Terry Moore
Acting
1929-01-07 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
Filmography
Sinatra! Eternity
2025 · Movie
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
2024 · Movie
Merrily
2023 · Movie
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023 · Movie
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021 · Movie
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 · Movie
Frank and Ava
2018 · Movie
Aimy in a Cage
2015 · Movie
Mansion of Blood
2015 · Movie
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Movie
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 · Movie
True Detective
2014 · Series
Margarine Wars
2012 · Movie
The Still Life
2007 · Movie
Kill Your Darlings
2006 · Movie
Buzz
2005 · Movie
Rita
2003 · Movie
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000 · Movie
Stageghost
2000 · Movie
Final Voyage
1999 · Movie
Mighty Joe Young
1998 · Movie
Second Chances
1998 · Movie
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996 · Movie
Marilyn and Me
1991 · Movie
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989 · Series
Hoodwinked
1989 · Movie
Beverly Hills Brats
1989 · Movie
Going Overboard
1989 · Movie
Wiseguy
1987 · Series
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987 · Movie
Hellhole
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Do It Debbie's Way
1983 · Movie
Knight Rider
1982 · Series
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Death Dimension
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976 · Movie
Paesano
1975 · Movie
The Daredevil
1972 · Movie
Mean Justice
1971 · Movie
Quarantined
1970 · Movie
The Weird World of Weird
1970 · Movie
A Man Called Dagger
1968 · Movie
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Movie
Waco
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
City of Fear
1965 · Movie
Town Tamer
1965 · Movie
Black Spurs
1965 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
Empire
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
My Three Sons
1960 · Series
Why Must I Die
1960 · Movie
Platinum High School
1960 · Movie
The Rebel
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Cast a Long Shadow
1959 · Movie
A Private's Affair
1959 · Movie
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Peyton Place
1957 · Movie
The Clouded Image
1957 · Movie
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Series
Bernardine
1957 · Movie
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 · Movie
No Right to Kill
1956 · Movie
Shack Out on 101
1955 · Movie
Portrait of Alison
1955 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Daddy Long Legs
1955 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Movie
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Movie
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · Movie
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
The Barefoot Mailman
1951 · Movie
Sunny Side of the Street
1951 · Movie
Two of a Kind
1951 · Movie
Gambling House
1950 · Movie
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950 · Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
The Great Rupert
1950 · Movie
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Return of October
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Summer Holiday
1948 · Movie
Heartaches
1947 · Movie
The Devil On Wheels
1947 · Movie
Shadowed
1946 · Movie
The Clock
1945 · Movie
Son of Lassie
1945 · Movie
Sweet and Low-Down
1944 · Movie
Since You Went Away
1944 · Movie
Gaslight
1944 · Movie
True to Life
1943 · Movie
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · Movie
My Gal Sal
1942 · Movie
On the Sunny Side
1942 · Movie
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Movie
The Howards of Virginia
1940 · Movie
Maryland
1940 · Movie