13 Facts About Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort played the shingled lady in John Galsworthy's 1927 Broadway production Escape and Caroline Bingley in the 1940 film of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Frieda Inescort's acting debut came in The Truth About Blayds, which was presented at the Booth Theatre on Broadway.

Frieda Inescort Wrightman adopted her mother's surname as her professional name and moved to Hollywood and made her film debut in The Dark Angel.

Frieda Inescort appeared with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson as the conniving Caroline Bingley in the 1940 film version of Pride and Prejudice.

Frieda Inescort had a leading role in Call It a Day, a 1937 film in which she appeared with Olivia de Havilland, Bonita Granville, Roland Young, and Ian Hunter.

In 1955 Frieda Inescort appeared as Mrs Lawrence in the movie Foxfire starring Jeff Chandler and Jane Russell.

Frieda Inescort appeared in one episode of Perry Mason as Hope Quentin in "The Case of the Jealous Journalist".

Frieda Inescort then called Frieda, informing her that he was depressed over the state of the world and had taken 12 sedative pills.

Frieda Inescort had been working as a writer for the Saturday Review and was involved in the translation of European classics into English.

Frieda Inescort's disease accelerated after her husband's death, and she was using a wheelchair by the mid-1960s.

Frieda Inescort worked as much as possible for the funding of multiple sclerosis research.

Frieda Inescort was often seen in the Hollywood area seated in her wheelchair, collecting donations outside supermarkets and in malls.

Frieda Inescort died at the age of 74 at the Motion Picture Country Home at Woodland Hills, California from multiple sclerosis.