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Claire Du Brey

Acting

Born August 30, 1892 · Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

Died August 1, 1993

Also known as Claire DuBrey · Claire DuBray · Claire Dubray

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.

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The Shop Around the Corner

1940as Customer (uncredited)

Don Ricardo Returns

1946as Mama Teresa

Ace in the Hole

1951as Spinster (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)

Now, Voyager

1942as Hilda (uncredited)

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939as Secretary

Lust for Life

1956as Housekeeper

All This, and Heaven Too

1940as Nun (uncredited)

The Bishop's Wife

1947as Second Lady in Michel's

Cinderella

1950as (credit only) (voice)

Bells of Capistrano

1942as Melinda (Ma) McCracken

Heaven Can Wait

1943as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Mrs. Miggs

The Devil-Doll

1936as Mathilde Coulvet

The Sea Hawk

1924as Siren

Dragon Seed

1944as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)

Blossoms in the Dust

1941as Nurse at Sammy's Birth

Topper

1937as Sales Clerk (uncredited)

Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff

1949as Mrs. Grimsby

Samson and Delilah

1949as Temple Spectator (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

1938as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)

Jesse James

1939as Mrs. Bob Ford

Juarez

1939as Woman (uncredited)

Little Miss Broadway

1938as Miss Blodgett

A Song to Remember

1945as Madame Mercier (uncredited)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954as Spectator (uncredited)

Nothing Sacred

1937as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)

Escort West

1959as Mrs. Kate Fenniman

Virginia City

1940as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953as Señora Salcedo

South of the Border

1939as Dueña

The Blue Bird

1940as Nurse (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)

Lights of Old Santa Fe

1944as Rosie McGurk

The Sin of Nora Moran

1933as Mrs. Edith Crawford

Hot Rod Gang

1958as Agatha, the maid

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956as Madame Odin

Dakota

1945as Wahtonka

Jane Eyre

1934as Bertha Rochester

Bells of San Fernando

1947as Manta

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

1948as Housekeeper