Terry Moore
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).
Films (78)
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