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). 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

Cinderella

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Baroness and the Butler

The Shop Around the Corner

The Best Years of Our Lives

Ace in the Hole

Samson and Delilah

Lust for Life

All Movies (179)

• Escort West1959 · as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
• Frontier Gun1958 · as Bess Loveman
• Hot Rod Gang1958 · as Agatha, the maid
• Lust for Life1956 · as Housekeeper
• Phantom of the Rue Morgue1954 · as Spectator (uncredited)
• Raiders of the Seven Seas1953 · as Señora Salcedo
• Ace in the Hole1951 · as Spinster (uncredited)
• Cinderella1950 · as (credit only) (voice)
• Samson and Delilah1949 · as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff1949 · as Mrs. Grimsby
• Out of the Storm1948 · as Mrs. Smith
• French Leave1948 · as Mom LaFarge
• Who Killed Doc Robbin?1948 · as Housekeeper
• Lightnin' in the Forest1948 · as Martha
• The Bishop's Wife1947 · as Second Lady in Michel's
• Ivy1947 · as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
• Bells of San Fernando1947 · as Manta
• The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
• The Secret of the Whistler1946 · as Laura - Harrison's Servant
• Don Ricardo Returns1946 · as Mama Teresa
• Cloak and Dagger1946
• The Invisible Informer1946 · as Martha Baylor
• The Catman of Paris1946 · as Servant (uncredited)
• Dakota1945 · as Wahtonka
• Star in the Night1945 · as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
• A Song to Remember1945 · as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
• Lights of Old Santa Fe1944 · as Rosie McGurk
• Oh, What a Night!1944 · as Petrie
• Dragon Seed1944 · as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
• Heaven Can Wait1943 · as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
• No Place for a Lady1943 · as Apartment House Manager
• Now, Voyager1942 · as Hilda (uncredited)
• Bells of Capistrano1942 · as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
• The Magnificent Dope1942 · as Peter's Secretary
• A Close Call for Ellery Queen1942 · as Housekeeper
• Rise and Shine1941 · as Miss Pinkham
• Private Nurse1941 · as Flower Shop Manager
• Blossoms in the Dust1941 · as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
• Brigham Young1940 · as Emma Smith
• Black Diamonds1940 · as Henderson's Secretary
• All This, and Heaven Too1940 · as Nun (uncredited)
• Andy Hardy Meets Debutante1940 · as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
• Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise1940 · as Sarah Walters
• Forty Little Mothers1940 · as Gym Teacher
• The Doctor Takes a Wife1940 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Virginia City1940 · as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
• High School1940 · as Miss Huggins
• The Blue Bird1940 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• The Shop Around the Corner1940 · as Customer (uncredited)
• Swanee River1939 · as Woman in Cafe
• Four Wives1939 · as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
• See Your Doctor1939 · as Nurse
• South of the Border1939 · as Dueña
• Chicken Wagon Family1939 · as Mrs. Kelsey
• Coast Guard1939 · as First Nurse (uncredited)
• Hotel for Women1939
• Tell No Tales1939 · as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
• Juarez1939 · as Woman (uncredited)
• The Story of Alexander Graham Bell1939 · as Landlady
• Three Smart Girls Grow Up1939 · as Secretary
• Sergeant Madden1939 · as Nurse
• Everybody's Baby1939 · as Nurse Cordell
• Within the Law1939 · as Prison Librarian
• Never Say Die1939 · as Hotel Guest
• Jesse James1939 · as Mrs. Bob Ford
• The Strange Case of Dr. Meade1938 · as Mrs. Thurber
• That Certain Age1938 · as Horsewoman
• The Affairs of Annabel1938 · as Convict (uncredited)
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
• Little Miss Broadway1938 · as Miss Blodgett
• Men with Wings1938 · as Edith
• One Wild Night1938 · as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
• Miracle Money1938 · as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
• Walking Down Broadway1938 · as Claybourne's Secretary
• The Baroness and the Butler1938 · as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
• Nothing Sacred1937 · as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
• Blossoms On Broadway1937 · as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
• The Wrong Road1937 · as Matron (uncredited)
• Dangerously Yours1937 · as Ship Passenger
• Wife, Doctor and Nurse1937 · as Miss Farrell
• The Lady Escapes1937 · as Woman in theater (uncredited)
• Topper1937 · as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
• Mountain Justice1937 · as Woman with Baby
• Man Of The People1937 · as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
• Ramona1936 · as Marda
• The Devil-Doll1936 · as Mathilde Coulvet
• Small Town Girl1936 · as Bit Role (uncredited)
• Vagabond Lady1935 · as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
• Life Begins at Forty1935 · as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
• Among the Missing1934 · as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
• Jane Eyre1934 · as Bertha Rochester
• Blind Date1934 · as Head Saleswoman
• Viva Villa!1934 · as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
• This Side of Heaven1934 · as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
• The Sin of Nora Moran1933 · as Mrs. Edith Crawford
• Shadows of Sing Sing1933 · as Angela Crane
• Night Flight1933 · as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
• Broadway to Hollywood1933 · as Aunt Clara
• Made on Broadway1933 · as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
• Gabriel Over the White House1933 · as Nurse
• Prosperity1932 · as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
• Divorce In The Family1932 · as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
• Arsène Lupin1932 · as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
• Politics1931 · as Rally Leader
• Renegades1930 · as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
• For the Love o' Lil1930 · as Mrs. Gardner
• Two Sisters1929 · as Rose
• The Devil Dancer1927 · as Audrey
• Miss Nobody1926 · as Ann Adams
• The Exquisite Sinner1926 · as Dominique's Sister
• Infatuation1925 · as Pasha's Wife
• Drusilla with a Million1925 · as Daphne Thornton
• The Girl of Gold1925 · as Edith Loring
• The Sea Hawk1924 · as Siren
• Borrowed Husbands1924 · as Peggy Fleurette
• Ponjola1923 · as Luchia Luff
• The Voice from the Minaret1923 · as Countess La Fontaine
• Only a Shop Girl1922 · as Mrs. Watkins
• You Never Know1922 · as Inez
• When Love Comes1922 · as Marie Jamison
• To Have and to Hold1922 · as Patience Worth
• The Ordeal1922 · as Elise
• Glass Houses1922 · as Mrs. Vicky
• The Hole in the Wall1921 · as Cora Thompson
• The Bronze Bell1921 · as Nairaini
• I Am Guilty1921 · as Trixie
• That Girl Montana1921 · as Lottie
• My Lady's Latchkey1921 · as Countess Santiago
• The House of Whispers1920 · as Nettie Kelly
• A Light Woman1920 · as Jeanne DuPre
• Life's Twist1920 · as Mrs. Helen Sutton
• The Green Flame1920 · as Lou Tremaine
• The Heart of a Child1920 · as Lady Dorothea
• The Walk-Offs1920 · as Mrs. Elliott
• Perilous Valley1920
• Dangerous Hours1919 · as Sophia Guerni
• The Spite Bride1919 · as Trixie Dennis
• The World Aflame1919 · as Emma Reich
• The Devil's Trail1919 · as Dubec's Wife
• When Fate Decides1919 · as Alicia Carteret
• The Ghost Girl1919
• Modern Husbands1919 · as Myrtle Cosgrove
• The Sawdust Doll1919 · as Rose Budd
• A Man And His Money1919 · as Varda Ropers
• The Wishing Ring Man1919 · as Gale Maddox
• What Every Woman Wants1919 · as Sylvia
• The Old Maid's Baby1919 · as Sylvia Deane
• A Man in the Open1919 · as Polly
• Border Raiders1918 · as Cleo Dade
• Prisoners of the Pines1918 · as Louise
• Modern Love1918 · as Myrtle Harris
• The Human Target1918 · as Thelma Von Styne
• Up Romance Road1918 · as Hilda
• Midnight Madness1918 · as Lola Montez
• Social Briars1918 · as Helen Manning
• The Risky Road1918 · as Mrs. Kingston
• The Magic Eye1918 · as Mrs. Bowman
• Brace Up1918 · as Ellen Miles
• Madame Spy1918 · as Baroness Von Hulda
• The Winged Mystery1917 · as Gerda Anderson
• Anything Once1917 · as Señorita Paprika
• Triumph1917 · as Lillian Du Pon
• Pay Me!1917 · as Nita
• Follow the Girl1917 · as Donna
• The Rescue1917 · as Henriette
• Six-Shooter Justice1917 · as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
• The Almost Good Man1917 · as Kitty Manville
• A 44-Calibre Mystery1917 · as Kitty Flanders
• The Honor of an Outlaw1917 · as The Railroad President's Daughter
• Hair-Trigger Burke1917 · as The Vamp
• The Fighting Gringo1917 · as May Smith
• The Clash of Steel1917 · as Princess Seraphina
• The Drifter1917 · as Dora Mason
• Perils of the Secret Service1917 · as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
• The Reward of the Faithless1917 · as Princess Dione
• The Honeymoon Surprise1917 · as Mrs. Hardman
• The Piper's Price1917 · as Jessica's Maid
• Civilization1916
• Peggy1916

All TV Shows (3)

• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956 · as Madame Odin
• Where's Raymond?1953 · as Angela
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Mrs. Miggs