Claire Du Brey

Personal Info

Birthday

August 30, 1892

Day of Death

1993-08-01

(100 years old)

Place of Birth

Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Also Known As

Claire DuBrey

Claire DuBray

Claire Dubray

Claire Dubrey

Claire du Brey

Clara Violet Dubrey

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).

Known For

Four Star Playhouse

Cinderella

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Among the Missing

Samson and Delilah

The Best Years of Our Lives

Night Flight

The Shop Around the Corner

Filmography

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