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Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

Acting1892Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Biography

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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.

Acting History

1959
Escort West
as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
1958
Frontier Gun
as Bess Loveman
Hot Rod Gang
as Agatha, the maid
1956
Lust for Life
as Housekeeper
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TVas Madame Odin• 1 eps
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Spectator (uncredited)
Four Star Playhouse
TVas Mrs. Miggs• 1 eps
1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Señora Salcedo
Where's Raymond?
TVas Angela
1951
The Big Carnival
as Spinster (uncredited)
1950
Cinderella
as (credit only) (voice)
1949
Samson and Delilah
as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
1948
French Leave
as Mom LaFarge
Out of the Storm
as Mrs. Smith
1947
Ivy
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
The Bishop's Wife
as Second Lady in Michel's
1946
The Secret of the Whistler
as Laura - Harrison's Servant
The Catman of Paris
as Servant (uncredited)
Don Ricardo Returns
as Mama Teresa
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
The Invisible Informer
as Martha Baylor
1945
A Song to Remember
as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Star in the Night
as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
Dakota
as Wahtonka
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Rosie McGurk
Dragon Seed
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
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
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
Brigham Young
as Emma Smith
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Nun (uncredited)
The Shop Around the Corner
as Customer (uncredited)
Virginia City
as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers
as Gym Teacher
High School
as Miss Huggins
Black Diamonds
as Henderson's Secretary
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Blue Bird
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
as Mrs. Kelsey
Within the Law
as Prison Librarian
Four Wives
as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
Juarez
as Woman (uncredited)
Jesse James
as Mrs. Bob Ford
Everybody's Baby
as Nurse Cordell
Never Say Die
as Hotel Guest
Swanee River
as Woman in Cafe
Tell No Tales
as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
Coast Guard
as First Nurse (uncredited)
1938
One Wild Night
as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Blodgett
The Baroness and the Butler
as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
That Certain Age
as Horsewoman
Miracle Money
as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
The Affairs of Annabel
as Convict (uncredited)
Walking Down Broadway
as Claybourne's Secretary
1937
Dangerously Yours
as Ship Passenger
Man Of The People
as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
Topper
as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
as Matron (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
as Woman with Baby
Blossoms On Broadway
as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Miss Farrell
The Lady Escapes
as Woman in theater (uncredited)
1936
Ramona
as Marda
The Devil-Doll
as Mathilde Coulvet
Small Town Girl
as Bit Role (uncredited)
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)
Jane Eyre
as Bertha Rochester
Viva Villa!
as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
Blind Date
as Head Saleswoman
Among the Missing
as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
1933
Night Flight
as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Mrs. Edith Crawford
Made on Broadway
as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
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
For the Love o' Lil
as Mrs. Gardner
Renegades
as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
1929
1927
1926
Miss Nobody
as Ann Adams
The Exquisite Sinner
as Dominique's Sister
1925
Drusilla with a Million
as Daphne Thornton
The Girl of Gold
as Edith Loring
Infatuation
as Pasha's Wife
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
To Have and to Hold
as Patience Worth
Only a Shop Girl
as Mrs. Watkins
Glass Houses
as Mrs. Vicky
The Ordeal
as Elise
When Love Comes
as Marie Jamison
1921
The Bronze Bell
as Nairaini
I Am Guilty
as Trixie
The Hole in the Wall
as Cora Thompson
My Lady's Latchkey
as Countess Santiago
1920
Life's Twist
as Mrs. Helen Sutton
The Heart of a Child
as Lady Dorothea
The House of Whispers
as Nettie Kelly
The Walk-Offs
as Mrs. Elliott
A Light Woman
as Jeanne DuPre
The Green Flame
as Lou Tremaine
1919
The Wishing Ring Man
as Gale Maddox
Dangerous Hours
as Sophia Guerni
The Spite Bride
as Trixie Dennis
A Man And His Money
as Varda Ropers
The World Aflame
as Emma Reich
Modern Husbands
as Myrtle Cosgrove
The Old Maid's Baby
as Sylvia Deane
When Fate Decides
as Alicia Carteret
The Devil's Trail
as Dubec's Wife
The Sawdust Doll
as Rose Budd
1918
Border Raiders
as Cleo Dade
Social Briars
as Helen Manning
The Risky Road
as Mrs. Kingston
Brace Up
as Ellen Miles
Madame Spy
as Baroness Von Hulda
The Magic Eye
as Mrs. Bowman
Midnight Madness
as Lola Montez
Modern Love
as Myrtle Harris
The Human Target
as Thelma Von Styne
1917
Perils of the Secret Service
as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
Triumph
as Lillian Du Pon
The Drifter
as Dora Mason
Pay Me!
as Nita
The Piper's Price
as Jessica's Maid
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Railroad President's Daughter
The Rescue
as Henriette
Anything Once
as Señorita Paprika
The Winged Mystery
as Gerda Anderson
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Kitty Flanders
The Honeymoon Surprise
as Mrs. Hardman
The Almost Good Man
as Kitty Manville
The Clash of Steel
as Princess Seraphina
Six-Shooter Justice
as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
1916

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/30/1892
Day of Death
8/1/1993
Place of Birth
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA