Terry Moore

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1929-01-07 (95 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Helen Luella Koford, Jan Ford, Judy Ford, Helen Koford

Terry Moore

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

Actor

2023
Merrily

as Betty Clurman

2020
2015
Aimy in a Cage

as Grandma Micry

2015
Mansion of Blood

as Natalie

2014
True Detective

as Lilly Hill

2012
Margarine Wars

as Miriam Cuningham

2007
The Still Life

as Mrs. Stratford

2006
Kill Your Darlings

as Ella Toscana

2005
2003
Rita

as Self

2000
Final Voyage

as Christina

2000
Stageghost

as Olive

1998
Mighty Joe Young

as Elegant Woman at Party

1998
Second Chances

as Dallas Judd

1991
Marilyn and Me

as Woman at Hyde's Funeral

1989
Hoodwinked

as Sally

1989
1989
Going Overboard

as Mistress

1987
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

as Mrs. McCormack

1985
Hellhole

as Sidnee Hammond

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Florence

1983
1982
Knight Rider

as Molly Friedrich

1978
Death Dimension

as Madam Maria

1977
The Love Boat

as Mrs. Clark

1972
The Daredevil

as Julie Thompson

1971
Mean Justice

as Connie Garrett

1970
Quarantined

as Martha Atkinson

1968
A Man Called Dagger

as Harper Davis

1966
Waco

as Dolly

1966
Batman

as Venus

1965
City of Fear

as Suzan

1965
Town Tamer

as Susan Tavenner

1965
Black Spurs

as Anna Elkins

1963
Burke's Law

as Sarah Kingston

1963
Burke's Law

as Nikki Manners

1963
Burke's Law

as Felice Knight

1962
Empire

as Connie Garrett

1962
Empire

as Connie

1962
The Virginian

as Alma Wilson

1960
Why Must I Die

as Lois King

1960
Platinum High School

as Jennifer Evans

1959
Cast a Long Shadow

as Janet Calvert

1959
A Private's Affair

as Louise Wright

1959
The Rebel

as Janice Dutton

1959
Bonanza

as Lydia Yates

1959
Rawhide

as Dallas Storm

1957
Peyton Place

as Betty Anderson

1957
Bernardine

as Jean Cantrick

1956
Between Heaven and Hell

as Jenny Gifford

1956
1955
1955
Portrait of Alison

as Alison Ford

1955
Daddy Long Legs

as Linda Pendleton

1955
1954
Climax!

as Rosa

1954
Climax!

as Chris

1954
Climax!

as Julie

1953
King of the Khyber Rifles

as Susan Maitland

1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

as Gwyneth Rhys

1953
Man on a Tightrope

as Tereza Cernik

1953
General Electric Theater

as Evvy Jeffers

1952
Come Back, Little Sheba

as Marie Buckholder

1951
The Barefoot Mailman

as Adie Titus

1951
Sunny Side of the Street

as Betty Holloway

1951
Two of a Kind

as Kathy McIntyre

1950
Gambling House

as Lynn Warren

1950
1950
The Great Rupert

as Rosalinda Amendola

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Mighty Joe Young

as Jill Young

1948
The Return of October

as Terry Ramsey

1948
Summer Holiday

as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

1948
Studio One

as Annabelle

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)

1947
Heartaches

as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)

1947
The Devil On Wheels

as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)

1946
Shadowed

as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)

1945
The Clock

as Girl at Museum (uncredited)

1945
Son of Lassie

as Thea (as Helen Koford)

1944
Sweet and Low-Down

as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)

1944
Since You Went Away

as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)

1944
Gaslight

as Paula Alquist, age 14 (uncredited)

1943
True to Life

as Little Girl (uncredited)

1942
A-Haunting We Will Go

as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)

1942
My Gal Sal

as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)

1942
On the Sunny Side

as Schoolgirl (uncredited)

1941
One Foot in Heaven

as Choir Member (uncredited)

1940
The Howards of Virginia

as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)

1940
Maryland

as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)

Producer

Writer

1989
Beverly Hills Brats

as Original Story