Frieda Inescort
Inescort Frieda ( born June 29, 1901 in Edinburgh, Scotland, † February 26, 1976 in Los Angeles, California ) was a Scottish actress.
Life
Frieda Inescort was born in 1901 as the daughter of actress Elaine Inescort and the journalist John Wrightman. After their schooling Inescort first worked in an office until they met by chance Lady Nancy Astor, the wife of the secretary of the then British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Lady Astor turned Inescort as a consultant. In 1919, she traveled with Lady Astor to America and announced just before returning to London her job to stay at their now living in New York mother. Inescort again found work in an office and established contacts to Broadway. In 1922 she played her first small role in the play The Truth about Blayd 's - so successful that their next engagement was the lead role in Phillip Barry's production You and I. Other acclaimed performances followed. In 1926 she married Ben Ray Redman, a former colleague.
In 1927, she starred opposite Leslie Howard in Escape, in the season 1928/1929 she went with co-star George Arliss and the play The Merchant of Venice on tour. In the early 1930s got their man then a lucrative job offer, the film company Universal Pictures. Together, the couple moved to California. 1935 was followed - after a commitment at the Los Angeles theater - the first supporting role in the movie The Dark Angel. In 1936, she starred in Call it a Day on the side of Olivia de Havilland. Inescort played now more common cold upper-class women, such as Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice alongside Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy. In 1944, she returned to Broadway and played back successfully Theater. From 1950 Inescort was also a regular guest on television, including the then-popular shows Thriller and The Millionaire.
During the filming of The Crowded Sky in 1960 Inescort suffered various dizziness and disorientation. Shortly thereafter, multiple sclerosis was diagnosed. In 1961, her illness became worse and her husband committed suicide. From the mid- 1960s Inescort was confined to a wheelchair and was committed to full-time for the American National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Died in 1976 Inescort in a nursing home in Los Angeles.