Terry Moore
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 7, 1929 (age 97)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 109
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
Filmography
Merrily
2027Movie
Betty Clurman
Sinatra! Eternity
2025Movie
Self
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
2024Movie
Herself
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023Movie
Lady in Black
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021Movie
Self - (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021Movie
Self
Frank and Ava
2018Movie
Self
Aimy in a Cage
2015Movie
Grandma Micry
Mansion of Blood
2015Movie
Natalie
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015Movie
Self
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014Movie
Self
True Detective
2014TV
Lilly Hill
Margarine Wars
2012Movie
Miriam Cuningham
The Still Life
2007Movie
Mrs. Stratford
Kill Your Darlings
2006Movie
Ella Toscana
Buzz
2005Movie
Rita
2003Movie
Self
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000Movie
Self
Stageghost
2000Movie
Olive
Final Voyage
1999Movie
Christina
Mighty Joe Young
1998Movie
Elegant Woman at Party
Second Chances
1998Movie
Dallas Judd
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996Movie
Self
Marilyn and Me
1991Movie
Woman at Hyde's Funeral
Hoodwinked
1989Movie
Sally
Beverly Hills Brats
1989Movie
Veronica
Going Overboard
1989Movie
Mistress
Wiseguy
1987TV
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987Movie
Mrs. McCormack
True Confessions
1986TV
Hellhole
1985Movie
Sidnee Hammond
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Florence
Do It Debbie's Way
1983Movie
Self
Knight Rider
1982TV
Molly Friedrich
Matt Houston
1982TV
Emily Armor
Death Dimension
1978Movie
Madam Maria
The Love Boat
1977TV
Mrs. Clark
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976Movie
Trudy
Paesano
1975Movie
Self
The Daredevil
1972Movie
Julie Thompson
Mean Justice
1971Movie
Connie Garrett
Quarantined
1970Movie
Martha Atkinson
The Weird World of Weird
1970Movie
A Man Called Dagger
1968Movie
Harper Davis
Lionpower from MGM
1967Movie
Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Waco
1966Movie
Dolly
Batman
1966TV
Venus
City of Fear
1965Movie
Suzan
Town Tamer
1965Movie
Susan Tavenner
Black Spurs
1965Movie
Anna Elkins
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
Burke's Law
1963TV
Sarah Kingston, Nikki Manners, Felice Knight
Empire
1962TV
Connie Garrett, Connie
The Virginian
1962TV
Alma Wilson
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
My Three Sons
1960TV
Why Must I Die
1960Movie
Lois King
Platinum High School
1960Movie
Jennifer Evans
The Rebel
1959TV
Janice Dutton
Bonanza
1959TV
Lydia Yates
Cast a Long Shadow
1959Movie
Janet Calvert
A Private's Affair
1959Movie
Louise Wright
Rawhide
1959TV
Dallas Storm
Peyton Place
1957Movie
Betty Anderson
The Clouded Image
1957Movie
Eleanor
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957TV
Self
Bernardine
1957Movie
Jean Cantrick
Between Heaven and Hell
1956Movie
Jenny Gifford
No Right to Kill
1956Movie
Lisa
Shack Out on 101
1955Movie
Kotty
Portrait of Alison
1955Movie
Alison Ford
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Ann Winslow
Daddy Long Legs
1955Movie
Linda Pendleton
Climax!
1954TV
Rosa, Chris, Julie
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953Movie
Susan Maitland
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953Movie
Gwyneth Rhys
Man on a Tightrope
1953Movie
Tereza Cernik
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953Movie
Marie Buckholder
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Evvy Jeffers
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Susan Randall
The Barefoot Mailman
1951Movie
Adie Titus
Sunny Side of the Street
1951Movie
Betty Holloway
Two of a Kind
1951Movie
Kathy McIntyre
Gambling House
1950Movie
Lynn Warren
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950Movie
Judy Sears
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
The Great Rupert
1950Movie
Rosalinda Amendola
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Mighty Joe Young
1949Movie
Jill Young
Studio One
1948TV
Annabelle
The Return of October
1948Movie
Terry Ramsey
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Summer Holiday
1948Movie
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Heartaches
1947Movie
Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
The Devil On Wheels
1947Movie
Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
Shadowed
1946Movie
Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
The Clock
1945Movie
Girl at Museum (uncredited)
Son of Lassie
1945Movie
Thea (as Helen Koford)
Sweet and Low-Down
1944Movie
Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
1944Movie
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Gaslight
1944Movie
Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
True to Life
1943Movie
Little Girl (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942Movie
Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
My Gal Sal
1942Movie
Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
On the Sunny Side
1942Movie
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1941Movie
Choir Member (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia
1940Movie
Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Maryland
1940Movie
Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
All About Alfred
Movie
Self