Birth Day: 1929-01-07
Place of birth: 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).
Credits
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As Betty Clurman
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As Lady in Black
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As Self
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As Grandma Micry
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As Natalie
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As Self
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As Mrs. Stratford
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As Ella Toscana
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As Self
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As Self
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As Olive
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As Christina
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As Dallas Judd
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As Elegant Woman at Party
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As Self
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As Woman at Hyde's Funeral
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As Veronica
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As Sally
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As Mistress
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As Mrs. McCormack
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As Sidnee Hammond
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As Self
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As Madam Maria
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As Trudy
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As Julie Thompson
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As Connie Garrett
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As Martha Atkinson
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As Harper Davis
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As Dolly
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As Susan Tavenner
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As Suzan
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As Anna Elkins
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As Lois King
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As Jennifer Evans
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As Janet Calvert
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As Louise Wright
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As Jean Cantrick
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As Betty Anderson
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As Lisa
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As Jenny Gifford
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As Linda Pendleton
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As Kotty
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As Alison Ford
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As Tereza Cernik
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As Susan Maitland
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As Gwyneth Rhys
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As Marie Buckholder
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As Kathy McIntyre
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As Adie Titus
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As Betty Holloway
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As Rosalinda Amendola
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As Judy Sears
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As Lynn Warren
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As Jill Young
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As Terry Ramsey
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As Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
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As Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
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As Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
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As Thea (as Helen Koford)
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As Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
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As Paula Alquist, age 14 (uncredited)
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As Little Girl (uncredited)
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As Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
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As Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
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As Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
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As (uncredited)