From her role as Charly in Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" with Joseph Cotton to Peggy Stephenson in "The Best Years of Our Lives" with Dana Andrews to Carol Belden in "Mrs. Miniver," this actress portrayed good daughters and women with high morals

Teresa Wright was unusual in the Hollywood culture. She made many good movies where she held the moral high ground and even had written into her contract that she would not be required to pose in a bathing suit or silly poses just for publicity - she wanted to be taken seriously as an actress. Of her performance in "The Best Years of Our Lives," a critic stated that "This new performance of hers, entirely lacking in big scenes, tricks, or obstreperousness—one can hardly think of it as acting—seems to me one of the wisest and most beautiful pieces of work I have seen in years. If the picture had none of the hundreds of other things it has to recommend it, I could watch it a dozen times over for that personality and its mastery alone."

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