Trivia

In honor of her heartfelt performance in The Pride of the Yankees (1942), when Teresa Wright died in 2005, when the roll call of former Yankees who had passed on was announced, her name was read out among all the ballplayers.

As of 2024, she remains the only performer to be nominated for an Oscar for their first three films.

Along with Fay Bainter, Barry Fitzgerald, Jessica Lange, Sigourney Weaver, Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Emma Thompson, Julianne Moore, Jamie Foxx, Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, she is one of only twelve actors to receive Academy Award nominations in two acting categories in the same year. She was nominated for Best Actress for The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and Best Supporting Actress for Mrs. Miniver (1942) at the 15th Academy Awards in 1943, winning the latter award.

Samuel Goldwyn discovered her on Broadway in the hit play "Life with Father" and invited her to Hollywood to play Alexandra, the daughter of Bette Davis's character in The Little Foxes (1941).

Until Jennifer Lawrence received her third nomination in 2014, Wright held the record for youngest actor to receive three acting Oscar nominations. Wirght was 24 years, 3 months, 20 days old at the time of her third nomination; Lawrence was 23 years, 5 months, 0 days old.

Was just 11 years older than Jean Simmons, who played her daughter in The Actress (1953) and The Happy Ending (1969).

She has appeared in four films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Little Foxes (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Mrs. Miniver and The Best Years of Our Lives won in the category.

She has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).

She was originally set to star in producer David O. Selznick's Duel in the Sun (1946), which was written by her then-husband, Niven Busch. However, shortly before filming was to begin she got pregnant, and Busch had to go to Selznick's office to inform him that she would have to bow out of the film. Selznick, known for his single-mindedness, tried to talk Busch into letting her play the part, which called for a lot of physical action, and Busch absolutely refused. As he turned to leave the office, Selznick blurted out, "Dammit, Busch, she isn't the only one you screwed!".

Was 7 months pregnant with her daughter Mary when she completed her run of the Broadway show "Life with Father".

Is one of 14 actresses who won their Best Supporting Actress Oscars in a movie that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for Mrs. Miniver (1942)). The others are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement (1947), Mercedes McCambridge for All the King's Men (1949), Donna Reed for From Here to Eternity (1953), Eva Marie Saint for On the Waterfront (1954), Rita Moreno for West Side Story (1961), Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996), Judi Dench for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind (2001), Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago (2002) Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).

Her husband, Niven Busch, originally penned Duel in the Sun (1946) for her to play the lead, as a departure from her girl-next-door roles. But pregnancy forced her to drop out, and Jennifer Jones got the lead.

She was nominated in 2015 for the New Jersey Hall of Fame for her services in the Performance Arts, as she grew up in the state, but she wasn't inducted.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 26, a son Niven Terrence Busch on December 2, 1944. Child's father is her 1st ex-husband, Niven Busch.

Was the 19th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress for Mrs. Miniver (1942) at The 15th Academy Awards on March 4, 1943.

She appeared with Patricia Collinge in three films, playing her niece in The Little Foxes (1941), and her daughter twice in Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Casanova Brown (1944).

For many years Wright maintained a residence in the bucolic Litchfield County town of Bridgewater, Connecticut.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 28, a daughter Mary Kelly Busch on September 12, 1947. Child's father is her 1st ex-husband, Niven Busch.

She is interred at the Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.

Became a grandmother for the 1st time at age 56 when her daughter Mary gave birth to Wright's grandson Jonah Smith on June 6, 1975.

Was one of 4 Best Supporting Actress Oscar winners to have guest starred in Murder, She Wrote (1984). The others are Claire Trevor, Kim Hunter and Shirley Jones.

Became a grandmother for the 2nd time at age 68 when her son Niven and his wife Francesca bore Wright's granddaughter Katherine Corrine Busch on February 9, 1987.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 587-588. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

Although she played Diane Keaton's grandmother in The Good Mother (1988), she was only 27 years her senior in real life.

She donated money to the 1996 campaign of Bill Clinton.

Is one of 22 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of New York. The others are Alice Brady, Anne Revere, Celeste Holm, Claire Trevor, Judy Holliday, Shirley Booth, Susan Hayward, Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Lee Grant, Beatrice Straight, Whoopi Goldberg, Mercedes Ruehl, Marisa Tomei, Mira Sorvino, Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Connelly, Melissa Leo and Anne Hathaway.

In Italy, she was often dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta. Occasionally, she was also dubbed by Rina Morelli, most notably in the The Little Foxes (1941); Dhia Cristiani and once by Paola Barbara in Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943).

Son Niven weighed 7 lbs., 4 oz. at birth and daughter Mary weighed 5 lbs., 3 oz. at birth.