Terry Moore
Acting
Born: January 7, 1929 (age 97) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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
True Detective
2014
Knight Rider
1982
Mighty Joe Young
1998
Batman
1966
Gaslight
1944
Bonanza
1959
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Love Boat
1977
Going Overboard
1989
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Daddy Long Legs
1955
Peyton Place
1957
Photos (3)
Movies (68)
Mighty Joe Young
Elegant Woman at Party
Gaslight
Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Jill Young
Kill Your Darlings
Ella Toscana
Come Back, Little Sheba
Marie Buckholder
Going Overboard
Mistress
Daddy Long Legs
Linda Pendleton
Peyton Place
Betty Anderson
Two of a Kind
Kathy McIntyre
Death Dimension
Madam Maria
The Clock
Girl at Museum (uncredited)
King of the Khyber Rifles
Susan Maitland
A-Haunting We Will Go
Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Final Voyage
Christina
Between Heaven and Hell
Jenny Gifford
Beverly Hills Brats
Veronica
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Gwyneth Rhys
The Howards of Virginia
Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Hellhole
Sidnee Hammond
Son of Lassie
Thea (as Helen Koford)
Black Spurs
Anna Elkins
Hoodwinked
Sally
City of Fear
Suzan
Town Tamer
Susan Tavenner
Man on a Tightrope
Tereza Cernik
Gambling House
Lynn Warren
Cast a Long Shadow
Janet Calvert
The Still Life
Mrs. Stratford
One Foot in Heaven
Choir Member (uncredited)
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
Lady in Black
The Great Rupert
Rosalinda Amendola
Portrait of Alison
Alison Ford
Waco
Dolly
True to Life
Little Girl (uncredited)
Mansion of Blood
Natalie
My Gal Sal
Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
Second Chances
Dallas Judd
Maryland
Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
Shack Out on 101
Kotty
The Barefoot Mailman
Adie Titus
Marilyn and Me
Woman at Hyde's Funeral
The Return of October
Terry Ramsey
Buzz
2005
Summer Holiday
Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Bernardine
Jean Cantrick
On the Sunny Side
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Heartaches
Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
A Man Called Dagger
Harper Davis
Sunny Side of the Street
Betty Holloway
The Daredevil
Julie Thompson
Margarine Wars
Miriam Cuningham
Platinum High School
Jennifer Evans
Aimy in a Cage
Grandma Micry
The Devil On Wheels
Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
Mean Justice
Connie Garrett
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Judy Sears
A Private's Affair
Louise Wright
Shadowed
Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
Stageghost
Olive
The Weird World of Weird
1970
Why Must I Die
Lois King
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Trudy
Quarantined
Martha Atkinson
No Right to Kill
Lisa
Sweet and Low-Down
Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
Mrs. McCormack
Merrily
Betty Clurman
TV Shows (23)
The Love Boat
Mrs. Clark · 1 eps
The Love Boat
1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Florence · 1 eps
True Detective
Lilly Hill · 1 eps
Bonanza
Lydia Yates · 1 eps
Knight Rider
Molly Friedrich · 1 eps
The Virginian
Alma Wilson · 1 eps
Batman
Venus · 3 eps
My Three Sons
1 eps
Climax!
Rosa · 1 eps
Climax!
Chris · 1 eps
Climax!
Julie · 1 eps
Rawhide
Dallas Storm · 1 eps
Studio One
Annabelle · 1 eps
Wiseguy
1 eps
Burke's Law
Sarah Kingston · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Nikki Manners · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Felice Knight · 1 eps
Matt Houston
Emily Armor · 1 eps
The Rebel
Janice Dutton · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Ann Winslow · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Susan Randall · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Evvy Jeffers · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Self
Paesano
Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self
Rita
Self
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Self
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self
Frank and Ava
Self
Do It Debbie's Way
Self
Sinatra! Eternity
Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
