Claire Du Brey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 30, 1892
- Died
- August 1, 1993
- Birthplace
- Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA
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.
Filmography
Escort West 1959
as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
Frontier Gun 1958
as Bess Loveman
Hot Rod Gang 1958
as Agatha, the maid
Lust for Life 1956
as Housekeeper
Phantom of the Rue Morgue 1954
as Spectator (uncredited)
Raiders of the Seven Seas 1953
as Señora Salcedo
Ace in the Hole 1951
as Spinster (uncredited)
Cinderella 1950
as (credit only) (voice)
Samson and Delilah 1949
as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff 1949
as Mrs. Grimsby
Out of the Storm 1948
as Mrs. Smith
French Leave 1948
as Mom LaFarge
Who Killed Doc Robbin? 1948
as Housekeeper
Lightnin' in the Forest 1948
as Martha
The Bishop's Wife 1947
as Second Lady in Michel's
Ivy 1947
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Bells of San Fernando 1947
as Manta
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler 1946
as Laura - Harrison's Servant
Don Ricardo Returns 1946
as Mama Teresa
Cloak and Dagger 1946
Actor
The Invisible Informer 1946
as Martha Baylor
The Catman of Paris 1946
as Servant (uncredited)
Dakota 1945
as Wahtonka
Star in the Night 1945
as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
A Song to Remember 1945
as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Lights of Old Santa Fe 1944
as Rosie McGurk
Oh, What a Night! 1944
as Petrie
Dragon Seed 1944
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait 1943
as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady 1943
as Apartment House Manager
Now, Voyager 1942
as Hilda (uncredited)
Bells of Capistrano 1942
as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
The Gay Sisters 1942
as Matron at Court (uncredited)
The Magnificent Dope 1942
as Peter's Secretary
A Close Call for Ellery Queen 1942
as Housekeeper
Rise and Shine 1941
as Miss Pinkham
Private Nurse 1941
as Flower Shop Manager
Blossoms in the Dust 1941
as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
Blondie in Society 1941
as Angry Neighbor With Petition (uncredited)
Brigham Young 1940
as Emma Smith
Black Diamonds 1940
as Henderson's Secretary
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940
as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too 1940
as Nun (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 1940
as Sarah Walters
Forty Little Mothers 1940
as Gym Teacher
The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Virginia City 1940
as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
High School 1940
as Miss Huggins
The Blue Bird 1940
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Shop Around the Corner 1940
as Customer (uncredited)
Swanee River 1939
as Woman in Cafe
Four Wives 1939
as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
See Your Doctor 1939
as Nurse
South of the Border 1939
as Dueña
Chicken Wagon Family 1939
as Mrs. Kelsey
Coast Guard 1939
as First Nurse (uncredited)
Hotel for Women 1939
Actor
Tell No Tales 1939
as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
Juarez 1939
as Woman (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939
as Landlady
Everybody's Baby 1939
as Nurse Cordell
Sergeant Madden 1939
as Nurse
Three Smart Girls Grow Up 1939
as Secretary
Within the Law 1939
as Prison Librarian
Never Say Die 1939
as Hotel Guest
Jesse James 1939
as Mrs. Bob Ford
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade 1938
as Mrs. Thurber
That Certain Age 1938
as Horsewoman
The Affairs of Annabel 1938
as Convict (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette 1938
as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway 1938
as Miss Blodgett
Men with Wings 1938
as Edith
One Wild Night 1938
as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
Miracle Money 1938
as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
Walking Down Broadway 1938
as Claybourne's Secretary
The Baroness and the Butler 1938
as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
Nothing Sacred 1937
as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway 1937
as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
The Wrong Road 1937
as Matron (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours 1937
as Ship Passenger
Wife, Doctor and Nurse 1937
as Miss Farrell
The Lady Escapes 1937
as Woman in theater (uncredited)
Topper 1937
as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Mountain Justice 1937
as Woman with Baby
Man Of The People 1937
as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
Ramona 1936
as Marda
The Devil-Doll 1936
as Mathilde Coulvet
Small Town Girl 1936
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady 1935
as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty 1935
as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
Among the Missing 1934
as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
Jane Eyre 1934
as Bertha Rochester
Blind Date 1934
as Head Saleswoman
Viva Villa! 1934
as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
This Side of Heaven 1934
as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
The Sin of Nora Moran 1933
as Mrs. Edith Crawford
Shadows of Sing Sing 1933
as Angela Crane
Night Flight 1933
as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood 1933
as Aunt Clara
Made on Broadway 1933
as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
Gabriel Over the White House 1933
as Nurse
Prosperity 1932
as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
Divorce In The Family 1932
as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
Arsène Lupin 1932
as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
Politics 1931
as Rally Leader
Renegades 1930
as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
For the Love o' Lil 1930
as Mrs. Gardner
Two Sisters 1929
as Rose
The Devil Dancer 1927
as Audrey
Miss Nobody 1926
as Ann Adams
The Exquisite Sinner 1926
as Dominique's Sister
Infatuation 1925
as Pasha's Wife
Drusilla with a Million 1925
as Daphne Thornton
The Girl of Gold 1925
as Edith Loring
The Sea Hawk 1924
as Siren
Borrowed Husbands 1924
as Peggy Fleurette
Ponjola 1923
as Luchia Luff
The Voice from the Minaret 1923
as Countess La Fontaine
Only a Shop Girl 1922
as Mrs. Watkins
When Love Comes 1922
as Marie Jamison
You Never Know 1922
as Inez
To Have and to Hold 1922
as Patience Worth
The Ordeal 1922
as Elise
Glass Houses 1922
as Mrs. Vicky
The Hole in the Wall 1921
as Cora Thompson
The Bronze Bell 1921
as Nairaini
I Am Guilty 1921
as Trixie
That Girl Montana 1921
as Lottie
My Lady's Latchkey 1921
as Countess Santiago
The House of Whispers 1920
as Nettie Kelly
A Light Woman 1920
as Jeanne DuPre
Life's Twist 1920
as Mrs. Helen Sutton
The Green Flame 1920
as Lou Tremaine
The Heart of a Child 1920
as Lady Dorothea
The Walk-Offs 1920
as Mrs. Elliott
- Perilous Valley
Perilous Valley 1920
Actor
Dangerous Hours 1919
as Sophia Guerni
The Spite Bride 1919
as Trixie Dennis
The World Aflame 1919
as Emma Reich
The Devil's Trail 1919
as Dubec's Wife
When Fate Decides 1919
as Alicia Carteret
The Ghost Girl 1919
Actor
Modern Husbands 1919
as Myrtle Cosgrove
The Sawdust Doll 1919
as Rose Budd
A Man And His Money 1919
as Varda Ropers
The Wishing Ring Man 1919
as Gale Maddox
A Man in the Open 1919
as Polly
The Old Maid's Baby 1919
as Sylvia Deane
What Every Woman Wants 1919
as Sylvia
Border Raiders 1918
as Cleo Dade
Prisoners of the Pines 1918
as Louise
Modern Love 1918
as Myrtle Harris
- The Human Target
The Human Target 1918
as Thelma Von Styne
Up Romance Road 1918
as Hilda
Midnight Madness 1918
as Lola Montez
Social Briars 1918
as Helen Manning
The Risky Road 1918
as Mrs. Kingston
The Magic Eye 1918
as Mrs. Bowman
Brace Up 1918
as Ellen Miles
Madame Spy 1918
as Baroness Von Hulda
The Winged Mystery 1917
as Gerda Anderson
Anything Once 1917
as Señorita Paprika
Triumph 1917
as Lillian Du Pon
Pay Me! 1917
as Nita
Follow the Girl 1917
as Donna
The Rescue 1917
as Henriette
- Six-Shooter Justice
Six-Shooter Justice 1917
as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
The Almost Good Man 1917
as Kitty Manville
A 44-Calibre Mystery 1917
as Kitty Flanders
- The Honor of an Outlaw
The Honor of an Outlaw 1917
as The Railroad President's Daughter
- Hair-Trigger Burke
Hair-Trigger Burke 1917
as The Vamp
The Fighting Gringo 1917
as May Smith
- The Clash of Steel
The Clash of Steel 1917
as Princess Seraphina
- The Drifter
The Drifter 1917
as Dora Mason
Perils of the Secret Service 1917
as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
The Reward of the Faithless 1917
as Princess Dione
- The Honeymoon Surprise
The Honeymoon Surprise 1917
as Mrs. Hardman
The Piper's Price 1917
as Jessica's Maid
Civilization 1916
Actor
Peggy 1916
Actor
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