Born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929, the Los Angeles, California native worked as a model before she made her film debut at age 11 in 20th Century Fox's Maryland (1940). Throughout the 1940s, she worked under a variety of names (her own, Judy Ford and January Ford) before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. Placed under contract by Columbia, Moore was loaned out to RKO for one of her most famous films, RKO's Mighty Joe Young (1949); she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Paramount's Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). In the 1970s, she was in the news more than she was in motion pictures, asserting that she was the secret wife of the late billionaire Howard Hughes. She has starred in 77 feature films and listed among her leading men are Hollywood's leading legends; including Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, Glenn Ford, Mickey Rooney and Robert Wagner. Since she was a pilot herself, Terry played a major role in preparing Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004).
82 movies · 25 shows
Sinatra! Eternity
2025·0.0
The Story of Terry Moore: The Last Living Legend of Hollywood
2024·0.0
Merrily
2023·0.0
Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black
2023·3.0
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021·0.0
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021·4.7
Frank and Ava
2020·4.9
Aimy in a Cage
2015·4.5
Mansion of Blood
2015·2.8
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015·7.3
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014·7.5
Margarine Wars
2012·0.0
The Still Life
2007·3.1
Kill Your Darlings
2006·6.1
Buzz
2005·0.0
Rita
2003·8.3
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000·9.0
Stageghost
2000·6.5
Final Voyage
1999·4.6
Mighty Joe Young
1998·6.3
Second Chances
1998·7.7
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996·7.7
Marilyn and Me
1991·6.6
Hoodwinked
1989·6.3
Beverly Hills Brats
1989·5.0
Going Overboard
1989·2.3
W.A.R.: Women Against Rape
1987·3.9
Hellhole
1985·4.9
Do It Debbie's Way
1983·10.0
Death Dimension
1978·4.3
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976·5.5
Paesano
1975·0.0
The Daredevil
1972·6.5
Mean Justice
1971·7.0
Quarantined
1970·6.0
The Weird World of Weird
1970·6.0
A Man Called Dagger
1968·6.5
Lionpower from MGM
1967·6.3
Waco
1966·6.7
City of Fear
1965·8.3
Town Tamer
1965·6.8
Black Spurs
1965·6.3
Why Must I Die
1960·5.3
Platinum High School
1960·6.5
Cast a Long Shadow
1959·6.6
A Private's Affair
1959·4.7
Peyton Place
1957·6.8
The Clouded Image
1957·0.0
Bernardine
1957·7.6
Between Heaven and Hell
1956·6.2
No Right to Kill
1956·0.0
Shack Out on 101
1955·6.0
Portrait of Alison
1955·6.3
Daddy Long Legs
1955·6.4
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953·5.9
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953·6.0
Man on a Tightrope
1953·6.6
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953·7.3
The Barefoot Mailman
1951·6.5
Sunny Side of the Street
1951·8.0
Two of a Kind
1951·6.8
Gambling House
1950·6.2
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
1950·4.3
The Great Rupert
1950·5.8
Mighty Joe Young
1949·6.4
The Return of October
1948·6.4
Summer Holiday
1948·5.2
Heartaches
1947·5.3
The Devil On Wheels
1947·4.6
Shadowed
1946·7.3
The Clock
1945·7.1
Son of Lassie
1945·6.2
Sweet and Low-Down
1944·5.7
Since You Went Away
1944·6.6
Gaslight
1944·7.5
True to Life
1943·8.0
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942·6.2
My Gal Sal
1942·5.8
On the Sunny Side
1942·7.0
One Foot in Heaven
1941·6.9
The Howards of Virginia
1940·6.8
Maryland
1940·6.5