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

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

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 Secret of the Whistler as Laura - Harrison's Servant
The Catman of Paris as Servant (uncredited)
The Invisible Informer as Martha Baylor
Don Ricardo Returns as Mama Teresa

1945

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

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

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

Politics as Rally Leader

1930

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

1929

Two Sisters as Rose

1927

The Devil Dancer as Audrey

1926

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

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

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

1922

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

1918

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

1917

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