Claire Du Brey

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.

Known For

Martha

Lightnin' in the Forest

Luchia Luff

Ponjola

Rose

Two Sisters

Mrs. Thurber

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

Mrs. Edith Crawford

The Sin of Nora Moran

Peggy

Nita

Pay Me!

Baroness Von Hulda

Madame Spy

Mrs. Smith

Out of the Storm

Laura - Harrison's Servant

The Secret of the Whistler

Hilda

Up Romance Road

Lady Dorothea

The Heart of a Child

Sarah Walters

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Mrs. Watkins

Only a Shop Girl

Landlady

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Housekeeper

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Second Lady in Michel's

The Bishop's Wife

Señora Salcedo

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)

This Side of Heaven

Sylvia

What Every Woman Wants

Sylvia Deane

The Old Maid's Baby

Rose Budd

The Sawdust Doll

Myrtle Cosgrove

Modern Husbands

The Ghost Girl

Alicia Carteret

When Fate Decides

Dubec's Wife

The Devil's Trail

Emma Reich

The World Aflame

Mrs. Elliott

The Walk-Offs

Mrs. Helen Sutton

Life's Twist

Jeanne DuPre

A Light Woman

Lou Tremaine

The Green Flame

Countess Santiago

My Lady's Latchkey

Nairaini

The Bronze Bell

Nettie Kelly

The House of Whispers

Perilous Valley

Mrs. Vicky

Glass Houses

Cora Thompson

The Hole in the Wall

Elise

The Ordeal

Inez

You Never Know

Marie Jamison

When Love Comes

Peggy Fleurette

Borrowed Husbands

Edith Loring

The Girl of Gold

Daphne Thornton

Drusilla with a Million

Agatha, the maid

Hot Rod Gang

Dora Mason

The Drifter

The Railroad President's Daughter

The Honor of an Outlaw

Kitty Flanders

A 44-Calibre Mystery

The Vamp

Hair-Trigger Burke

Mrs. Hardman

The Honeymoon Surprise

Kitty Manville

The Almost Good Man

Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)

Perils of the Secret Service

Princess Seraphina

The Clash of Steel

Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter

Six-Shooter Justice

Donna

Follow the Girl

Myrtle Harris

Modern Love

Lola Montez

Midnight Madness

Louise

Prisoners of the Pines

Helen Manning

Social Briars

Thelma Von Styne

The Human Target

Rally Leader

Politics

Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel

Miracle Money

Marda

Ramona

Mama Teresa

Don Ricardo Returns

Audrey

The Devil Dancer

Bertha Rochester

Jane Eyre

Miss Huggins

High School

Miss Blodgett

Little Miss Broadway

Martha - Kartina's Secretary

The Baroness and the Butler

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

Ivy

Nurse

Gabriel Over the White House

Mrs. Bob Ford

Jesse James

Siren

The Sea Hawk

Flower Shop Manager

Private Nurse

Miss Thomas (uncredited)

One Wild Night

Mme. Coulvet

The Devil-Doll

Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)

Man Of The People

Convict (uncredited)

The Affairs of Annabel

Miss Arnold (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

Head Saleswoman

Blind Date

Aunt Clara

Broadway to Hollywood

Housekeeper

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

Edith

Men with Wings

Woman with Baby

Mountain Justice

Secretary

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Prison Librarian

Within the Law

Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother

Divorce In The Family

Hotel Guest

Never Say Die

Woman (uncredited)

Juarez

Woman in theater (uncredited)

The Lady Escapes

Mrs. Kelsey

Chicken Wagon Family

First Nurse (uncredited)

Coast Guard

Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)

Four Wives

Woman in Cafe

Swanee River

Nurse

Sergeant Madden

Melinda (Ma) McCracken

Bells of Capistrano

Hilda (uncredited)

Now, Voyager

Dueña

South of the Border

Mrs. Alvin Abbott

Among the Missing

Ship Passenger

Dangerously Yours

Traveler's Wife (uncredited)

Star in the Night

Nurse (uncredited)

The Blue Bird

Wahtonka

Dakota

Customer (uncredited)

The Shop Around the Corner

Nurse Cordell

Everybody's Baby

Emma Smith

Brigham Young

Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)

Virginia City

Spinster (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole

Sophia Guerni

Dangerous Hours

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Miss Farrell

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Nun (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too

Hotel for Women

Bit Role (uncredited)

Small Town Girl

Horsewoman

That Certain Age

Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)

Nothing Sacred

Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Topper

Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether

Life Begins at Forty

(credit only) (voice)

Cinderella

Martha Baylor

The Invisible Informer

Servant (uncredited)

The Catman of Paris

Rosie McGurk

Lights of Old Santa Fe

Countess La Fontaine

The Voice from the Minaret

Manta

Bells of San Fernando

Gym Teacher

Forty Little Mothers

Lillian Du Pon

Triumph

Bess Loveman

Frontier Gun

Mrs. Kate Fenniman

Escort West

Civilization

Dominique's Sister

The Exquisite Sinner

Claybourne's Secretary

Walking Down Broadway

Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Lottie

That Girl Montana

Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra

Viva Villa!

Temple Spectator (uncredited)

Samson and Delilah

Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Dragon Seed

Polly

A Man in the Open

Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)

Prosperity

Mrs. Grimsby

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Miss Pinkham

Rise and Shine

Ann Adams

Miss Nobody

Nurse

See Your Doctor

Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)

Arsène Lupin

Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

Apartment House Manager

No Place for a Lady

Nurse at Sammy's Birth

Blossoms in the Dust

Señorita Paprika

Anything Once

Ellen Miles

Brace Up

Santiago Nurse (uncredited)

Night Flight

Jessica's Maid

The Piper's Price

Princess Dione

The Reward of the Faithless

Henriette

The Rescue

Mrs. Miles Kingston

The Risky Road

Pasha's Wife

Infatuation

Trixie Dennis

The Spite Bride

Mrs. Bowman

The Magic Eye

Gerda Anderson

The Winged Mystery

Varda Ropers

A Man And His Money

Patience Worth

To Have and to Hold

Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)

Renegades

Matron (uncredited)

The Wrong Road

May Smith

The Fighting Gringo

Madame Mercier (uncredited)

A Song to Remember

Fake Nurse (uncredited)

Blossoms On Broadway

Petrie

Oh, What a Night!

Cleo Dade

Border Raiders

Mrs. Gardner

For the Love o' Lil

Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

Housekeeper

Lust for Life

Gale Maddox

The Wishing Ring Man

Cloak and Dagger

Peter's Secretary

The Magnificent Dope

Trixie

I Am Guilty

Mom LaFarge

French Leave

Henderson's Secretary

Black Diamonds

R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)

Vagabond Lady

Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary

Made on Broadway

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

Gender

Female

Birthday

1892-08-30

Place of Birth

Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Also Known As

Claire DuBrey