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

Who Killed Doc Robbin? as Housekeeper
Out of the Storm as Mrs. Smith
French Leave as Mom LaFarge
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 Secret of the Whistler as Laura - Harrison's Servant
Don Ricardo Returns as Mama Teresa
The Catman of Paris as Servant (uncredited)
The Invisible Informer as Martha Baylor

1945

Dakota as Wahtonka
A Song to Remember as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
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)
The Magnificent Dope as Peter's Secretary
A Close Call for Ellery Queen as Housekeeper
Bells of Capistrano as Melinda (Ma) McCracken

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

Marie Antoinette as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
The Baroness and the Butler as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
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
The Affairs of Annabel as Convict (uncredited)
Miracle Money as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade as Mrs. Thurber

1937

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

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

1934

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

1933

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

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

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

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

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

1922

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

1918

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

1917

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