Tess Trueheart

{{Infobox comics character |image = |caption = |character_name = Tess Trueheart |publisher = Tribune Media Services |debut = 1931 |creators = Chester Gould |alter_ego = |alliances = |aliases = |supports= Dick Tracy |powers = }} '''''Tess Trueheart''''' is the love interest character in the American comic strip ''Dick Tracy'', which was created by Chester Gould in 1931.<ref>[http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/annie-missing-no-worries-dick-tracy-is-on-the-case/?_r=0 The New York Times]</ref>

The character eventually became the wife of Dick Tracy in the original comic strip.<ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/tess-trueheart/4005-9227/ Comicvine.com]</ref>

In the 1934-1948 ''Dick Tracy'' radio series, she was voiced by Helen Lewis.<ref name="dunning1">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&dq=%22Dick+Tracy+juvenile%22+%22Helen+Lewis+as+Tess+Trueheart%22&pg=PA199 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |section=Dick Tracy |page=199 |edition=Revised |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

The character of Tess Trueheart has been featured in films, including 1945's ''Dick Tracy'' and its sequel ''Dick Tracy vs. Cueball'', portrayed in both by actress Anne Jeffreys, and in 1990's ''Dick Tracy'', which starred Glenne Headly as Tess.<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/dick-tracy-25th-anniversary Vanity Fair]</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Dick Tracy (1990) Review/Film; A Cartoon Square Comes to Life In 'Dick Tracy'|author=Canby, Vincent|authorlink=Vincent Canby|date=June 15, 1990|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CEFD8153DF936A25755C0A966958260|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20161021110226/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0012370/ Tess Trueheart] on IMDb {{Dick Tracy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tess Trueheart}} Category:Dick Tracy characters Category:Comics characters introduced in 1931 Category:Fictional American people Category:Female characters in comics Category:Adventure film characters Category:Film serial characters