Terry Moore
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1929-01-07 (age 97)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Helen Luella Koford · Jan Ford · Judy Ford · Helen Koford
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
TV Shows (25)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Florence
The Love Boat
1977
as Mrs. Clark
True Detective
2014
as Lilly Hill
Bonanza
1959
as Lydia Yates
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
My Three Sons
1960
The Virginian
1962
as Alma Wilson
Batman
1966
as Venus
Knight Rider
1982
as Molly Friedrich
Climax!
1954
as Rosa / Chris / Julie
Rawhide
1959
as Dallas Storm
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Sarah Kingston / Nikki Manners / Felice Knight
Studio One
1948
as Annabelle
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Wiseguy
1987
The Rebel
1959
as Janice Dutton
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Matt Houston
1982
as Emily Armor
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Ann Winslow
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Susan Randall
Empire
1962
as Connie Garrett
General Electric Theater
1953
as Evvy Jeffers
Movies (82)
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1998
as Elegant Woman at Party
Gaslight
1944
as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Linda Pendleton
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Jill Young
The Clock
1945
as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
Death Dimension
1978
as Madam Maria
Rita
2003
as Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
Peyton Place
1957
as Betty Anderson
Man on a Tightrope
1953
as Tereza Cernik
Going Overboard
1989
as Mistress
Buzz
2005
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976
as Trudy
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
as Self - (archive footage)
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
as Jenny Gifford
Paesano
1975
as Self
Aimy in a Cage
2015
as Grandma Micry
The Devil On Wheels
1947
as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
Do It Debbie's Way
1983
as Self
Hoodwinked
1989
as Sally
Two of a Kind
1951
as Kathy McIntyre
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953
as Marie Buckholder
On the Sunny Side
1942
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Waco
1966
as Dolly
Since You Went Away
1944
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950
as Judy Sears
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Veronica
Final Voyage
1999
as Christina
Black Spurs
1965
as Anna Elkins
True to Life
1943
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Gwyneth Rhys
Frank and Ava
2020
as Self
Kill Your Darlings
2006
as Ella Toscana
Cast a Long Shadow
1959
as Janet Calvert
Mansion of Blood
2015
as Natalie
Second Chances
1998
as Dallas Judd
Gambling House
1950
as Lynn Warren
Town Tamer
1965
as Susan Tavenner
The Return of October
1948
as Terry Ramsey
Shack Out on 101
1955
as Kotty
A Private's Affair
1959
as Louise Wright
Marilyn and Me
1991
as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
The Clouded Image
1957
as Eleanor
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953
as Susan Maitland
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987
as Mrs. McCormack
Margarine Wars
2012
as Miriam Cuningham
Sinatra! Eternity
2025
as Self
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Adie Titus
My Gal Sal
1942
as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
Platinum High School
1960
as Jennifer Evans
Summer Holiday
1948
as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
as Self
Hellhole
1985
as Sidnee Hammond
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Choir Member (uncredited)
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
The Great Rupert
1950
as Rosalinda Amendola
Son of Lassie
1945
as Thea (as Helen Koford)
Why Must I Die
1960
as Lois King
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self
Merrily
2023
as Betty Clurman
Maryland
1940
as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023
as Lady in Black
Sunny Side of the Street
1951
as Betty Holloway
Bernardine
1957
as Jean Cantrick
The Weird World of Weird
1970
Mean Justice
1971
as Connie Garrett
A Man Called Dagger
1968
as Harper Davis
Quarantined
1970
as Martha Atkinson
Portrait of Alison
1955
as Alison Ford
Stageghost
2000
as Olive
Shadowed
1946
as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
2024
as Herself
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000
as Self
The Still Life
2007
as Mrs. Stratford
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Self
No Right to Kill
1956
as Lisa
City of Fear
1965
as Suzan
The Daredevil
1972
as Julie Thompson
Heartaches
1947
as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
About Terry Moore
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).… With 107 credits spanning from 1940 to 2025, Terry Moore has appeared in 82 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Terry Moore Movies
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) — as Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mighty Joe Young (1998) — as Elegant Woman at Party
- Gaslight (1944) — as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)
- Daddy Long Legs (1955) — as Linda Pendleton
- Mighty Joe Young (1949) — as Jill Young
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