Terry Moore

97, from Los Angeles - California - USA

Artwork for Mighty Joe YoungImage of 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).

Timeline

2027Future projects

  • Poster for Merrily

    Betty Clurman

2025Aged 96

  • Poster for Sinatra! Eternity

    Self

2023Aged 94

  • Poster for Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black

    Lady in Black

2021Aged 92

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

    Self

  • Poster for Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies

    Self (archive footage)

2018Aged 89

  • Poster for Frank and Ava

    Self

2015Aged 86

  • Poster for Tab Hunter Confidential

    Self

  • Poster for Mansion of Blood

    Natalie

  • Poster for Aimy in a Cage

    Grandma Micry

2014Aged 85

  • Poster for Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    Self

2012Aged 83

  • Poster for Margarine Wars

    Miriam Cuningham

2007Aged 78

  • Poster for The Still Life

    Mrs. Stratford

2006Aged 77

  • Poster for Kill Your Darlings

    Ella Toscana

2005Aged 76

  • Poster for Buzz

    (Unknown)

2003Aged 74

  • Poster for Rita

    Self

2000Aged 71

  • Poster for Stageghost

    Olive

  • Poster for Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

    Self

1999Aged 70

  • Poster for Final Voyage

    Christina

1998Aged 69

  • Poster for Second Chances

    Dallas Judd

  • Poster for Mighty Joe Young

    Elegant Woman at Party

1996Aged 67

  • Poster for Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Self

1991Aged 62

  • Poster for Marilyn and Me

    Woman at Hyde's Funeral

1989Aged 60

  • Poster for Going Overboard

    Mistress

  • Poster for Beverly Hills Brats

    Veronica

  • Poster for Hoodwinked

    Sally

1987Aged 58

  • Poster for Heir to Murder

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for W.A.R.: Women Against Rape

    Mrs. McCormack

1985Aged 56

  • Poster for Hellhole

    Sidnee Hammond

1983Aged 54

  • Poster for Do It Debbie's Way

    Self

1978Aged 49

  • Poster for Death Dimension

    Madam Maria

1976Aged 47

  • Poster for Smash-Up on Interstate 5

    Trudy

1975Aged 46

  • Poster for Paesano

    Self

1972Aged 43

  • Poster for The Daredevil

    Julie Thompson

1971Aged 42

  • Poster for Mean Justice

    Connie Garrett

1970Aged 41

  • Poster for The Weird World of Weird

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Quarantined

    Martha Atkinson

1968Aged 39

  • Poster for A Man Called Dagger

    Harper Davis

1967Aged 38

  • Poster for Lionpower from MGM

    Self - Harper Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966Aged 37

  • Poster for Waco

    Dolly

1965Aged 36

  • Poster for Black Spurs

    Anna Elkins

  • Poster for Town Tamer

    Susan Tavenner

  • Poster for City of Fear

    Suzan

1960Aged 31

  • Poster for Platinum High School

    Jennifer Evans

  • Poster for Why Must I Die

    Lois King

1959Aged 30

  • Poster for A Private's Affair

    Louise Wright

  • Poster for Cast a Long Shadow

    Janet Calvert

1957Aged 28

1956Aged 27

  • Poster for No Right to Kill

    Lisa

  • Poster for Between Heaven and Hell

    Jenny Gifford

1955Aged 26

  • Poster for Daddy Long Legs

    Linda Pendleton

  • Poster for Portrait of Alison

    Alison Ford

  • Poster for Shack Out on 101

    Kotty

1953Aged 24

  • Poster for Come Back, Little Sheba

    Marie Buckholder

  • Poster for Man on a Tightrope

    Tereza Cernik

  • Poster for Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

    Gwyneth Rhys

  • Poster for King of the Khyber Rifles

    Susan Maitland

1951Aged 22

  • Poster for Two of a Kind

    Kathy McIntyre

  • Poster for Sunny Side of the Street

    Betty Holloway

  • Poster for The Barefoot Mailman

    Adie Titus

1950Aged 21

  • Poster for The Great Rupert

    Rosalinda Amendola

  • Poster for He's a Cockeyed Wonder

    Judy Sears

  • Poster for Gambling House

    Lynn Warren

1949Aged 20

  • Poster for Mighty Joe Young

    Jill Young

1948Aged 19

  • Poster for Summer Holiday

    Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Return of October

    Terry Ramsey

1947Aged 18

  • Poster for The Devil On Wheels

    Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)

  • Poster for Heartaches

    Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)

1946Aged 17

  • Poster for Shadowed

    Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)

1945Aged 16

  • Poster for Son of Lassie

    Thea (as Helen Koford)

  • Poster for The Clock

    Girl at Museum (uncredited)

1944Aged 15

  • Poster for Gaslight

    Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited)

  • Poster for Since You Went Away

    Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sweet and Low-Down

    Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)

1943Aged 14

  • Poster for True to Life

    Little Girl (uncredited)

1942Aged 13

  • Poster for On the Sunny Side

    Schoolgirl (uncredited)

  • Poster for My Gal Sal

    Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)

  • Poster for A-Haunting We Will Go

    Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)

1941Aged 12

  • Poster for One Foot in Heaven

    Choir Member (uncredited)

1940Aged 11

  • Poster for Maryland

    Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Howards of Virginia

    Neighbor Girl (uncredited)

Year unknown