Claire Du Brey

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: Acting

Born: Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA, 1892-08-30

Died: 1993-08-01

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	Peggy		0
2	1916	Civilization		52
3	1917	The Piper's Price	Jessica's Maid	0
4	1917	The Honeymoon Surprise	Mrs. Hardman	0
5	1917	The Reward of the Faithless	Princess Dione	0
6	1917	Perils of the Secret Service	Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)	0
7	1917	The Drifter	Dora Mason	0
8	1917	The Clash of Steel	Princess Seraphina	0
9	1917	The Fighting Gringo	May Smith	0
10	1917	Hair-Trigger Burke	The Vamp	0
11	1917	The Honor of an Outlaw	The Railroad President's Daughter	0
12	1917	A 44-Calibre Mystery	Kitty Flanders	0
13	1917	The Almost Good Man	Kitty Manville	0
14	1917	Six-Shooter Justice	Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter	0
15	1917	The Rescue	Henriette	0
16	1917	Follow the Girl	Donna	0
17	1917	Pay Me!	Nita	0
18	1917	Triumph	Lillian Du Pon	0
19	1917	Anything Once	Señorita Paprika	0
20	1917	The Winged Mystery	Gerda Anderson	0
21	1918	Madame Spy	Baroness Von Hulda	0
22	1918	Brace Up	Ellen Miles	0
23	1918	The Magic Eye	Mrs. Bowman	0
24	1918	The Risky Road	Mrs. Miles Kingston	42
25	1918	Social Briars	Helen Manning	0
26	1918	Midnight Madness	Lola Montez	0
27	1918	Up Romance Road	Hilda	0
28	1918	The Human Target	Thelma Von Styne	0
29	1918	Modern Love	Myrtle Harris	0
30	1918	Prisoners of the Pines	Louise	0
31	1918	Border Raiders	Cleo Dade	0
32	1919	What Every Woman Wants	Sylvia	10
33	1919	The Old Maid's Baby	Sylvia Deane	0
34	1919	A Man in the Open	Polly	0
35	1919	The Wishing Ring Man	Gale Maddox	0
36	1919	A Man And His Money	Varda Ropers	0
37	1919	The Sawdust Doll	Rose Budd	0
38	1919	Modern Husbands	Myrtle Cosgrove	0
39	1919	The Ghost Girl		0
40	1919	When Fate Decides	Alicia Carteret	10
41	1919	The Devil's Trail	Dubec's Wife	0
42	1919	The World Aflame	Emma Reich	0
43	1919	The Spite Bride	Trixie Dennis	0
44	1919	Dangerous Hours	Sophia Guerni	50
45	1920	Perilous Valley		0
46	1920	The Walk-Offs	Mrs. Elliott	0
47	1920	The Heart of a Child	Lady Dorothea	0
48	1920	The Green Flame	Lou Tremaine	0
49	1920	Life's Twist	Mrs. Helen Sutton	0
50	1920	A Light Woman	Jeanne DuPre	10
51	1920	The House of Whispers	Nettie Kelly	0
52	1921	My Lady's Latchkey	Countess Santiago	0
53	1921	That Girl Montana	Lottie	0
54	1921	I Am Guilty	Trixie	0
55	1921	The Bronze Bell	Nairaini	0
56	1921	The Hole in the Wall	Cora Thompson	0
57	1922	Glass Houses	Mrs. Vicky	0
58	1922	The Ordeal	Elise	0
59	1922	To Have and to Hold	Patience Worth	0
60	1922	You Never Know	Inez	0
61	1922	When Love Comes	Marie Jamison	0
62	1922	Only a Shop Girl	Mrs. Watkins	0
63	1923	The Voice from the Minaret	Countess La Fontaine	0
64	1923	Ponjola	Luchia Luff	50
65	1924	Borrowed Husbands	Peggy Fleurette	0
66	1924	The Sea Hawk	Siren	65
67	1925	The Girl of Gold	Edith Loring	0
68	1925	Drusilla with a Million	Daphne Thornton	0
69	1925	Infatuation	Pasha's Wife	0
70	1926	The Exquisite Sinner	Dominique's Sister	0
71	1926	Miss Nobody	Ann Adams	0
72	1927	The Devil Dancer	Audrey	50
73	1929	Two Sisters	Rose	60
74	1930	For the Love o' Lil	Mrs. Gardner	0
75	1930	Renegades	Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)	45
76	1931	Politics	Rally Leader	63
77	1932	Arsène Lupin	Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)	69
78	1932	Divorce In The Family	Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother	60
79	1932	Prosperity	Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)	47
80	1933	Gabriel Over the White House	Nurse	69
81	1933	Made on Broadway	Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary	65
82	1933	Broadway to Hollywood	Aunt Clara	46
83	1933	Night Flight	Santiago Nurse (uncredited)	58
84	1933	The Sin of Nora Moran	Mrs. Edith Crawford	55
85	1934	This Side of Heaven	Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)	70
86	1934	Viva Villa!	Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra	63
87	1934	Blind Date	Head Saleswoman	70
88	1934	Jane Eyre	Bertha Rochester	49
89	1934	Among the Missing	Mrs. Alvin Abbott	63
90	1935	Life Begins at Forty	Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether	0
91	1935	Vagabond Lady	R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)	72
92	1936	Small Town Girl	Bit Role (uncredited)	59
93	1936	The Devil-Doll	Mme. Coulvet	68
94	1936	Ramona	Marda	51
95	1937	Man Of The People	Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)	70
96	1937	Mountain Justice	Woman with Baby	55
97	1937	Topper	Sales Clerk (uncredited)	67
98	1937	The Lady Escapes	Woman in theater (uncredited)	0
99	1937	Wife, Doctor and Nurse	Miss Farrell	60
100	1937	Dangerously Yours	Ship Passenger	35
101	1937	The Wrong Road	Matron (uncredited)	44
102	1937	Blossoms On Broadway	Fake Nurse (uncredited)	40
103	1937	Nothing Sacred	Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)	62
104	1938	The Baroness and the Butler	Martha - Kartina's Secretary	52
105	1938	Walking Down Broadway	Claybourne's Secretary	57
106	1938	Miracle Money	Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel	56
107	1938	One Wild Night	Miss Thomas (uncredited)	55
108	1938	Men with Wings	Edith	50
109	1938	Little Miss Broadway	Miss Blodgett	65
110	1938	Marie Antoinette	Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)	66
111	1938	The Affairs of Annabel	Convict (uncredited)	40
112	1938	That Certain Age	Horsewoman	51
113	1938	The Strange Case of Dr. Meade	Mrs. Thurber	50
114	1939	Jesse James	Mrs. Bob Ford	64
115	1939	Never Say Die	Hotel Guest	68
116	1939	Within the Law	Prison Librarian	60
117	1939	Three Smart Girls Grow Up	Secretary	71
118	1939	Sergeant Madden	Nurse	60
119	1939	Everybody's Baby	Nurse Cordell	0
120	1939	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell	Landlady	60
121	1939	Juarez	Woman (uncredited)	65
122	1939	Tell No Tales	Miss Arnold (uncredited)	53
123	1939	Hotel for Women		60
124	1939	Coast Guard	First Nurse (uncredited)	50
125	1939	Chicken Wagon Family	Mrs. Kelsey	0
126	1939	South of the Border	Dueña	50
127	1939	See Your Doctor	Nurse	58
128	1939	Four Wives	Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)	53
129	1939	Swanee River	Woman in Cafe	67
130	1940	The Shop Around the Corner	Customer (uncredited)	81
131	1940	The Blue Bird	Nurse (uncredited)	57
132	1940	High School	Miss Huggins	55
133	1940	Virginia City	Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)	61
134	1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Party Guest (uncredited)	64
135	1940	Forty Little Mothers	Gym Teacher	62
136	1940	Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	Sarah Walters	67
137	1940	All This, and Heaven Too	Nun (uncredited)	71
138	1940	Andy Hardy Meets Debutante	Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)	54
139	1940	Black Diamonds	Henderson's Secretary	0
140	1940	Brigham Young	Emma Smith	44
141	1941	Blossoms in the Dust	Nurse at Sammy's Birth	66
142	1941	Private Nurse	Flower Shop Manager	0
143	1941	Rise and Shine	Miss Pinkham	60
144	1942	A Close Call for Ellery Queen	Housekeeper	52
145	1942	The Magnificent Dope	Peter's Secretary	72
146	1942	Bells of Capistrano	Melinda (Ma) McCracken	60
147	1942	Now, Voyager	Hilda (uncredited)	74
148	1943	No Place for a Lady	Apartment House Manager	60
149	1943	Heaven Can Wait	Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)	69
150	1944	Dragon Seed	Hysterical Woman (uncredited)	64
151	1944	Oh, What a Night!	Petrie	0
152	1944	Lights of Old Santa Fe	Rosie McGurk	52
153	1945	A Song to Remember	Madame Mercier (uncredited)	63
154	1945	Star in the Night	Traveler's Wife (uncredited)	74
155	1945	Dakota	Wahtonka	51
156	1946	The Catman of Paris	Servant (uncredited)	54
157	1946	The Invisible Informer	Martha Baylor	60
158	1946	Cloak and Dagger		65
159	1946	Don Ricardo Returns	Mama Teresa	0
160	1946	The Secret of the Whistler	Laura - Harrison's Servant	59
161	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)	78
162	1947	Bells of San Fernando	Manta	42
163	1947	Ivy	Shopkeeper (uncredited)	68
164	1947	The Bishop's Wife	Second Lady in Michel's	70
165	1948	Lightnin' in the Forest	Martha	30
166	1948	Who Killed Doc Robbin?	Housekeeper	37
167	1948	French Leave	Mom LaFarge	0
168	1948	Out of the Storm	Mrs. Smith	65
169	1949	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	Mrs. Grimsby	65
170	1949	Samson and Delilah	Temple Spectator (uncredited)	65
171	1950	Cinderella	(credit only) (voice)	70
172	1951	Ace in the Hole	Spinster (uncredited)	79
173	1953	Raiders of the Seven Seas	Señora Salcedo	57
174	1956	Lust for Life	Housekeeper	72
175	1958	Hot Rod Gang	Agatha, the maid	48
176	1958	Frontier Gun	Bess Loveman	60
177	1959	Escort West	Mrs. Kate Fenniman	56

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mrs. Miggs	63
2	1953	Where's Raymond?	Angela	70
3	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	Madame Odin	45

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