Helen Luella Koford , better known as Terry Moore, is an American film and television actress. Born January 7, 1929, in Glendale, California, as Helen Luella Koford, Moore grew up in a Mormon family in Los Angeles, California. She worked as a child model before making her film debut in Maryland in 1940. Moore was billed as Judy Ford, Jan Ford, and January Ford before taking Terry Moore as her name in 1948. Moore worked in radio in the 1940s, most memorably as Bumps Smith on The Smiths of Hollywood. She has starred in several box office hits, including Mighty Joe Young , Come Back, Little... Sheba , and Peyton Place . She appeared on the cover of Life magazine for July 6, 1953, as "Hollywood's sexy tomboy". During the 1950s, Moore worked steadily in films like The Great Rupert , Two of a Kind , Man on a Tightrope , Daddy Long Legs , Between Heaven and Hell , Bernardine , A Private's Affair , and Why Must I Die? . By the 1960s, Moore's film career had faltered. She had began to appear less frequently in films.
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| Birthdate: | January 7, 1929 |
| Birthplace: | Los Angeles, California |
| Age: | 83 |
| Height: | 5' 2" |
| Also known as: | Helen Luella Koford, Helen Koford, Jan Ford |