Teresa Wright and Hollywood’s Unusual Contract Celebrating Teresa Wright, #BOTD 10/27/1918—one of the most breathtakingly honest actresses ever filmed. So talented that she earned Academy Award nominations for her first three films, winning for her second, Mrs. Miniver. She gave us such gems as The Little Foxes, The Best Years of Our Lives, Shadow of a Doubt, Mrs. Miniver, and The Pride of the Yankees, along with numerous other film, stage, and television roles. A serious actress, Wright had a unique—and rather humorous—clause in her contract that forbade the studios from taking “cheesecake” photographs of her. It stipulated: “She shall not be required to pose for photographs in a bathing suit unless she is in the water. Neither may she be photographed running on the beach with her hair flying in the wind. Nor may she pose in any of the following situations: In shorts, playing with a cocker spaniel; digging in a garden; whipping up a meal; attired in firecrackers and holding skyrockets for the Fourth of July; looking insinuatingly at a turkey for Thanksgiving; wearing a bunny cap with long ears for Easter; twinkling on prop snow in a skiing outfit while a fan blows her scarf; assuming an athletic stance while pretending to hit something with a bow and arrow.” And while she was actress of uncommon grace, dignity, and quiet brilliance, she did pose for Hurrell in this rather glamorous portrait......

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