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name: "Terry Moore"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 January 1929"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T03:16:38.673523+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Terry Moore

Actor. Born 7 January 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 January 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1957–2014
- **Also known as:** Helen Luella Koford, Jan Ford, Judy Ford, Helen Koford
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 2 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 72 (2), 1950s 64 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Moore_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271865, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33716

## Coming up

- *Merrily* (2027-11-12), as Betty Clurman

## Biography

Terry Moore is an American actress. Born Helen Luella Koford on 7 January 1929 in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a child model and made her film debut at the age of 11 in *Maryland* (1940). She worked under several names, including Judy Ford and Jan Ford, before adopting the stage name Terry Moore in 1948.

Moore appeared in numerous films during the 1940s and 1950s. She gained recognition for her role in *Mighty Joe Young* (1949) and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for *Come Back, Little Sheba* (1952). She played Betty Anderson in *Peyton Place* (1957). In later decades she asserted that she had been secretly married to Howard Hughes.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *True Detective* (2014), Fi1m 80, as Lilly Hill — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Peyton Place* (1957), Fi1m 64, as Betty Anderson — [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Gaslight* (1944), Fi1m 81, as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/gaslight.md)
- *Since You Went Away* (1944), Fi1m 63, as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md)

## Complete filmography (89)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Merrily* (2027), as Betty Clurman
- *Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black* (2023), as Lady in Black
- *Aimy in a Cage* (2015), as Grandma Micry
- *Mansion of Blood* (2015), as Natalie
- *True Detective* (2014), series, as Lilly Hill — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Margarine Wars* (2012), as Miriam Cuningham
- *The Still Life* (2007), as Mrs. Stratford
- *Kill Your Darlings* (2006), as Ella Toscana
- *Buzz* (2005), Actor
- *Stageghost* (2000), as Olive
- *Final Voyage* (1999), as Christina
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), as Elegant Woman at Party
- *Second Chances* (1998), as Dallas Judd
- *Marilyn and Me* (1991), as Woman at Hyde's Funeral
- *Hoodwinked* (1989), as Sally
- *Beverly Hills Brats* (1989), as Veronica · Producer, Original Story
- *Going Overboard* (1989), as Mistress
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *W.A.R.: Women Against Rape* (1987), as Mrs. McCormack
- *True Confessions* (1986), series, Actor
- *Hellhole* (1985), as Sidnee Hammond
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Florence
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Molly Friedrich
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Emily Armor
- *Death Dimension* (1978), as Madam Maria
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Mrs. Clark
- *Smash-Up on Interstate 5* (1976), as Trudy
- *The Daredevil* (1972), as Julie Thompson
- *Mean Justice* (1971), as Connie Garrett
- *Quarantined* (1970), as Martha Atkinson
- *The Weird World of Weird* (1970), Actor
- *A Man Called Dagger* (1968), as Harper Davis
- *Waco* (1966), as Dolly
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Venus
- *City of Fear* (1965), as Suzan
- *Town Tamer* (1965), as Susan Tavenner
- *Black Spurs* (1965), as Anna Elkins
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Sarah Kingston, Nikki Manners, Felice Knight
- *Empire* (1962), series, as Connie Garrett, Connie
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Alma Wilson
- *My Three Sons* (1960), series, Actor
- *Why Must I Die* (1960), as Lois King
- *Platinum High School* (1960), as Jennifer Evans
- *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Janice Dutton
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Lydia Yates
- *Cast a Long Shadow* (1959), as Janet Calvert
- *A Private's Affair* (1959), as Louise Wright
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Dallas Storm
- *Peyton Place* (1957), as Betty Anderson — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)
- *The Clouded Image* (1957), as Eleanor
- *Bernardine* (1957), as Jean Cantrick
- *Between Heaven and Hell* (1956), as Jenny Gifford
- *No Right to Kill* (1956), as Lisa
- *Shack Out on 101* (1955), as Kotty
- *Portrait of Alison* (1955), as Alison Ford
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Ann Winslow
- *Daddy Long Legs* (1955), as Linda Pendleton
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Rosa, Chris, Julie
- *King of the Khyber Rifles* (1953), as Susan Maitland
- *Beneath the 12-Mile Reef* (1953), as Gwyneth Rhys
- *Man on a Tightrope* (1953), as Tereza Cernik
- *Come Back, Little Sheba* (1953), as Marie Buckholder
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Evvy Jeffers
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Susan Randall
- *The Barefoot Mailman* (1951), as Adie Titus
- *Sunny Side of the Street* (1951), as Betty Holloway
- *Two of a Kind* (1951), as Kathy McIntyre
- *Gambling House* (1950), as Lynn Warren
- *He's a Cockeyed Wonder* (1950), as Judy Sears
- *The Great Rupert* (1950), as Rosalinda Amendola
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1949), as Jill Young
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Annabelle
- *The Return of October* (1948), as Terry Ramsey
- *Summer Holiday* (1948), as Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
- *Heartaches* (1947), as Girl in Movie with Vic (uncredited)
- *The Devil On Wheels* (1947), as Rusty Davis (as Jan Ford)
- *Shadowed* (1946), as Virginia 'Ginny' Johnson (as Helen Koford)
- *The Clock* (1945), as Girl at Museum (uncredited)
- *Son of Lassie* (1945), as Thea (as Helen Koford)
- *Sweet and Low-Down* (1944), as Snub-Nosed Girl on Dance Floor (uncredited)
- *Since You Went Away* (1944), as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md)
- *Gaslight* (1944), as Paula Alquist, Age 14 (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/gaslight.md)
- *True to Life* (1943), as Little Girl (uncredited)
- *A-Haunting We Will Go* (1942), as Dante's Young Admirer (uncredited)
- *My Gal Sal* (1942), as Carrie Dreiser (uncredited)
- *On the Sunny Side* (1942), as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Choir Member (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *The Howards of Virginia* (1940), as Neighbor Girl (uncredited)
- *Maryland* (1940), as Linda - Age 10 (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Terry Moore](https://film.one/media/person/490404/gallery-711d6a690578.jpg) Terry Moore — Lippman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Terry_Moore_1947_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![American actress Terry Moore and American football player Glenn Davis at their wedding on February 9, 1951 in Glendale, California.](https://film.one/media/person/490404/gallery-61ca29aedc40.jpg) American actress Terry Moore and American football player Glenn Davis at their wedding on February 9, 1951 in Glendale, California. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Terry_Moore_and_Glenn_Davis_1951_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Terry_Moore_and_Glenn_Davis_1951_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A photo of actress Terry Moore in 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/490404/gallery-8bed78ba8f28.jpg) A photo of actress Terry Moore in 2015. — Gazebo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Terry-Moore-actress-in-2015.jpg/1280px-Terry-Moore-actress-in-2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Terry Moore and American football player Glenn Davis at their wedding ceremony on February 9, 1951.](https://film.one/media/person/490404/gallery-d57811d74b31.jpg) Actress Terry Moore and American football player Glenn Davis at their wedding ceremony on February 9, 1951. — Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Terry_Moore_and_Glenn_Davis_1951.jpg/1280px-Terry_Moore_and_Glenn_Davis_1951.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Terry Moore](https://film.one/media/person/490404/gallery-c2f4e8f272ad.jpg) Terry Moore — Image via TMDB
- ![Terry Moore](https://film.one/media/person/490404/gallery-6d3f5d902265.jpg) Terry Moore — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1953: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Come Back, Little Sheba*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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