Terry Moore

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

109

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

  • True Detective

    True Detective

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Knight Rider

    Knight Rider

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • The Rebel

    The Rebel

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

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

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

  • Smash-Up on Interstate 5

    Smash-Up on Interstate 5

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • A-Haunting We Will Go

    A-Haunting We Will Go

  • Why Must I Die

    Why Must I Die

  • Second Chances

    Second Chances

  • The Clock

    The Clock

  • Bernardine

    Bernardine

  • Cast a Long Shadow

    Cast a Long Shadow

  • Summer Holiday

    Summer Holiday

  • Sinatra! Eternity

    Sinatra! Eternity

  • Heartaches

    Heartaches

  • W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

    W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

  • Shadowed

    Shadowed

  • Gaslight

    Gaslight

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

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

  • Waco

    Waco

  • Black Spurs

    Black Spurs

  • Hoodwinked

    Hoodwinked

  • Going Overboard

    Going Overboard

  • Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

  • Final Voyage

    Final Voyage

  • Death Dimension

    Death Dimension

  • Hellhole

    Hellhole

  • The Daredevil

    The Daredevil

  • Quarantined

    Quarantined

  • Maryland

    Maryland

  • Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young

  • Town Tamer

    Town Tamer

  • Empire

    Empire

  • Empire

    Empire

  • Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

  • Mighty Joe Young

    Mighty Joe Young

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • Aimy in a Cage

    Aimy in a Cage

  • Come Back, Little Sheba

    Come Back, Little Sheba

  • Since You Went Away

    Since You Went Away

  • Portrait of Alison

    Portrait of Alison

  • Stageghost

    Stageghost

  • The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

  • Gambling House

    Gambling House

  • Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black

    Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black

  • Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

    Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

  • King of the Khyber Rifles

    King of the Khyber Rifles

  • The Return of October

    The Return of October

  • Man on a Tightrope

    Man on a Tightrope

  • Frank and Ava

    Frank and Ava

  • City of Fear

    City of Fear

  • No Right to Kill

    No Right to Kill

  • True to Life

    True to Life

  • Marilyn and Me

    Marilyn and Me

  • Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

    Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

  • Son of Lassie

    Son of Lassie

  • Beverly Hills Brats

    Beverly Hills Brats

  • The Still Life

    The Still Life

  • Rita

    Rita

  • Platinum High School

    Platinum High School

  • The Howards of Virginia

    The Howards of Virginia

  • My Gal Sal

    My Gal Sal

  • A Man Called Dagger

    A Man Called Dagger

  • A Private's Affair

    A Private's Affair

  • Kill Your Darlings

    Kill Your Darlings

  • The Weird World of Weird

    The Weird World of Weird

  • Shack Out on 101

    Shack Out on 101

  • One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in Heaven

  • On the Sunny Side

    On the Sunny Side

  • Sunny Side of the Street

    Sunny Side of the Street

  • Sweet and Low-Down

    Sweet and Low-Down

  • The Barefoot Mailman

    The Barefoot Mailman

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • He's a Cockeyed Wonder

    He's a Cockeyed Wonder

  • Peyton Place

    Peyton Place

  • Mansion of Blood

    Mansion of Blood

  • Buzz

    Buzz

  • The Devil On Wheels

    The Devil On Wheels

  • Between Heaven and Hell

    Between Heaven and Hell

  • Two of a Kind

    Two of a Kind

  • Merrily

    Merrily

  • Mean Justice

    Mean Justice

  • Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

    Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

  • Do It Debbie's Way

    Do It Debbie's Way

  • Margarine Wars

    Margarine Wars

  • Lionpower from MGM

    Lionpower from MGM