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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 7, 1929
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Helen Luella Koford
- Jan Ford
- Judy Ford
- Helen Koford
Terry Moore
0.6 Popularity
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
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Herself
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
2024
0.0
Betty Clurman
Merrily
2023
3.0
Lady in Black
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2022
4.0
Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
5.1
Self
Frank and Ava
2020
4.7
Grandma Micry
Aimy in a Cage
2015
3.0
Natalie
Mansion of Blood
2015
7.5
Self
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
8.3
Lilly Hill
True Detective
2014
0.0
Miriam Cuningham
Margarine Wars
2012
Credits
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The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
as Herself
2024
0.0
Merrily
as Betty Clurman
2023
0.0
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
as Lady in Black
2022
3.0
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self
2021
4.0
Frank and Ava
as Self
2020
5.1
Aimy in a Cage
as Grandma Micry
2015
4.7
Mansion of Blood
as Natalie
2015
3.0
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Self
2014
7.5
True Detective
as Lilly Hill
2014
8.3
Margarine Wars
as Miriam Cuningham
2012
0.0
The Still Life
as Mrs. Stratford
2007
3.0
Kill Your Darlings
as Ella Toscana
2006
5.8
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Buzz
2005
0.0
Rita
as Self
2003
8.5
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Self
2000
0.0
Stageghost
as Olive
2000
6.0
Final Voyage
as Christina
1999
3.8
Mighty Joe Young
as Elegant Woman at Party
1998
6.3
Second Chances
as Dallas Judd
1998
7.7
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self
1996
7.0
Marilyn and Me
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
1991
6.1
Hoodwinked
as Sally
1989
6.3
Beverly Hills Brats
as Veronica
1989
5.0
Going Overboard
as Mistress
1989
2.3
Wiseguy
1987
6.5
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
as Mrs. McCormack
1987
3.1
Hellhole
as Sidnee Hammond
1985
4.9
Murder, She Wrote
as Florence
1984
7.5
Do It Debbie's Way
as Self
1983
0.0
Knight Rider
as Molly Friedrich
1982
7.5
Matt Houston
as Emily Armor
1982
6.2
Death Dimension
as Madam Maria
1978
4.3
The Love Boat
as Mrs. Clark
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.3
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Trudy
1976
5.4
The Daredevil
as Julie Thompson
1972
6.0
Mean Justice
as Connie Garrett
1971
7.0
Quarantined
as Martha Atkinson
1970
5.0
The Weird World of Weird
1970
7.0
A Man Called Dagger
as Harper Davis
1968
6.0
Waco
as Dolly
1966
6.4
Batman
as Venus
1966
7.3
City of Fear
as Suzan
1965
8.5
Town Tamer
as Susan Tavenner
1965
6.4
Black Spurs
as Anna Elkins
1965
6.1
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Burke's Law
as Sarah Kingston
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Nikki Manners
1963
6.0
Burke's Law
as Felice Knight
1963
6.0
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Empire
as Connie Garrett
1962
6.8
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Empire
as Connie
1962
6.8
The Virginian
as Alma Wilson
1962
6.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Why Must I Die
as Lois King
1960
5.0
Platinum High School
as Jennifer Evans
1960
6.0
The Rebel
as Janice Dutton
1959
5.1
Bonanza
as Lydia Yates
1959
7.5
Cast a Long Shadow
as Janet Calvert
1959
6.4
A Private's Affair
as Louise Wright
1959
1.0
Rawhide
as Dallas Storm
1959
7.2
Peyton Place
as Betty Anderson
1957
6.7
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Bernardine
as Jean Cantrick
1957
7.0
Between Heaven and Hell
as Jenny Gifford
1956
5.9
No Right to Kill
as Lisa
1956
0.0
Shack Out on 101
as Kotty
1955
5.9
Portrait of Alison
as Alison Ford
1955
6.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Ann Winslow
1955
5.4
Daddy Long Legs
as Linda Pendleton
1955
6.3
Climax!
as Rosa
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Chris
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Julie
1954
3.3
King of the Khyber Rifles
as Susan Maitland
1953
5.7
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Gwyneth Rhys
1953
5.9
Man on a Tightrope
as Tereza Cernik
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Evvy Jeffers
1953
6.3
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Marie Buckholder
1952
7.4
The Barefoot Mailman
as Adie Titus
1951
4.0
Sunny Side of the Street
as Betty Holloway
1951
6.0
Two of a Kind
as Kathy McIntyre
1951
6.7
Gambling House
as Lynn Warren
1950
6.1
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
as Judy Sears
1950
3.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Great Rupert
as Rosalinda Amendola
1950
5.6
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Mighty Joe Young
as Jill Young
1949
6.3
Studio One
as Annabelle
1948
5.0
The Return of October
as Terry Ramsey
1948
5.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Summer Holiday
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
1948
4.9
Heartaches
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
1947
4.5
The Devil On Wheels
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
1947
4.3
Shadowed
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
1946
6.0
The Clock
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
1945
7.2
Son of Lassie
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
1945
6.0
Sweet and Low-Down
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
1944
5.2
Since You Went Away
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Gaslight
as Paula Alquist, age 14 (uncredited)
1944
7.5
True to Life
as Little Girl (uncredited)
1943
6.0
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
1942
6.0
My Gal Sal
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
1942
5.8
On the Sunny Side
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
1942
6.0
One Foot in Heaven
as Choir Member (uncredited)
1941
6.6
The Howards of Virginia
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Maryland
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
1940
6.2