Portrait of Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

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.

Born: August 30, 1892

Place of Birth: Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Filmography

1959
Escort West

as Mrs. Kate Fenniman

1958
Frontier Gun

as Bess Loveman

1958
Hot Rod Gang

as Agatha, the maid

1956
Lust for Life

as Housekeeper

1956
1953
1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas

as Señora Salcedo

1951
Ace in the Hole

as Spinster (uncredited)

1950
Cinderella

as (credit only) (voice)

1949
Samson and Delilah

as Temple Spectator (uncredited)

1948
Out of the Storm

as Mrs. Smith

1948
French Leave

as Mom LaFarge

1948
1947
The Bishop's Wife

as Second Lady in Michel's

1947
Ivy

as Shopkeeper (uncredited)

1946
The Best Years of Our Lives

as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)

1946
The Secret of the Whistler

as Laura - Harrison's Servant

1946
Don Ricardo Returns

as Mama Teresa

1946
The Invisible Informer

as Martha Baylor

1946
The Catman of Paris

as Servant (uncredited)

1945
Dakota

as Wahtonka

1945
Star in the Night

as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

1945
A Song to Remember

as Madame Mercier (uncredited)

1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe

as Rosie McGurk

1944
1944
Dragon Seed

as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

1943
Heaven Can Wait

as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)

1943
No Place for a Lady

as Apartment House Manager

1942
Now, Voyager

as Hilda (uncredited)

1942
Bells of Capistrano

as Melinda (Ma) McCracken

1942
The Magnificent Dope

as Peter's Secretary

1941
Rise and Shine

as Miss Pinkham

1941
Private Nurse

as Flower Shop Manager

1941
Blossoms in the Dust

as Nurse at Sammy's Birth

1940
Brigham Young

as Emma Smith

1940
Black Diamonds

as Henderson's Secretary

1940
All This, and Heaven Too

as Nun (uncredited)

1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)

1940
1940
Forty Little Mothers

as Gym Teacher

1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1940
Virginia City

as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)

1940
High School

as Miss Huggins

1940
The Blue Bird

as Nurse (uncredited)

1940
The Shop Around the Corner

as Customer (uncredited)

1939
Swanee River

as Woman in Cafe

1939
Four Wives

as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)

1939
1939
1939
Chicken Wagon Family

as Mrs. Kelsey

1939
Coast Guard

as First Nurse (uncredited)

1939
Tell No Tales

as Miss Arnold (uncredited)

1939
Juarez

as Woman (uncredited)

1939
1939
Everybody's Baby

as Nurse Cordell

1939
Within the Law

as Prison Librarian

1939
Never Say Die

as Hotel Guest

1939
Jesse James

as Mrs. Bob Ford

1938
That Certain Age

as Horsewoman

1938
The Affairs of Annabel

as Convict (uncredited)

1938
Marie Antoinette

as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)

1938
Little Miss Broadway

as Miss Blodgett

1938
1938
One Wild Night

as Miss Thomas (uncredited)

1938
Miracle Money

as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel

1938
Walking Down Broadway

as Claybourne's Secretary

1938
The Baroness and the Butler

as Martha - Kartina's Secretary

1937
Nothing Sacred

as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)

1937
Blossoms On Broadway

as Fake Nurse (uncredited)

1937
The Wrong Road

as Matron (uncredited)

1937
Dangerously Yours

as Ship Passenger

1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Miss Farrell

1937
The Lady Escapes

as Woman in theater (uncredited)

1937
Topper

as Sales Clerk (uncredited)

1937
Mountain Justice

as Woman with Baby

1937
Man Of The People

as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)

1936
Ramona

as Marda

1936
The Devil-Doll

as Mathilde Coulvet

1936
Small Town Girl

as Bit Role (uncredited)

1935
Vagabond Lady

as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)

1935
Life Begins at Forty

as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether

1934
Among the Missing

as Mrs. Alvin Abbott

1934
Jane Eyre

as Bertha Rochester

1934
Blind Date

as Head Saleswoman

1934
Viva Villa!

as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra

1934
This Side of Heaven

as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)

1933
The Sin of Nora Moran

as Mrs. Edith Crawford

1933
Night Flight

as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)

1933
1933
Made on Broadway

as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary

1932
Prosperity

as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)

1932
Divorce In The Family

as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother

1932
Arsène Lupin

as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)

1931
Politics

as Rally Leader

1930
Renegades

as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)

1930
For the Love o' Lil

as Mrs. Gardner

1929
1927
1926
Miss Nobody

as Ann Adams

1926
The Exquisite Sinner

as Dominique's Sister

1925
Infatuation

as Pasha's Wife

1925
Drusilla with a Million

as Daphne Thornton

1925
The Girl of Gold

as Edith Loring

1924
The Sea Hawk

as Siren

1924
Borrowed Husbands

as Peggy Fleurette

1923
Ponjola

as Luchia Luff

1923
The Voice from the Minaret

as Countess La Fontaine

1922
Only a Shop Girl

as Mrs. Watkins

1922
1922
When Love Comes

as Marie Jamison

1922
To Have and to Hold

as Patience Worth

1922
The Ordeal

as Elise

1922
Glass Houses

as Mrs. Vicky

1921
The Hole in the Wall

as Cora Thompson

1921
The Bronze Bell

as Nairaini

1921
I Am Guilty

as Trixie

1921
1921
My Lady's Latchkey

as Countess Santiago

1920
The House of Whispers

as Nettie Kelly

1920
A Light Woman

as Jeanne DuPre

1920
Life's Twist

as Mrs. Helen Sutton

1920
The Green Flame

as Lou Tremaine

1920
The Heart of a Child

as Lady Dorothea

1920
The Walk-Offs

as Mrs. Elliott

1919
Dangerous Hours

as Sophia Guerni

1919
The Spite Bride

as Trixie Dennis

1919
The World Aflame

as Emma Reich

1919
The Devil's Trail

as Dubec's Wife

1919
When Fate Decides

as Alicia Carteret

1919
Modern Husbands

as Myrtle Cosgrove

1919
The Sawdust Doll

as Rose Budd

1919
A Man And His Money

as Varda Ropers

1919
The Wishing Ring Man

as Gale Maddox

1919
The Old Maid's Baby

as Sylvia Deane

1919
1918
Border Raiders

as Cleo Dade

1918
Modern Love

as Myrtle Harris

1918
1918
Midnight Madness

as Lola Montez

1918
Social Briars

as Helen Manning

1918
The Risky Road

as Mrs. Kingston

1918
The Magic Eye

as Mrs. Bowman

1918
Brace Up

as Ellen Miles

1918
Madame Spy

as Baroness Von Hulda

1917
The Winged Mystery

as Gerda Anderson

1917
Anything Once

as Señorita Paprika

1917
Triumph

as Lillian Du Pon

1917
Pay Me!

as Nita

1917
1917
The Rescue

as Henriette

1917
The Almost Good Man

as Kitty Manville

1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery

as Kitty Flanders

1917
1917
Perils of the Secret Service

as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)

1917
1917
The Piper's Price

as Jessica's Maid

1916