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Birthday: Aug 30, 1892
Place of Birth: Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Claire Du Brey

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
Movie Cast Year
Lightnin' in the Forest Martha 1948
Ponjola Luchia Luff 1923
Two Sisters Rose 1929
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade Mrs. Thurber 1938
The Sin of Nora Moran Mrs. Edith Crawford 1933
Peggy 1916
Pay Me! Nita 1917
Madame Spy Baroness Von Hulda 1918
Out of the Storm Mrs. Smith 1948
The Secret of the Whistler Laura - Harrison's Servant 1946
Up Romance Road Hilda 1918
The Heart of a Child Lady Dorothea 1920
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise Sarah Walters 1940
Only a Shop Girl Mrs. Watkins 1922
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Landlady 1939
A Close Call for Ellery Queen Housekeeper 1942
The Bishop's Wife Second Lady in Michel's 1947
Raiders of the Seven Seas Señora Salcedo 1953
This Side of Heaven Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited) 1934
What Every Woman Wants Sylvia 1919
The Old Maid's Baby Sylvia Deane 1919
The Sawdust Doll Rose Budd 1919
Modern Husbands Myrtle Cosgrove 1919
The Ghost Girl 1919
When Fate Decides Alicia Carteret 1919
The Devil's Trail Dubec's Wife 1919
The World Aflame Emma Reich 1919
The Walk-Offs Mrs. Elliott 1920
Life's Twist Mrs. Helen Sutton 1920
A Light Woman Jeanne DuPre 1920
The Green Flame Lou Tremaine 1920
My Lady's Latchkey Countess Santiago 1921
The Bronze Bell Nairaini 1921
The House of Whispers Nettie Kelly 1920
Perilous Valley 1920
Glass Houses Mrs. Vicky 1922
The Hole in the Wall Cora Thompson 1921
The Ordeal Elise 1922
You Never Know Inez 1922
When Love Comes Marie Jamison 1922
Borrowed Husbands Peggy Fleurette 1924
The Girl of Gold Edith Loring 1925
Drusilla with a Million Daphne Thornton 1925
Hot Rod Gang Agatha, the maid 1958
The Drifter Dora Mason 1917
The Honor of an Outlaw The Railroad President's Daughter 1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery Kitty Flanders 1917
Hair-Trigger Burke The Vamp 1917
The Honeymoon Surprise Mrs. Hardman 1917
The Almost Good Man Kitty Manville 1917
Perils of the Secret Service Princess Seraphina (Episode #2) 1917
The Clash of Steel Princess Seraphina 1917
Six-Shooter Justice Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter 1917
Follow the Girl Donna 1917
Modern Love Myrtle Harris 1918
Midnight Madness Lola Montez 1918
Prisoners of the Pines Louise 1918
Social Briars Helen Manning 1918
The Human Target Thelma Von Styne 1918
Politics Rally Leader 1931
Miracle Money Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel 1938
Ramona Marda 1936
Don Ricardo Returns Mama Teresa 1946
The Devil Dancer Audrey 1927
Jane Eyre Bertha Rochester 1934
High School Miss Huggins 1940
Little Miss Broadway Miss Blodgett 1938
The Baroness and the Butler Martha - Kartina's Secretary 1938
Ivy Shopkeeper (uncredited) 1947
Gabriel Over the White House Nurse 1933
Jesse James Mrs. Bob Ford 1939
The Sea Hawk Siren 1924
Private Nurse Flower Shop Manager 1941
One Wild Night Miss Thomas (uncredited) 1938
The Devil-Doll Mme. Coulvet 1936
Man Of The People Mrs. Sagon (uncredited) 1937
The Affairs of Annabel Convict (uncredited) 1938
Tell No Tales Miss Arnold (uncredited) 1939
Blind Date Head Saleswoman 1934
Broadway to Hollywood Aunt Clara 1933
Who Killed Doc Robbin? Housekeeper 1948
Men with Wings Edith 1938
Mountain Justice Woman with Baby 1937
Three Smart Girls Grow Up Secretary 1939
Within the Law Prison Librarian 1939
Divorce In The Family Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother 1932
Never Say Die Hotel Guest 1939
Juarez Woman (uncredited) 1939
The Lady Escapes Woman in theater (uncredited) 1937
Chicken Wagon Family Mrs. Kelsey 1939
Coast Guard First Nurse (uncredited) 1939
Four Wives Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited) 1939
Swanee River Woman in Cafe 1939
Sergeant Madden Nurse 1939
Bells of Capistrano Melinda (Ma) McCracken 1942
Now, Voyager Hilda (uncredited) 1942
South of the Border Dueña 1939
Among the Missing Mrs. Alvin Abbott 1934
Dangerously Yours Ship Passenger 1937
Star in the Night Traveler's Wife (uncredited) 1945
The Blue Bird Nurse 1940
Dakota Wahtonka 1945
The Shop Around the Corner Customer (uncredited) 1940
Everybody's Baby Nurse Cordell 1939
Brigham Young Emma Smith 1940
Virginia City Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited) 1940
Ace in the Hole Spinster (uncredited) 1951
Dangerous Hours Sophia Guerni 1919
The Doctor Takes a Wife Party Guest (uncredited) 1940
Wife, Doctor and Nurse Miss Farrell 1937
All This, and Heaven Too Nun (uncredited) 1940
Hotel for Women 1939
Small Town Girl Bit Role (uncredited) 1936
That Certain Age Horsewoman 1938
Nothing Sacred Nurse Rafferty (uncredited) 1937
Topper Sales Clerk (uncredited) 1937
Life Begins at Forty Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether 1935
Cinderella (credit only) (voice) 1950
The Invisible Informer Martha Baylor 1946
The Catman of Paris Servant (uncredited) 1946
Lights of Old Santa Fe Rosie McGurk 1944
The Voice from the Minaret Countess La Fontaine 1923
Bells of San Fernando Manta 1947
Forty Little Mothers Gym Teacher 1940
Triumph Lillian Du Pon 1917
Frontier Gun Bess Loveman 1958
Escort West Mrs. Kate Fenniman 1959
Civilization 1916
The Exquisite Sinner Dominique's Sister 1926
Walking Down Broadway Claybourne's Secretary 1938
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Mrs. Hackett (uncredited) 1940
That Girl Montana Lottie 1921
The Best Years of Our Lives Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited) 1946
Viva Villa! Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra 1934
Samson and Delilah Temple Spectator (uncredited) 1949
Dragon Seed Hysterical Woman (uncredited) 1944
A Man in the Open Polly 1919
Prosperity Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited) 1932
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff Mrs. Grimsby 1949
Rise and Shine Miss Pinkham 1941
Miss Nobody Ann Adams 1926
See Your Doctor Nurse 1939
Arsène Lupin Mother at the Louvre (uncredited) 1932
Heaven Can Wait Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited) 1943
No Place for a Lady Apartment House Manager 1943
Blossoms in the Dust Nurse at Sammy's Birth 1941
Anything Once Señorita Paprika 1917
Brace Up Ellen Miles 1918
Night Flight Santiago Nurse (uncredited) 1933
The Piper's Price Jessica's Maid 1917
The Reward of the Faithless Princess Dione 1917
The Rescue Henriette 1917
The Risky Road Mrs. Miles Kingston 1918
Infatuation Pasha's Wife 1925
The Spite Bride Trixie Dennis 1919
The Magic Eye Mrs. Bowman 1918
The Winged Mystery Gerda Anderson 1917
A Man And His Money Varda Ropers 1919
To Have and to Hold Patience Worth 1922
Renegades Eleanore's Maid (uncredited) 1930
The Wrong Road Matron (uncredited) 1937
The Fighting Gringo May Smith 1917
A Song to Remember Madame Mercier (uncredited) 1945
Blossoms On Broadway Fake Nurse (uncredited) 1937
Oh, What a Night! Petrie 1944
Border Raiders Cleo Dade 1918
For the Love o' Lil Mrs. Gardner 1930
Marie Antoinette Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited) 1938
Lust for Life Housekeeper 1956
The Wishing Ring Man Gale Maddox 1919
Cloak and Dagger 1946
The Magnificent Dope Peter's Secretary 1942
I Am Guilty Trixie 1921
French Leave Mom LaFarge 1948
Black Diamonds Henderson's Secretary 1940
Vagabond Lady R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited) 1935
Made on Broadway Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary 1933
Series Cast Year
Four Star Playhouse Mrs. Miggs 1952
The Adventures of Jim Bowie Madame Odin 1956
Where's Raymond? Angela 1953
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