Mary Clare

Personal Info

Birthday

July 16, 1892

Day of Death

1970-08-29

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Lambeth, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Mary Clare Absalom

Mary Clare

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Clare (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television. In films, she was mainly a character actress, in later life often portraying mature ladies who had strength of character or were autocratic. She appeared in two of the British-made Alfred Hitchcock films, Young and Innocent (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938).

Known For

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

The Lady Vanishes

Oliver Twist

Young and Innocent

Moulin Rouge

Hindle Wakes

The Citadel

The Black Rose

Filmography

1959
The Price of Silence
as Mrs. West
1954
Mambo
as La contessa Luisa Marisoni
1953
The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Peachum
1952
Moulin Rouge
as Madame Loubet
Hindle Wakes
as Mrs. Martha Jeffcote
Penny Princess
as Maria
1950
Portrait of Clare
as Lady Hingston
The Black Rose
as Countess Eleanor of Lessford
1949
Cardboard Cavalier
as Milady Doverhouse
1948
Esther Waters
as Mrs. Latch
Oliver Twist
as Mrs. Corney
The Three Weird Sisters
as Maude Morgan-Vaughan
My Brother Jonathan
as Mrs. Dakers
1947
Mrs. Fitzherbert
as Duchess of Devonshire
1946
London Town
as Mrs. Gates
1944
One Exciting Night
as Mrs. Trout
Fiddlers Three
as Volumnia
The Hundred Pound Window
as Millie Draper
1942
The Next of Kin
as Mrs. Webster
The Night Has Eyes
as Mrs. Ranger
1941
The Patient Vanishes
as Matron
Old Bill and Son
as Maggie
1940
The Briggs Family
as Mrs. Briggs
Miss Grant Goes to the Door
as Caroline
Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
as Mrs Pym
1939
On the Night of the Fire
as Lizzie Crane
A Girl Must Live
as Mrs. Wallis
There Ain't No Justice
as Ma Mutch
1938
Climbing High
as Lady Emily Westaker
The Citadel
as Mrs. Orlando
The Lady Vanishes
as Baroness Isabel Nisatona
The Challenge
as His Mother
1937
The Rat
as Mere Colline
Young and Innocent
as Erica's Aunt Margaret
The Mill on the Floss
as Mrs. Moss
1935
The Guv'nor
as Mme. Barsac
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
as Mrs. Sharpe
The Clairvoyant
as Mother
1934
Lorna Doone
as Mistress Sara Ridd
Say It with Flowers
as Kate Bishop
1931
Keepers of Youth
as Mrs. Venner
Many Waters
as Mrs. Rosel
Bill's Legacy
as Mrs. Smithers
Gipsy Blood
as Factory Girl
The Outsider
as Mrs. Coates
Shadows
as Lily
1929
The Feather
as Mrs Dalton
1928
The Constant Nymph
as Linda Sanger
1924
Becket
as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Lights of London
as Hetty Preene
1922
A Gipsy Cavalier
as Janet
A Prince of Lovers
as Lady Caroline Lamb
1921
The Skin Game
as Chloe Hornblower