
Acting
Born January 7, 1929 · 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).
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
2024

Merrily
2023

Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021

Frank and Ava
2020

Aimy in a Cage
2015

Mansion of Blood
2015

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014

Margarine Wars
2012

The Still Life
2007

Kill Your Darlings
2006

Buzz
2005

Rita
2003

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000

Stageghost
2000

Final Voyage
1999

Mighty Joe Young
1998

Second Chances
1998

Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996

Marilyn and Me
1991

Hoodwinked
1989

Beverly Hills Brats
1989

Going Overboard
1989

W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987

Hellhole
1985

Do It Debbie's Way
1983

Death Dimension
1978

Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976

The Daredevil
1972

Mean Justice
1971

Quarantined
1970

The Weird World of Weird
1970

A Man Called Dagger
1968

Lionpower from MGM
1967

Waco
1966

City of Fear
1965

Town Tamer
1965

Black Spurs
1965

Why Must I Die
1960

Platinum High School
1960

Cast a Long Shadow
1959

A Private's Affair
1959

Peyton Place
1957

Bernardine
1957

Between Heaven and Hell
1956

No Right to Kill
1956

Shack Out on 101
1955

Portrait of Alison
1955

Daddy Long Legs
1955

King of the Khyber Rifles
1953

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953

Man on a Tightrope
1953

Come Back, Little Sheba
1953

The Barefoot Mailman
1951

Sunny Side of the Street
1951

Two of a Kind
1951

Gambling House
1950

He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950

The Great Rupert
1950

Mighty Joe Young
1949

The Return of October
1948

Summer Holiday
1948

Heartaches
1947

The Devil On Wheels
1947

Shadowed
1946

The Clock
1945

Son of Lassie
1945

Sweet and Low-Down
1944

Since You Went Away
1944

Gaslight
1944

True to Life
1943

A-Haunting We Will Go
1942

My Gal Sal
1942

On the Sunny Side
1942

One Foot in Heaven
1941

The Howards of Virginia
1940

Maryland
1940