Terry Moore (actress)

Although Moore has worked steadily for the past few decades, her appearances have been in usually minor roles in mostly forgettable films.
. Although she could offer no definitive proof of her allegation, Hughes's estate paid her a settlement in 1984. She appeared in only three films during the last thirty years of her life making her final film appearance in 1965. Long romantically involved with billionaire Howard Hughes, Moore claimed after his death that they had secretly married in 1949 and never divorced. With the outbreak of World War II, Parlo returned to Germany. Although cast in mostly B-pictures, she managed to make her mark in several box office hits, including Mighty Joe Young (1940), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) - for which she was nominated for an Academy Award - and Peyton Place (1957). She was scheduled to appear in the Orson Welles production of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness but this did not eventuate.

Throughout the decade, she worked under a variety of names before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. She attempted to establish a career in American films but despite a couple of roles in Hollywood films, was unable to extend her European success. Moore worked as a child model before making her film debut in Maryland (1940). During the 1930s she moved easily between German and French language films, achieving success in such films as L'Atalante (1934) and La Grande Illusion (The Grand Illusion) (1937). She was born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929 in Los Angeles. Born Grethe Gerda Kornstädt in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) Parlo made her first film appearance in 1928 and quickly became a popular actress in Germany. Terry Moore is an American actress. Dita Parlo (September 4, 1906 - December 13, 1971) was a film actress.

". Its title track commences with the line "My name is Dita, I'll be your mistress tonight.. Madonna, said to have been fascinated by Parlo, took her name for the character she created for her Sex book and Erotica album.