Claire Du Brey

Born: 1892-08-30 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Died: 1993-08-01

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubrey, August 31, 1892 – August 1, 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films between 1916 and 1959. Her name is sometimes rendered as Claire Du Bray or as Claire Dubrey. Du Brey's screen career began with Universal Studios and she played at one time or another with almost all the larger companies. More notable films in which she appeared were Anything Once (1917), Social Briars (1918), The Devil's Trail (1919), What Every Woman Wants (1919) and Dangerous Hours (1919). Other films include The Wishing Ring Man, The Spite Bride, The World Aflame, and The Walk Offs. Her career declined with the sound era and she later played mostly small roles. Du Brey was proficient in athletics, excelling in swimming, riding, golfing, tennis and motoring. She was five feet seven inches high, weighed 130 pounds and had auburn hair and brown eyes, and took a lively interest in horticulture.

Filmography

1959

Escort West as Mrs. Kate Fenniman

1958

Hot Rod Gang as Agatha, the maid
Frontier Gun as Bess Loveman

1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Madame Odin
Lust for Life as Housekeeper

1954

Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Spectator (uncredited)

1953

Where's Raymond? as Angela
Raiders of the Seven Seas as Señora Salcedo

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Mrs. Miggs

1951

Ace in the Hole as Spinster (uncredited)

1950

Cinderella as (credit only) (voice)

1949

Samson and Delilah as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Mrs. Grimsby

1948

French Leave as Mom LaFarge
Out of the Storm as Mrs. Smith
Who Killed Doc Robbin? as Housekeeper
Lightnin' in the Forest as Martha

1947

The Bishop's Wife as Second Lady in Michel's
Ivy as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Bells of San Fernando as Manta

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
Cloak and Dagger
The Catman of Paris as Servant (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler as Laura - Harrison's Servant
Don Ricardo Returns as Mama Teresa
The Invisible Informer as Martha Baylor

1945

A Song to Remember as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Dakota as Wahtonka
Star in the Night as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

1944

Dragon Seed as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Lights of Old Santa Fe as Rosie McGurk
Oh, What a Night! as Petrie

1943

Heaven Can Wait as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady as Apartment House Manager

1942

Now, Voyager as Hilda (uncredited)
Bells of Capistrano as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
A Close Call for Ellery Queen as Housekeeper
The Magnificent Dope as Peter's Secretary

1941

Blossoms in the Dust as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
Rise and Shine as Miss Pinkham
Private Nurse as Flower Shop Manager

1940

The Shop Around the Corner as Customer (uncredited)
Brigham Young as Emma Smith
The Blue Bird as Nurse (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too as Nun (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
Virginia City as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife as Party Guest (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Sarah Walters
High School as Miss Huggins
Black Diamonds as Henderson's Secretary
Forty Little Mothers as Gym Teacher

1939

Jesse James as Mrs. Bob Ford
Juarez as Woman (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Landlady
Swanee River as Woman in Cafe
Coast Guard as First Nurse (uncredited)
Four Wives as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
Within the Law as Prison Librarian
Tell No Tales as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
Never Say Die as Hotel Guest
See Your Doctor as Nurse
Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Secretary
Everybody's Baby as Nurse Cordell
South of the Border as Dueña
Hotel for Women
Sergeant Madden as Nurse
Chicken Wagon Family as Mrs. Kelsey

1938

The Baroness and the Butler as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
Marie Antoinette as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade as Mrs. Thurber
Miracle Money as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
Men with Wings as Edith
That Certain Age as Horsewoman
Walking Down Broadway as Claybourne's Secretary
The Affairs of Annabel as Convict (uncredited)
One Wild Night as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway as Miss Blodgett

1937

Topper as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
Mountain Justice as Woman with Baby
Man Of The People as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours as Ship Passenger
The Wrong Road as Matron (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes as Woman in theater (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Miss Farrell

1936

Small Town Girl as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Devil-Doll as Mathilde Coulvet
Ramona as Marda

1935

Vagabond Lady as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether

1934

Jane Eyre as Bertha Rochester
This Side of Heaven as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
Blind Date as Head Saleswoman
Viva Villa! as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
Among the Missing as Mrs. Alvin Abbott

1933

Night Flight as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
The Sin of Nora Moran as Mrs. Edith Crawford
Gabriel Over the White House as Nurse
Shadows of Sing Sing as Angela Crane
Broadway to Hollywood as Aunt Clara
Made on Broadway as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary

1932

Arsène Lupin as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
Divorce In The Family as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
Prosperity as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)

1931

Politics as Rally Leader

1930

Renegades as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
For the Love o' Lil as Mrs. Gardner

1929

Two Sisters as Rose

1927

The Devil Dancer as Audrey

1926

Miss Nobody as Ann Adams
The Exquisite Sinner as Dominique's Sister

1925

Infatuation as Pasha's Wife
Drusilla with a Million as Daphne Thornton
The Girl of Gold as Edith Loring

1924

The Sea Hawk as Siren
Borrowed Husbands as Peggy Fleurette

1923

Ponjola as Luchia Luff
The Voice from the Minaret as Countess La Fontaine

1922

Glass Houses as Mrs. Vicky
The Ordeal as Elise
You Never Know as Inez
To Have and to Hold as Patience Worth
Only a Shop Girl as Mrs. Watkins
When Love Comes as Marie Jamison

1921

That Girl Montana as Lottie
My Lady's Latchkey as Countess Santiago
The Hole in the Wall as Cora Thompson
The Bronze Bell as Nairaini
I Am Guilty as Trixie

1920

The Walk-Offs as Mrs. Elliott
The House of Whispers as Nettie Kelly
The Green Flame as Lou Tremaine
Perilous Valley
The Heart of a Child as Lady Dorothea
Life's Twist as Mrs. Helen Sutton
A Light Woman as Jeanne DuPre

1919

A Man And His Money as Varda Ropers
The World Aflame as Emma Reich
The Wishing Ring Man as Gale Maddox
Modern Husbands as Myrtle Cosgrove
When Fate Decides as Alicia Carteret
What Every Woman Wants as Sylvia
The Spite Bride as Trixie Dennis
The Devil's Trail as Dubec's Wife
A Man in the Open as Polly
Dangerous Hours as Sophia Guerni
The Old Maid's Baby as Sylvia Deane
The Sawdust Doll as Rose Budd
The Ghost Girl

1918

Prisoners of the Pines as Louise
Midnight Madness as Lola Montez
The Risky Road as Mrs. Kingston
Madame Spy as Baroness Von Hulda
Brace Up as Ellen Miles
The Human Target as Thelma Von Styne
The Magic Eye as Mrs. Bowman
Up Romance Road as Hilda
Border Raiders as Cleo Dade
Modern Love as Myrtle Harris
Social Briars as Helen Manning

1917

Six-Shooter Justice as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
Anything Once as Señorita Paprika
The Fighting Gringo as May Smith
Triumph as Lillian Du Pon
Perils of the Secret Service as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
The Honeymoon Surprise as Mrs. Hardman
Pay Me! as Nita
The Piper's Price as Jessica's Maid
Follow the Girl as Donna
A 44-Calibre Mystery as Kitty Flanders
The Almost Good Man as Kitty Manville
The Reward of the Faithless as Princess Dione
The Honor of an Outlaw as The Railroad President's Daughter
Hair-Trigger Burke as The Vamp
The Clash of Steel as Princess Seraphina
The Rescue as Henriette
The Winged Mystery as Gerda Anderson
The Drifter as Dora Mason