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#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, 86, US actress.

After seeing Helen Hayes on stage in 1936, she began acting in school plays. She later understudied Dorothy McGuire and Martha Scott in Wilder's Our Town. She was OscarNom in her film debut The Little Foxes, 1941 with #BetteDavis

#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, 86, US actress.

The Little Foxes (1941 OscarNom) * Mrs Miniver* Pride of the Yankees (OscarNom) * #Hitchcock Shadow of a Doubt * Best Years of Our Lives * Pursued * Enchantment * The Men (Marlon Brando's film debut) * Something to Live For

#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, US actress.

"I know you don't tell people a lot of things. I have the feeling inside you somewhere, there's something nobody knows about - and I'll find it out."

"It's not good to find out too much Charlie."

#Hitchcock Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, 86, US actress.

The Steel Trap * Count the Hours * The Actress * Track of the Cat * Search for Bridey Murphy * Escapade in Japan * The Restless Years (1958) * Hail, Hero! (1969) * Happy Ending * Roseland * Somewhere in Time * The Rainmaker (1997)

#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, US actress.

Her arrival in Hollywood caused a stir, not because of her fame, but for an unprecedented clause MGM agreed to in her contract:

"Miss Wright shall not be required to pose for photographs in a bathing suit unless she is in water." 1/3

#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, US actress.

"Neither may she be photographed running on the beach with her hair flying in the wind. Nor may she pose in any of the following situations: in shorts; playing with a cocker spaniel; digging in a garden, or 'whipping' up a meal." 2/3

#BOTD 1918 – 2005 Teresa Wright, US actress.

"Attired in firecrackers, holding skyrockets for 4th of July, looking insinuatingly at the Thanksgiving turkey; wearing a bunny cap with long ears for Easter; twinkling on prop snow in a skiing outfit while a fan blows her scarf." 3/3