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Teresa Wright: Pride
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Wright was ... nominated in the best-actress category in 1942 for her endearing performance as baseball great Lou Gehrig's loving wife, Eleanor, in The Pride of the Yankees. She lost that award to her Mrs. Miniver (AA) costar Greer Garson, but she won the supporting actress Oscar despite having competition from yet another Mrs. Miniver cast member, Dame May Whitty, who played her grandmother. Carol Beldon and Eleanor Gehrig were, respectively, Wright's second and third film roles. She was also nominated for an Oscar for her movie debut as Alexandra, the sweet, surprisingly spirited daughter of cold, ruthless Regina Giddens (Bette Davis) in The Little Foxes (1941). Wright starred in several other notable films in the 1940s and 1950s but later worked primarily on the stage.
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Producer Samuel Goldwyn was so impressed with Wright's performance that he signed her to a $5,000-a-week contract. She soon made her mark in Hollywood as the only actor to earn Academy Award nominations for her first three films: "The Little Foxes" (in which she played Bette Davis' daughter), "The Pride of the Yankees" (as Lou Gehrig's wife) and the wartime saga "Mrs. Miniver." She won the Oscar for "Mrs. Miniver," which ... starred Greer Garson.
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Wright's career skyrocketed after her first film, "The Little Foxes," which brought her an Oscar nomination as best supporting actress of 1941. The following year she was honored with two nominations: lead actress as the wife of Lou Gehrig in "The Pride of the Yankees" and supporting actress as Greer Garson's daughter in the wartime saga "Mrs. Miniver."
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