Terry Moore
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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
Credits
Mighty Joe Young (1998)
as Elegant Woman at Party
Gaslight (1944)
as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Jill Young
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
Going Overboard (1989)
as Mistress
Peyton Place (1957)
as Betty Anderson
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
as Tereza Cernik
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Linda Pendleton
Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
as Janet Calvert
The Clock (1945)
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
as Trudy
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
as Gwyneth Rhys
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies (2021)
as Self - (archive footage)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Marie Buckholder
Two of a Kind (1951)
as Kathy McIntyre
Death Dimension (1978)
as Madam Maria
Do It Debbie's Way (1983)
as Self
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
as Susan Maitland
Frank and Ava (2018)
as Self
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self
Waco (1966)
as Dolly
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! (2021)
as Self
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
as Jenny Gifford
Hoodwinked (1989)
as Sally
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
as Self
Shack Out on 101 (1955)
as Kotty
Town Tamer (1965)
as Susan Tavenner
My Gal Sal (1942)
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
Kill Your Darlings (2006)
as Ella Toscana
Rita (2003)
as Self
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black (2023)
as Lady in Black
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Choir Member (uncredited)
A Private's Affair (1959)
as Louise Wright
On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape (1987)
as Mrs. McCormack
Portrait of Alison (1955)
as Alison Ford
The Return of October (1948)
as Terry Ramsey
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bernardine (1957)
as Jean Cantrick
Black Spurs (1965)
as Anna Elkins
Maryland (1940)
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
All About Alfred (—)
as Self
Final Voyage (1999)
as Christina
Son of Lassie (1945)
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
The Great Rupert (1950)
as Rosalinda Amendola
Merrily (2027)
as Betty Clurman
True to Life (1943)
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Sinatra! Eternity (2025)
as Self
Marilyn and Me (1991)
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Paesano (1975)
as Self
Aimy in a Cage (2015)
as Grandma Micry
Second Chances (1998)
as Dallas Judd
Buzz (2005)
Actor
The Devil On Wheels (1947)
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
Summer Holiday (1948)
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
as Betty Holloway
Hellhole (1985)
as Sidnee Hammond
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
as Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (2000)
as Self
Why Must I Die (1960)
as Lois King
The Weird World of Weird (1970)
Actor
A Man Called Dagger (1968)
as Harper Davis
He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950)
as Judy Sears
Mansion of Blood (2015)
as Natalie
Gambling House (1950)
as Lynn Warren
The Still Life (2007)
as Mrs. Stratford
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
as Veronica
No Right to Kill (1956)
as Lisa
Quarantined (1970)
as Martha Atkinson
The Clouded Image (1957)
as Eleanor
Mean Justice (1971)
as Connie Garrett
Heartaches (1947)
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
Margarine Wars (2012)
as Miriam Cuningham
Stageghost (2000)
as Olive
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
as Adie Titus
Shadowed (1946)
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood (2024)
as Herself
The Daredevil (1972)
as Julie Thompson
City of Fear (1965)
as Suzan
Platinum High School (1960)
as Jennifer Evans