Claire Trevor

Personal Info

Birthday

March 8, 1910

Day of Death

2000-04-08

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Claire Wemlinger

The Queen of Film Noir

Claire Trevor

Biography

Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo (1948), and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty (1954) and Dead End (1937).

Trevor received top billing, ahead of John Wayne, for Stagecoach (1939). Trevor's acting career spanned more than seven decades and included successes in stage, radio, television, and film. She often played the hard-boiled blonde, and every conceivable type of 'bad girl' role.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Wagon Train

Climax!

Dr. Kildare

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Lux Video Theatre

Stagecoach

The Desperadoes

Filmography

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self
1987
Breaking Home Ties
as Grace Porter
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1982
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Charlotte
1967
The Cape Town Affair
as Sam Williams
1965
How to Murder Your Wife
as Edna
1963
The Stripper
as Helen Baird
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Clara Kruger
1958
Marjorie Morningstar
as Rose Morgenstern
1956
The Mountain
as Marie
1955
Lucy Gallant
as Lady MacBeth
Man Without a Star
as Idonee
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
The High and the Mighty
as May Holst
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Josie Sullivan
1952
Stop, You're Killing Me
as Nora Marko
My Man and I
as Mrs. Elena Ames
Hoodlum Empire
as Connie Williams
1951
Best of the Badmen
as Lily
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
as Millie Farley
1950
Borderline
as Madeleine Haley
1949
The Lucky Stiff
as Marguerite Seaton
1948
The Babe Ruth Story
as Claire Hodgson Ruth
Key Largo
as Gaye Dawn
The Velvet Touch
as Marian Webster
Raw Deal
as Pat Cameron
1947
Born to Kill
as Helen Brent
1946
Crack-Up
as Terry Cordell
The Bachelor's Daughters
as Cynthia Davis
1945
Johnny Angel
as Lilah 'Lily' Gustafson
1944
Murder, My Sweet
as Helen Grayle
1943
The Woman of the Town
as Dora Hand
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Ruth Jones
The Desperadoes
as Countess Maletta
1942
Street of Chance
as Ruth Dillon
Crossroads
as Michelle Allaine
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Connie Dawson
1941
Texas
as Michael 'Mike' King
Honky Tonk
as "Gold Dust" Nelson
1940
Dark Command
as Miss Mary McCloud
1939
Allegheny Uprising
as Janie MacDougall
I Stole a Million
as Laura Benson
Stagecoach
as Dallas
1938
Five of a Kind
as Christine Nelson
Valley of the Giants
as Lee Roberts
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Jo Keller
Walking Down Broadway
as Joan Bradley
1937
Big Town Girl
as Fay Loring
Second Honeymoon
as Marcia
Dead End
as Francey
One Mile from Heaven
as Lucy 'Tex' Warren
King of Gamblers
as Dixie Moore
Time Out for Romance
as Barbara Blanchard
1936
Career Woman
as Carroll Aiken
15 Maiden Lane
as Jane Martin
Star for a Night
as Nina Lind
To Mary - with Love
as Kitty Brant
Human Cargo
as Bonnie Brewster
Song and Dance Man
as Julia Carroll
My Marriage
as Carol Barton
1935
Navy Wife
as Vicky Blake
Dante's Inferno
as Elizabeth "Betty" McWade Carter
Black Sheep
as Janette Foster
Spring Tonic
as Betty Ingals
1934
Elinor Norton
as Elinor Norton
Baby Take a Bow
as Kay Ellison
Wild Gold
as Jerry Jordan
Hold That Girl
as Tonie Bellamy
1933
Jimmy and Sally
as Sally Johnson
The Mad Game
as Jane Lee
The Last Trail
as Patricia Carter
Life in the Raw
as Judy Halloway