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Read even more about Teresa Wright at Wikipedia Traded items with a signature of Teresa Wright After seeing Helen Hayes star in Victoria Regina at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City in 1936, Wright took an interest in acting and began playing leading roles in school plays.

She grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, where she attended Columbia High School. Her parents separated when she was young.

Muriel Teresa Wright was born on October 27, 1918, in Harlem, New York City, the daughter of Martha Espy and Arthur Hendricksen Wright, an insurance agent.

She earned the acclaim of top film directors, including William Wyler, who called her the most promising actress he had directed, and Alfred Hitchcock, who admired her thorough preparation and quiet professionalism. Wright received three Emmy Award nominations for her performances in the Playhouse 90 original television version of The Miracle Worker (1957), in the Breck Sunday Showcase feature The Margaret Bourke-White Story, and in the CBS drama series Dolphin Cove (1989).

Teresa wright shadow of a doubt supporting actor prize