States v.
Paramount Pictures, Inc.|studio system of the
time; When Samuel Goldwyn fired her, citing her
refusal to publicize a film, she expressed no
regret about losing her $5000/week contract:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/08/obit.
wright.ap/
:The type of contract between players and
producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and
abstract in concept. ... We have no privacies
which producers cannot invade, they trade us like
cattle, boss us like children. 

After 1959 she worked mainly in television and on
the stage. She was nominated for Emmy Award|Emmys
in 1957 in television|1957 for The Miracle Worker
and in 1960 in television|1960 for The Margaret
Bourke-White Story. She was in the 1975 Broadway
theatre|Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman.  

Her more recent movie appearances included a major
role in Somewhere in Time (movie)|Somewhere in
Time and the role of Miss Birdie in John Grisham's
The Rainmaker in 1997 in film|1997.

Wright was married to writer Niven Busch from
1942-1952; they had two children. She married
playright Robert Anderson in 1959; they later
divorced but remarried again. 

She died of a heart attack at Yale-New Haven
Hospital in Connecticut.

She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
one for motion pictures at 1658 Vine Street and
one for television at 6405 Hollywood Blvd.

==Academy Awards and nominations==
*1943 - Won Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Mrs.
Miniver
*1943 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Pride
of the Yankees
*1942 -  Nominated Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting
Role - The Little Foxes

== External links ==
*imdb name|id=0942863|name=Teresa Wright
*ibdb name|id=65730|name=Teresa Wright
*http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/08/obit
.wright.ap/ An obituary from Associated Press via
CNN