Terry Moore

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-01-07 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Terry Moore

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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • True Detective

    True Detective

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Knight Rider

    Knight Rider

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Marilyn and Me

    Marilyn and Me

  • A-Haunting We Will Go

    A-Haunting We Will Go

  • Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

  • Going Overboard

    Going Overboard

  • Why Must I Die

    Why Must I Die

  • The Howards of Virginia

    The Howards of Virginia

  • Between Heaven and Hell

    Between Heaven and Hell

  • Since You Went Away

    Since You Went Away

  • Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

    Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

  • City of Fear

    City of Fear

  • Town Tamer

    Town Tamer

  • Sinatra! Eternity

    Sinatra! Eternity

  • Second Chances

    Second Chances

  • Gaslight

    Gaslight

  • One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in Heaven

  • Mean Justice

    Mean Justice

  • The Return of October

    The Return of October

  • My Gal Sal

    My Gal Sal

  • Final Voyage

    Final Voyage

  • Smash-Up on Interstate 5

    Smash-Up on Interstate 5

  • Empire

    Empire

  • Empire

    Empire

  • Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young

  • Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

  • W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

    W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

  • Summer Holiday

    Summer Holiday

  • Maryland

    Maryland

  • No Right to Kill

    No Right to Kill

  • Peyton Place

    Peyton Place

  • The Daredevil

    The Daredevil

  • Shack Out on 101

    Shack Out on 101

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • The Clock

    The Clock

  • The Barefoot Mailman

    The Barefoot Mailman

  • Come Back, Little Sheba

    Come Back, Little Sheba

  • Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black

    Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black

  • Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young

  • True to Life

    True to Life

  • Hellhole

    Hellhole

  • The Still Life

    The Still Life

  • Heartaches

    Heartaches

  • The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

  • Bernardine

    Bernardine

  • Waco

    Waco

  • Death Dimension

    Death Dimension

  • Kill Your Darlings

    Kill Your Darlings

  • Quarantined

    Quarantined

  • King of the Khyber Rifles

    King of the Khyber Rifles

  • Shadowed

    Shadowed

  • Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

    Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

  • Do It Debbie's Way

    Do It Debbie's Way

  • Platinum High School

    Platinum High School

  • A Man Called Dagger

    A Man Called Dagger

  • Frank and Ava

    Frank and Ava

  • Black Spurs

    Black Spurs

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Son of Lassie

    Son of Lassie

  • Beverly Hills Brats

    Beverly Hills Brats

  • Aimy in a Cage

    Aimy in a Cage

  • On the Sunny Side

    On the Sunny Side

  • Man on a Tightrope

    Man on a Tightrope

  • He's a Cockeyed Wonder

    He's a Cockeyed Wonder

  • Hoodwinked

    Hoodwinked

  • Sunny Side of the Street

    Sunny Side of the Street

  • Margarine Wars

    Margarine Wars

  • The Devil On Wheels

    The Devil On Wheels

  • Stageghost

    Stageghost

  • Sweet and Low-Down

    Sweet and Low-Down

  • Rita

    Rita

  • Gambling House

    Gambling House

  • A Private's Affair

    A Private's Affair

  • The Weird World of Weird

    The Weird World of Weird

  • Cast a Long Shadow

    Cast a Long Shadow

  • Mansion of Blood

    Mansion of Blood

  • The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood

    The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood

  • Portrait of Alison

    Portrait of Alison

  • Buzz

    Buzz

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM

  • Merrily

    Merrily

  • Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

    Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

  • Two of a Kind

    Two of a Kind