
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).
Movie | Aimy in a Cage | Grandma Micry | 2016-01-08 |
Series | True Detective | Lilly Hill | 2014-01-12 |
Movie | Kill Your Darlings | Ella Toscana | 2006-04-12 |
Movie | Buzz | 2005-04-05 | |
Movie | Girl Play | The Model | 2004-07-11 |
Movie | Rita | 2003-09-09 | |
Movie | Stageghost | Olive | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | Second Chances | Dallas Judd | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Whatever You Want | Louise Wright | 1994-11-26 |
Movie | Marilyn and Me | Woman at Hyde's Funeral | 1991-09-22 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 1989 | Betty Holloway | 1989-01-15 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Brats | Veronica | 1989-10-06 |
Movie | W.A.R.: Women Against Rape | Mrs. McCormack | 1987-01-01 |
Series | Wiseguy | Unknown | 1987-09-16 |
Movie | Hellhole | Sidnee Hammond | 1985-03-15 |
Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Series | Knight Rider | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
Movie | Death Dimension | Madam Maria | 1978-07-01 |
Movie | The Daredevil | Julie Thompson | 1972-01-01 |
Movie | The Weird World of Weird | 1970-01-01 | |
Movie | A Man Called Dagger | Harper Davis | 1968-05-22 |
Series | Batman | Unknown | 1966-01-12 |
Movie | Waco | Dolly | 1966-09-01 |
Movie | Black Spurs | Anna Elkins | 1965-05-28 |
Movie | Town Tamer | Susan Tavenner | 1965-07-07 |
Movie | City of Fear | Suzan | 1965-09-08 |
Movie | She Should Have Stayed in Bed | The Model | 1963-09-19 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Empire | Connie Garrett | 1962-09-25 |
Movie | Platinum High School | Jennifer Evans | 1960-05-13 |
Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Movie | Why Must I Die | Lois King | 1960-06-01 |
Movie | A Private's Affair | Louise Wright | 1959-08-14 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | Cast A Long Shadow | Janet Calvert | 1959-08-24 |
Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | Bernardine | Jean Cantrick | 1957-07-24 |
Movie | Peyton Place | Betty Anderson | 1957-12-13 |
Movie | Between Heaven and Hell | Jenny Gifford | 1956-10-11 |
Movie | Daddy Long Legs | Linda Pendleton | 1955-05-05 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Movie | Portrait of Alison | Alison Ford | 1955-11-29 |
Movie | Shack Out on 101 | Kotty | 1955-12-04 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Man on a Tightrope | Tereza Cernik | 1953-04-01 |
Movie | King of the Khyber Rifles | Susan Maitland | 1953-12-23 |
Movie | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Gwyneth Rhys | 1953-12-02 |
Movie | Come Back, Little Sheba | Marie Buckholder | 1952-12-24 |
Movie | Two of a Kind | Kathy McIntyre | 1951-07-01 |
Movie | Sunny Side of the Street | Betty Holloway | 1951-09-01 |
Movie | The Barefoot Mailman | Adie Titus | 1951-12-03 |
Movie | He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Judy Sears | 1950-02-12 |
Movie | The Great Rupert | Rosalinda Amendola | 1950-03-01 |
Movie | Gambling House | Lynn Warren | 1950-12-27 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | Mighty Joe Young | Jill Young | 1949-07-27 |
Movie | Summer Holiday | Hatcheck Girl (uncredited) | 1948-04-15 |
Movie | The Return of October | Terry Ramsey | 1948-10-26 |
Series | Westinghouse Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | The Devil On Wheels | Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford) | 1947-02-15 |
Movie | Shadowed | Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford) | 1946-09-26 |
Movie | Son of Lassie | Thea (as Helen Koford) | 1945-01-01 |
Movie | Since You Went Away | Refugee Child on Train (uncredited) | 1944-07-20 |
Movie | Gaslight | Paula Alquist - Age 14 (uncredited) | 1944-05-04 |
Movie | True to Life | Little Girl | 1943-12-24 |
Movie | My Gal Sal | Carrie Dreiser (uncredited) | 1942-04-30 |
Movie | A-Haunting We Will Go | Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited) | 1942-08-07 |
Movie | Maryland | 1940-07-19 | |
Movie | The Howards of Virginia | Neighbor Girl (uncredited) | 1940-09-19 |