Miss Wright c. 1942 Miss Wright in 2000

Born Muriel Teresa Wright in New York City. Quiet, sweetly compelling stage actress who appeared in a number of first-rate movies of the 1940s and 50s, notably THE LITTLE FOXES (1941) (her debut), MRS. MINIVER (1942), which earned her a best supporting actress Oscar®, SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943), THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) and THE MEN (1950), opposite a debuting Marlon Brando. Wright retired from the screen at the end of the decade but returned in 1969 to play occasional character parts. She resumed her stage career in the early 1960s and made sporadic TV appearances. Married to screenwriter Niven Busch from 1942 to 1952 and subsequently married to, divorced from and re-married to playwright Robert Anderson. She is one of a handful of actresses to be nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year. [But not the first; Fay Bainter did it for 1938 (WHITE BANNERS and JEZEBEL). She, too, won for Supporting Actress. Segourney Weaver received two nominations for 1988, but no Oscar (GORILLAS IN THE MIST and WORKING GIRL). And, Julianne Moore was nominated for FAR FROM HEAVEN and THE HOURS for 2002 and won neither.] Read Miss Wright's obituary from The Associated Press Visit the Internet Movie Database for a listing of her film and television credits (1941-1997).  Nominated for Supporting Actress 1941: THE LITTLE FOXES  Nominated for Actress 1942: THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES  Supporting Actress 1942: MRS. MINIVER 3 nominations, 1 Award