Acting
Claire Du Brey
EN cinema · 179 credits
Born
30 August 1892
Died
1 August 1993 (aged 100)
Birthplace
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA
Also known as Claire DuBrey · Claire DuBray · Claire Dubray · Claire Dubrey · Claire du Brey · Clara Violet Dubrey
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
Filmography
Escort West
as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
Hot Rod Gang
as Agatha, the maid
Frontier Gun
as Bess Loveman
Lust for Life
as Housekeeper
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Spectator (uncredited)
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Señora Salcedo
Ace in the Hole
as Spinster (uncredited)
Cinderella
as (credit only) (voice)
Samson and Delilah
as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Martha
Out of the Storm
as Mrs. Smith
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Housekeeper
French Leave
as Mom LaFarge
The Bishop's Wife
as Second Lady in Michel's
Ivy
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler
as Laura - Harrison's Servant
Don Ricardo Returns
as Mama Teresa
The Invisible Informer
as Martha Baylor
The Catman of Paris
as Servant (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
Star in the Night
as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
Dakota
as Wahtonka
A Song to Remember
as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Rosie McGurk
Dragon Seed
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Oh, What a Night!
as Petrie
Heaven Can Wait
as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady
as Apartment House Manager
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Housekeeper
Bells of Capistrano
as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
Now, Voyager
as Hilda (uncredited)
The Magnificent Dope
as Peter's Secretary
Private Nurse
as Flower Shop Manager
Rise and Shine
as Miss Pinkham
Blossoms in the Dust
as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Sarah Walters
High School
as Miss Huggins
The Blue Bird
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Shop Around the Corner
as Customer (uncredited)
Brigham Young
as Emma Smith
Virginia City
as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Party Guest (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Nun (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers
as Gym Teacher
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
Black Diamonds
as Henderson's Secretary
Jesse James
as Mrs. Bob Ford
Tell No Tales
as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
Within the Law
as Prison Librarian
Never Say Die
as Hotel Guest
Juarez
as Woman (uncredited)
Coast Guard
as First Nurse (uncredited)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Mrs. Kelsey
Four Wives
as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
Swanee River
as Woman in Cafe
Sergeant Madden
as Nurse
South of the Border
as Dueña
Everybody's Baby
as Nurse Cordell
See Your Doctor
as Nurse
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
as Mrs. Thurber
Miracle Money
as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Blodgett
The Baroness and the Butler
as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
One Wild Night
as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Convict (uncredited)
Men with Wings
as Edith
That Certain Age
as Horsewoman
Walking Down Broadway
as Claybourne's Secretary
Marie Antoinette
as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
Man Of The People
as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
Mountain Justice
as Woman with Baby
The Lady Escapes
as Woman in theater (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
as Ship Passenger
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Miss Farrell
Nothing Sacred
as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
Topper
as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
The Wrong Road
as Matron (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
Ramona
as Marda
The Devil-Doll
as Mathilde Coulvet
Small Town Girl
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
Vagabond Lady
as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
This Side of Heaven
as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
as Bertha Rochester
Blind Date
as Head Saleswoman
Among the Missing
as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
Viva Villa!
as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Mrs. Edith Crawford
Broadway to Hollywood
as Aunt Clara
Night Flight
as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
Made on Broadway
as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
Shadows of Sing Sing
as Angela Crane
Divorce In The Family
as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
Prosperity
as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin
as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
Politics
as Rally Leader
Renegades
as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
For the Love o' Lil
as Mrs. Gardner
Two Sisters
as Rose
The Devil Dancer
as Audrey
The Exquisite Sinner
as Dominique's Sister
Miss Nobody
as Ann Adams
The Girl of Gold
as Edith Loring
Drusilla with a Million
as Daphne Thornton
Infatuation
as Pasha's Wife
Borrowed Husbands
as Peggy Fleurette
The Sea Hawk
as Siren
Ponjola
as Luchia Luff
The Voice from the Minaret
as Countess La Fontaine
Only a Shop Girl
as Mrs. Watkins
Glass Houses
as Mrs. Vicky
The Ordeal
as Elise
You Never Know
as Inez
When Love Comes
as Marie Jamison
To Have and to Hold
as Patience Worth
My Lady's Latchkey
as Countess Santiago
The Bronze Bell
as Nairaini
The Hole in the Wall
as Cora Thompson
That Girl Montana
as Lottie
I Am Guilty
as Trixie
The Heart of a Child
as Lady Dorothea
The Walk-Offs
as Mrs. Elliott
The Green Flame
as Lou Tremaine
Life's Twist
as Mrs. Helen Sutton
A Light Woman
as Jeanne DuPre
The House of Whispers
as Nettie Kelly
What Every Woman Wants
as Sylvia
The Old Maid's Baby
as Sylvia Deane
The Sawdust Doll
as Rose Budd
Modern Husbands
as Myrtle Cosgrove
When Fate Decides
as Alicia Carteret
The Devil's Trail
as Dubec's Wife
The World Aflame
as Emma Reich
Dangerous Hours
as Sophia Guerni
A Man in the Open
as Polly
The Spite Bride
as Trixie Dennis
A Man And His Money
as Varda Ropers
The Wishing Ring Man
as Gale Maddox
Madame Spy
as Baroness Von Hulda
Social Briars
as Helen Manning
Midnight Madness
as Lola Montez
The Human Target
1918
The Human Target
as Thelma Von Styne
Modern Love
as Myrtle Harris
Brace Up
as Ellen Miles
The Risky Road
as Mrs. Kingston
The Magic Eye
as Mrs. Bowman
Border Raiders
as Cleo Dade
Pay Me!
as Nita
The Drifter
1917
The Drifter
as Dora Mason
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Railroad President's Daughter
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Kitty Flanders
The Almost Good Man
as Kitty Manville
The Honeymoon Surprise
1917
The Honeymoon Surprise
as Mrs. Hardman
Perils of the Secret Service
as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
The Clash of Steel
1917
The Clash of Steel
as Princess Seraphina
Six-Shooter Justice
1917
Six-Shooter Justice
as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
Triumph
as Lillian Du Pon
Anything Once
as Señorita Paprika
The Piper's Price
as Jessica's Maid
The Reward of the Faithless
as Princess Dione
The Rescue
as Henriette
The Winged Mystery
as Gerda Anderson
The Fighting Gringo
as May Smith
