---
name: "Tresa Hughes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tresa-hughes"
fi1m_id: "tresa-hughes"
imdb_id: "nm0400955"
tmdb_id: 32391
wikidata_id: "Q3009597"
roles: []
born: "17 September 1929"
died: "24 July 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T17:03:34.834432+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."
---

# Tresa Hughes

## Identity

Tresa Hughes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tresa-hughes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tresa-hughes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0400955
- **TMDB ID:** 32391
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3009597
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tresa_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3009597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400955/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32391

Actor. Born 17 September 1929 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Died 24 July 2011.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 September 1929, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Died:** 24 July 2011
- **Active:** 1978–1980
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 76 (1), 1980s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tresa_Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3009597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400955/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32391

## Biography

Tresa Hughes (1929–2011) was an American stage, film and television actress. She was born in Washington, D.C., graduated from Wayne State University after attending the Maryland Institute College of Art and Johns Hopkins and George Washington Universities, and made her Broadway debut in 1959 as understudy to Anne Bancroft in *The Miracle Worker*.

Hughes enjoyed a Broadway career spanning more than 30 years, appearing in productions including *The Devil's Advocate* (for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1961), *The Man in the Glass Booth*, *The Prisoner of Second Avenue* and *The American Clock*. Her film credits include *The Hospital* (1971), *The Sentinel* (1977), *Coming Home* (1978), *Fame* (1980) as Mrs. Finsecker, *Bad Medicine* (1985), *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994) and *A Fish in the Bathtub* (1999). She also appeared in episodes of *Law & Order*, *NYPD Blue* and *Ed*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, as Mrs. Finsecker — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Coming Home* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Nurse Degroot — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *A Fish in the Bathtub* (1999), as Ida
- *Dirty Laundry* (1998), as Betty Greene
- *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994), as Grandmother DeMarco
- *Skylark* (1993), as Matty Wheaton
- *Last Wish* (1992), as Aunt Shany
- *The Sunset Gang* (1991), as Genendel Goldfarb (segment "Yiddish")
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Mrs. Sugarman, May Peavey, Mrs. Doris Keegan — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Intimate Strangers* (1986), as Meriam Bierston
- *Bad Medicine* (1985), as Dr. Elisabeth Marx
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Voodoo Woman
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Genendel Goldfarb (segment 'Yiddish'), Selma Stieglitz
- *Fame* (1980), as Mrs. Finsecker — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This* (1978), as Sister Theresa
- *Coming Home* (1978), as Nurse Degroot — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-home.md)
- *The Sentinel* (1977), as Rebecca Stinnett
- *Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams* (1973), as Betty Goody
- *Lolly-Madonna XXX* (1973), as Elspeth Gutshall
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Dr. Eleanor Doctor
- *The Hospital* (1971), as Mrs. Donovan (uncredited)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1961: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)

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

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/tresa-hughes