Biography
Muriel Teresa Wright was an American actress. She won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carol Beldon in Mrs. Miniver. She was nominated for the same award in 1941 for her debut work in The Little Foxes. Also in 1942, she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Pride of the Yankees, opposite Gary Cooper. She is also known for her performances in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943), and in William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Wright received five Photoplay Awards, two National Board of Review Awards, and two Hollywood Walk of Fame Stars for her contributions to motion pictures and television.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1943
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1942 · nominated
Filmography35 titles
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Best Years of Our Lives
Picket Fences
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Murder, She Wrote
Somewhere in Time
Bonanza
Shadow of a Doubt
The Little Foxes
The Pride of the Yankees
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Mrs. Miniver
The Rainmaker
The Men
Something to Live For
Four Star Playhouse
Enchantment
The Ed Sullivan Show
Lux Video Theatre
The Actress
Letter to Loretta
The Steel Trap
Pursued
Casanova Brown
The Exorcist III
The Love Boat
The Capture
The Happy Ending
The Golden Honeymoon
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Track of the Cat
The Good Mother
The Miracle on 34th Street
Roseland
California Conquest