Terry Moore

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Biography

A photographer's child model, Moore entered films in 1940 in "Maryland" and played small parts in a variety of films under first her real name, and then as Judy Ford and Jan Ford. At 19 she played a girl convinced that her horse was the reincarnation of a dead uncle in the odd comedy "The Return of October" (1948). She attracted more attention the following year, however, in another strange, but decidedly better, film about a woman and her …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Writer, Production Management, Casting, Engineering, Electrical & Grips, Animals, Props

Born

January 7, 1929

Career Milestones

Formed Second Chance Productions

Made other comebacks in films in the late 1970s ("Death Dimension" 1978) and mid-1980s ("Hellhole" 1984)

Performed onstage in plays including "Forty Carats", "South Pacific" and "Romantic Comedy"

Starred as Connie Garrett on the TV drama series, "Empire" (first aired on NBC, later ABC)

Was employed as a photographer's model as a child; also performed on the radio

Worked as a child actress with the Pasadena Playhouse

1940

Made feature film debut in "Maryland"; was also in "The Howards of Virginia" that year; at the time known under her original name, Helen Koford

1942

Worked as "Judy Ford" in films including "My Gal Sal" (1942), "Gaslight" (1944) and "Son of Lassie" (1945)

1947

Billed as "Jan Ford" in the feature, "The Devil on Wheels"

1948

First film with the name "Terry Moore", "Return to October"

1949

Attracted attention in the film, "Mighty Joe Young"

1952

Received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for "Come Back, Little Sheba"

1960

Left feature film work for a time

1965

Returned to features with roles in "Black Spurs", "Town Tamer" and "City of Fear"

1984

Appeared on the cover of the August issue of Playboy

1988

Formed Moore/Rivers Productions with partner Jerry Rivers

1989

Producer, acted in and provided original story for the feature comedy, "Beverly Hills Brats"

1997

Filmed cameo in remake of "Mighty Joe Young"

Awards

1952

Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Come Back Little Sheba