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Theresa Hilda D’Alessio (June 15 1914 – October 13 2006) better known as Hilda Terry was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Teena. It ran in newspapers from 1944 to 1964. After marriage she usually signed her name Theresa H. D’Alessio. In 1950 she became the first woman allowed to join the National Cartoonists Society.Born Theresa Hilda Fellman in Newburyport Massachusetts she was the daughter of a man who lettered roulette wheels.