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
| Birth Location | Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1892-08-30 |
| Died | 1993-08-01 |
Movies
Escort West
as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
1959
Frontier Gun
as Bess Loveman
1958
Hot Rod Gang
as Agatha, the maid
1958
Lust for Life
as Housekeeper
1956
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Señora Salcedo
1953
Ace in the Hole
as Spinster (uncredited)
1951
Cinderella
as (credit only) (voice)
1950
Samson and Delilah
as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
1949
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Mrs. Grimsby
1949
Out of the Storm
as Mrs. Smith
1948
French Leave
as Mom LaFarge
1948
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Housekeeper (as Claire Dubrey)
1948
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Martha
1948
The Bishop's Wife
as Second Lady in Michel's
1947
Ivy
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1947
Bells of San Fernando
as Manta
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
1946
The Secret of the Whistler
as Laura - Harrison's Servant
1946
Don Ricardo Returns
as Mama Teresa
1946
1946
The Invisible Informer
as Martha Baylor
1946
The Catman of Paris
as Servant
1946
Dakota
as Wahtonka
1945
Star in the Night
as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
1945
A Song to Remember
as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
1945
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Rosie McGurk
1944
Oh, What a Night!
as Petrie
1944
Dragon Seed
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
1944
Heaven Can Wait
as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
1943
No Place for a Lady
as Apartment House Manager
1943
Now, Voyager
as Hilda (uncredited)
1942
Bells of Capistrano
as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
1942
The Magnificent Dope
as Peter's Secretary
1942
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Housekeeper
1942
Rise and Shine
as Miss Pinkham (as Claire DuBrey)
1941
Private Nurse
as Flower Shop Manager
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
1941
Brigham Young
as Emma Smith
1940
Black Diamonds
as Henderson's Secretary
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Nun (uncredited)
1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Sarah Walters
1940
Forty Little Mothers
as Gym Teacher
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Party Guest
1940
Virginia City
as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
1940
High School
as Miss Huggins
1940
The Blue Bird
as Nurse
1940
The Shop Around the Corner
as Customer (uncredited)
1940
Swanee River
as Woman in Cafe
1939
Four Wives
as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
1939
See Your Doctor
as Nurse
1939
South of the Border
as Dueña
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
as Mrs. Kelsey
1939
Coast Guard
as First Nurse (uncredited)
1939
1939
Tell No Tales
as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
1939
Juarez
as Woman (uncredited)
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Landlady
1939
Everybody's Baby
as Nurse Cordell
1939
Sergeant Madden
as Nurse
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
1939
Within the Law
as Prison Librarian
1939
Never Say Die
as Hotel Guest
1939
Jesse James
as Mrs. Bob Ford
1939
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
as Mrs. Thurber
1938
That Certain Age
as Horsewoman
1938
The Affairs of Annabel
as Convict (uncredited)
1938
Marie Antoinette
as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
1938
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Blodgett
1938
Men with Wings
as Edith
1938
One Wild Night
as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
1938
Miracle Money
as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
1938
Walking Down Broadway
as Claybourne's Secretary
1938
The Baroness and the Butler
as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
1938
Nothing Sacred
as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
1937
Blossoms On Broadway
as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
1937
The Wrong Road
as Matron (uncredited)
1937
Dangerously Yours
as Ship Passenger
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Miss Farrell
1937
The Lady Escapes
as Woman in theater (uncredited)
1937
Topper
as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
1937
Mountain Justice
as Woman with Baby
1937
Man Of The People
as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
1937
Ramona
as Marda
1936
The Devil-Doll
as Mme. Coulvet
1936
Small Town Girl
as Bit Role (uncredited)
1936
Life Begins at Forty
as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
1935
Among the Missing
as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
1934
Jane Eyre
as Bertha Rochester
1934
Blind Date
as Head Saleswoman
1934
Viva Villa!
as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
1934
This Side of Heaven
as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
1934
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Mrs. Edith Crawford
1933
Night Flight
as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
as Aunt Clara
1933
Gabriel Over the White House
as Nurse
1933
Prosperity
as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
1932
Divorce In The Family
as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
1932
Arsène Lupin
as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
1932
Politics
as Rally Leader
1931
Renegades
as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
1930
For the Love o' Lil
as Mrs. Gardner
1930
Two Sisters
as Rose
1929
The Devil Dancer
as Audrey
1927
Miss Nobody
as Ann Adams
1926
The Exquisite Sinner
as Dominique's Sister
1926
Infatuation
as Pasha's Wife
1925
Drusilla with a Million
as Daphne Thornton
1925
The Girl of Gold
as Edith Loring
1925
The Sea Hawk
as Siren
1924
Borrowed Husbands
as Peggy Fleurette
1924
Ponjola
as Luchia Luff
1923
The Voice from the Minaret
as Countess La Fontaine
1923
Only a Shop Girl
as Mrs. Watkins
1922
When Love Comes
as Marie Jamison
1922
You Never Know
as Inez
1922
To Have and to Hold
as Patience Worth
1922
The Ordeal
as Elise
1922
Glass Houses
as Mrs. Vicky
1922
The Hole in the Wall
as Cora Thompson
1921
The Bronze Bell
as Nairaini
1921
I Am Guilty
as Trixie
1921
That Girl Montana
as Lottie
1921
My Lady's Latchkey
as Countess Santiago
1921
The House of Whispers
as Nettie Kelly
1920
A Light Woman
as Jeanne DuPre
1920
Life's Twist
as Mrs. Helen Sutton
1920
The Green Flame
as Lou Tremaine
1920
The Heart of a Child
as Lady Dorothea
1920
The Walk-Offs
as Mrs. Elliott
1920
1920
Dangerous Hours
as Sophia Guerni
1919
The Spite Bride
as Trixie Dennis
1919
The World Aflame
as Emma Reich
1919
The Devil's Trail
as Dubec's Wife
1919
When Fate Decides
as Alicia Carteret
1919
1919
Modern Husbands
as Myrtle Cosgrove
1919
The Sawdust Doll
as Rose Budd
1919
A Man And His Money
as Varda Ropers
1919
The Wishing Ring Man
as Gale Maddox
1919
The Old Maid's Baby
as Sylvia Deane
1919
What Every Woman Wants
as Sylvia
1919
A Man in the Open
as Polly
1919
Border Raiders
as Cleo Dade
1918
Prisoners of the Pines
as Louise
1918
Modern Love
as Myrtle Harris
1918
The Human Target
as Thelma Von Styne
1918
Up Romance Road
as Hilda
1918
Midnight Madness
as Lola Montez
1918
Social Briars
as Helen Manning
1918
The Risky Road
as Mrs. Miles Kingston
1918
The Magic Eye
as Mrs. Bowman
1918
Brace Up
as Ellen Miles
1918
Madame Spy
as Baroness Von Hulda
1918
The Winged Mystery
as Gerda Anderson
1917
Anything Once
as Señorita Paprika
1917
Triumph
as Lillian Du Pon
1917
Pay Me!
as Nita
1917
Follow the Girl
as Donna
1917
The Rescue
as Henriette
1917
Six-Shooter Justice
as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
1917
The Almost Good Man
as Kitty Manville
1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Kitty Flanders
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Railroad President's Daughter
1917
Hair-Trigger Burke
as The Vamp
1917
The Fighting Gringo
as May Smith
1917
The Clash of Steel
as Princess Seraphina
1917
The Drifter
as Dora Mason
1917
Perils of the Secret Service
as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
1917
The Reward of the Faithless
as Princess Dione
1917
The Honeymoon Surprise
as Mrs. Hardman
1917
The Piper's Price
as Jessica's Maid
1917
1916
1916
Claire Du Brey hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
