and her husband since 1926, Ben Ray Redman, dined out. Redman had been despondent for some time. Returning home before her, he went upstairs to bed. He then called Frieda, informing her that he was depressed over the state of the world and had taken 12 sedative pills. By the time the paramedics arrived, he had died, a suicide at the age of 65. He had been working as a writer for the Saturday Review and was involved in the translation of European classics into English. Inescort had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1932. Her disease accelerated after her husband's death, and she was using a wheelchair by the mid-1960s. On 7 July 1964, her estranged mother, British actress Elaine Inescourt, died in Brighton, England, aged 87. Frieda worked as much as possible for the funding of multiple sclerosis research. She was often seen in the Hollywood area seated in her wheelchair, collecting donations outside supermarkets and in malls. Death Inescort died at the age of 74 at the Motion Picture Country Home at Woodland Hills, California from multiple sclerosis. Partial filmography The Dark Angel (1935) as Ann West If You Could Only Cook (1935) as Evelyn Fletcher The Garden Murder Case (1936) as Mrs. Fenwicke-Ralston The King Steps Out (1936) as Princess Helena Mary of Scotland (1936) as Mary Beaton Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Alice Winslow Give Me Your Heart (1936) as Rosamond Melford The Great O'Malley (1937) as Mrs. Phillips Call It a Day (1937) as Dorothy Hilton Another Dawn (1937) as Grace Roark Portia on Trial (1937) as Portia Merriman Woman Doctor (1939) as Dr. Judith Randall Graeme Beauty for the Asking (1939) as Flora Barton-Williams The Zero Hour (1939) as Linda Marsh Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) as Mrs. August Lancing A Woman Is the Judge (1939) as Mary Cabot Convicted Woman (1940) as Attorney Mary Ellis Pride and Prejudice (1940) as Miss Bingley The Letter (1940) as Dorothy Joyce Father's Son (1941) as Ruth Emory The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941) as Mrs. Wayne Shadows on the Stairs (1941) as Mrs. Stella Armitage Sunny (1941) as Elizabeth Warren You'll Never Get Rich (1941) as Mrs. Julia Cortland Remember the Day (1941) as Mrs. Dewey Roberts The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) as Olivia Nesbit Sweater Girl (1942) as Mrs. Menard Street of Chance (1942) as Alma Diedrich It Comes Up Love (1943) as Portia