Claire Du Brey
Born
August 30, 1892
Died
August 1, 1993 (100 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA
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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
Escort West
Mrs. Kate Fenniman
1959
Frontier Gun
Bess Loveman
1958
Hot Rod Gang
Agatha, the maid
1958
Lust for Life
Housekeeper
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Madame Odin · (1 episode)
1956
Where's Raymond?
Angela · (60 episodes)
1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Señora Salcedo
1953
Four Star Playhouse
Mrs. Miggs · (1 episode)
1952
Ace in the Hole
Spinster (uncredited)
1951
Cinderella
(credit only) (voice)
1950
Samson and Delilah
Temple Spectator (uncredited)
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Mrs. Grimsby
1949
Out of the Storm
Mrs. Smith
1948
French Leave
Mom LaFarge
1948
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Housekeeper
1948
Lightnin' in the Forest
Martha
1948
The Bishop's Wife
Second Lady in Michel's
1947
Ivy
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1947
Bells of San Fernando
Manta
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
1946
The Secret of the Whistler
Laura - Harrison's Servant
1946
Don Ricardo Returns
Mama Teresa
1946
Cloak and Dagger
1946
The Invisible Informer
Martha Baylor
1946
The Catman of Paris
Servant (uncredited)
1946
Dakota
Wahtonka
1945
Star in the Night
Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
1945
A Song to Remember
Madame Mercier (uncredited)
1945
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Rosie McGurk
1944
Oh, What a Night!
Petrie
1944
Dragon Seed
Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
1944
Heaven Can Wait
Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
1943
No Place for a Lady
Apartment House Manager
1943
Now, Voyager
Hilda (uncredited)
1942
Bells of Capistrano
Melinda (Ma) McCracken
1942
The Magnificent Dope
Peter's Secretary
1942
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Housekeeper
1942
Rise and Shine
Miss Pinkham
1941
Private Nurse
Flower Shop Manager
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
Nurse at Sammy's Birth
1941
Brigham Young
Emma Smith
1940
Black Diamonds
Henderson's Secretary
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Nun (uncredited)
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Sarah Walters
1940
Forty Little Mothers
Gym Teacher
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Party Guest (uncredited)
1940
Virginia City
Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
1940
High School
Miss Huggins
1940
The Blue Bird
Nurse (uncredited)
1940
The Shop Around the Corner
Customer (uncredited)
1940
Swanee River
Woman in Cafe
1939
Four Wives
Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
1939
See Your Doctor
Nurse
1939
South of the Border
Dueña
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
Mrs. Kelsey
1939
Coast Guard
First Nurse (uncredited)
1939
Hotel for Women
1939
Tell No Tales
Miss Arnold (uncredited)
1939
Juarez
Woman (uncredited)
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Landlady
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Secretary
1939
Sergeant Madden
Nurse
1939
Everybody's Baby
Nurse Cordell
1939
Within the Law
Prison Librarian
1939
Never Say Die
Hotel Guest
1939
Jesse James
Mrs. Bob Ford
1939
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Mrs. Thurber
1938
That Certain Age
Horsewoman
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
Convict (uncredited)
1938
Marie Antoinette
Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
1938
Little Miss Broadway
Miss Blodgett
1938
Men with Wings
Edith
1938
One Wild Night
Miss Thomas (uncredited)
1938
Miracle Money
Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
1938
Walking Down Broadway
Claybourne's Secretary
1938
The Baroness and the Butler
Martha - Kartina's Secretary
1938
Nothing Sacred
Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
1937
Blossoms On Broadway
Fake Nurse (uncredited)
1937
The Wrong Road
Matron (uncredited)
1937
Dangerously Yours
Ship Passenger
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Miss Farrell
1937
The Lady Escapes
Woman in theater (uncredited)
1937
Topper
Sales Clerk (uncredited)
1937
Mountain Justice
Woman with Baby
1937
Man Of The People
Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
1937
Ramona
Marda
1936
The Devil-Doll
Mme. Coulvet
1936
Small Town Girl
Bit Role (uncredited)
1936
Vagabond Lady
R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
1935
Life Begins at Forty
Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
1935
Among the Missing
Mrs. Alvin Abbott
1934
Jane Eyre
Bertha Rochester
1934
Blind Date
Head Saleswoman
1934
Viva Villa!
Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
1934
This Side of Heaven
Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
1934
The Sin of Nora Moran
Mrs. Edith Crawford
1933
Night Flight
Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
Aunt Clara
1933
Made on Broadway
Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
1933
Gabriel Over the White House
Nurse
1933
Prosperity
Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
1932
Divorce In The Family
Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
1932
Arsène Lupin
Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
1932
Politics
Rally Leader
1931
Renegades
Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
1930
For the Love o' Lil
Mrs. Gardner
1930
Two Sisters
Rose
1929
The Devil Dancer
Audrey
1927
Miss Nobody
Ann Adams
1926
The Exquisite Sinner
Dominique's Sister
1926
Infatuation
Pasha's Wife
1925
Drusilla with a Million
Daphne Thornton
1925
The Girl of Gold
Edith Loring
1925
The Sea Hawk
Siren
1924
Borrowed Husbands
Peggy Fleurette
1924
Ponjola
Luchia Luff
1923
The Voice from the Minaret
Countess La Fontaine
1923
Only a Shop Girl
Mrs. Watkins
1922
You Never Know
Inez
1922
When Love Comes
Marie Jamison
1922
To Have and to Hold
Patience Worth
1922
The Ordeal
Elise
1922
Glass Houses
Mrs. Vicky
1922
The Hole in the Wall
Cora Thompson
1921
The Bronze Bell
Nairaini
1921
I Am Guilty
Trixie
1921
That Girl Montana
Lottie
1921
My Lady's Latchkey
Countess Santiago
1921
The House of Whispers
Nettie Kelly
1920
A Light Woman
Jeanne DuPre
1920
Life's Twist
Mrs. Helen Sutton
1920
The Green Flame
Lou Tremaine
1920
The Heart of a Child
Lady Dorothea
1920
The Walk-Offs
Mrs. Elliott
1920
Perilous Valley
1920
Dangerous Hours
Sophia Guerni
1919
The Spite Bride
Trixie Dennis
1919
The World Aflame
Emma Reich
1919
The Devil's Trail
Dubec's Wife
1919
When Fate Decides
Alicia Carteret
1919
The Ghost Girl
1919
Modern Husbands
Myrtle Cosgrove
1919
The Sawdust Doll
Rose Budd
1919
A Man And His Money
Varda Ropers
1919
The Wishing Ring Man
Gale Maddox
1919
What Every Woman Wants
Sylvia
1919
The Old Maid's Baby
Sylvia Deane
1919
A Man in the Open
Polly
1919
Border Raiders
Cleo Dade
1918
Prisoners of the Pines
Louise
1918
Modern Love
Myrtle Harris
1918
The Human Target
Thelma Von Styne
1918
Up Romance Road
Hilda
1918
Midnight Madness
Lola Montez
1918
Social Briars
Helen Manning
1918
The Risky Road
Mrs. Miles Kingston
1918
The Magic Eye
Mrs. Bowman
1918
Brace Up
Ellen Miles
1918
Madame Spy
Baroness Von Hulda
1918
The Winged Mystery
Gerda Anderson
1917
Anything Once
Señorita Paprika
1917
Triumph
Lillian Du Pon
1917
Pay Me!
Nita
1917
Follow the Girl
Donna
1917
The Rescue
Henriette
1917
Six-Shooter Justice
Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
1917
The Almost Good Man
Kitty Manville
1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery
Kitty Flanders
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
The Railroad President's Daughter
1917
Hair-Trigger Burke
The Vamp
1917
The Fighting Gringo
May Smith
1917
The Clash of Steel
Princess Seraphina
1917
The Drifter
Dora Mason
1917
Perils of the Secret Service
Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
1917
The Reward of the Faithless
Princess Dione
1917
The Honeymoon Surprise
Mrs. Hardman
1917
The Piper's Price
Jessica's Maid
1917
Civilization
1916
Peggy
1916