Claire Du Brey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-08-30
Day of Death
1993-08-01 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA
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
Acting
(1959)
Escort West
as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
(1958)
Frontier Gun
as Bess Loveman
(1958)
Hot Rod Gang
as Agatha, the maid
(1956)
Lust for Life
as Housekeeper
(1953)
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Señora Salcedo
(1951)
Ace in the Hole
as Spinster (uncredited)
(1950)
Cinderella
as (credit only) (voice)
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
(1949)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Mrs. Grimsby
(1948)
French Leave
as Mom LaFarge
(1948)
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Martha
(1948)
Out of the Storm
as Mrs. Smith
(1948)
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Housekeeper
(1947)
Ivy
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
(1947)
Bells of San Fernando
as Manta
(1947)
The Bishop's Wife
as Second Lady in Michel's
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
(1946)
The Invisible Informer
as Martha Baylor
(1946)
The Catman of Paris
as Servant (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
The Secret of the Whistler
as Laura - Harrison's Servant
(1946)
Don Ricardo Returns
as Mama Teresa
(1945)
A Song to Remember
as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
(1945)
Star in the Night
as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
(1945)
Dakota
as Wahtonka
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
(1944)
Oh, What a Night!
as Petrie
(1944)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Rosie McGurk
(1943)
Heaven Can Wait
as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
(1943)
No Place for a Lady
as Apartment House Manager
(1942)
Bells of Capistrano
as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
(1942)
The Magnificent Dope
as Peter's Secretary
(1942)
Now, Voyager
as Hilda (uncredited)
(1942)
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Housekeeper
(1941)
Blossoms in the Dust
as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
(1941)
Rise and Shine
as Miss Pinkham
(1941)
Private Nurse
as Flower Shop Manager
(1940)
The Blue Bird
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
The Shop Around the Corner
as Customer (uncredited)
(1940)
Virginia City
as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
(1940)
High School
as Miss Huggins
(1940)
Black Diamonds
as Henderson's Secretary
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
(1940)
Forty Little Mothers
as Gym Teacher
(1940)
Brigham Young
as Emma Smith
(1940)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Nun (uncredited)
(1940)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Sarah Walters
(1939)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
(1939)
Jesse James
as Mrs. Bob Ford
(1939)
(1939)
Four Wives
as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
(1939)
South of the Border
as Dueña
(1939)
Swanee River
as Woman in Cafe
(1939)
Juarez
as Woman (uncredited)
(1939)
Never Say Die
as Hotel Guest
(1939)
Coast Guard
as First Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Landlady
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
(1939)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Mrs. Kelsey
(1939)
Everybody's Baby
as Nurse Cordell
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Nurse
(1939)
See Your Doctor
as Nurse
(1939)
Within the Law
as Prison Librarian
(1938)
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
as Mrs. Thurber
(1938)
The Baroness and the Butler
as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
(1938)
Miracle Money
as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
(1938)
That Certain Age
as Horsewoman
(1938)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Convict (uncredited)
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Edith
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
(1938)
Walking Down Broadway
as Claybourne's Secretary
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Blodgett
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
(1937)
Topper
as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
(1937)
Mountain Justice
as Woman with Baby
(1937)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
(1937)
The Lady Escapes
as Woman in theater (uncredited)
(1937)
The Wrong Road
as Matron (uncredited)
(1937)
Dangerously Yours
as Ship Passenger
(1937)
Man Of The People
as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Miss Farrell
(1936)
Ramona
as Marda
(1936)
The Devil-Doll
as Mme. Coulvet
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
(1935)
Vagabond Lady
as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
(1934)
Jane Eyre
as Bertha Rochester
(1934)
Viva Villa!
as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
(1934)
This Side of Heaven
as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
(1934)
Blind Date
as Head Saleswoman
(1934)
Among the Missing
as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
(1933)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Aunt Clara
(1933)
Made on Broadway
as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
(1933)
Night Flight
as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
(1933)
Gabriel Over the White House
as Nurse
(1933)
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Mrs. Edith Crawford
(1932)
Prosperity
as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
(1932)
Divorce In The Family
as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
(1931)
Politics
as Rally Leader
(1930)
For the Love o' Lil
as Mrs. Gardner
(1930)
Renegades
as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
(1929)
Two Sisters
as Rose
(1927)
The Devil Dancer
as Audrey
(1926)
The Exquisite Sinner
as Dominique's Sister
(1926)
Miss Nobody
as Ann Adams
(1925)
Drusilla with a Million
as Daphne Thornton
(1925)
Infatuation
as Pasha's Wife
(1925)
The Girl of Gold
as Edith Loring
(1924)
The Sea Hawk
as Siren
(1924)
Borrowed Husbands
as Peggy Fleurette
(1923)
Ponjola
as Luchia Luff
(1923)
The Voice from the Minaret
as Countess La Fontaine
(1922)
The Ordeal
as Elise
(1922)
When Love Comes
as Marie Jamison
(1922)
You Never Know
as Inez
(1922)
To Have and to Hold
as Patience Worth
(1922)
Glass Houses
as Mrs. Vicky
(1922)
Only a Shop Girl
as Mrs. Watkins
(1921)
The Bronze Bell
as Nairaini
(1921)
I Am Guilty
as Trixie
(1921)
The Hole in the Wall
as Cora Thompson
(1921)
That Girl Montana
as Lottie
(1921)
My Lady's Latchkey
as Countess Santiago
(1920)
The Heart of a Child
as Lady Dorothea
(1920)
Life's Twist
as Mrs. Helen Sutton
(1920)
(1920)
The House of Whispers
as Nettie Kelly
(1920)
A Light Woman
as Jeanne DuPre
(1920)
The Walk-Offs
as Mrs. Elliott
(1920)
The Green Flame
as Lou Tremaine
(1919)
The Devil's Trail
as Dubec's Wife
(1919)
Dangerous Hours
as Sophia Guerni
(1919)
The Old Maid's Baby
as Sylvia Deane
(1919)
The Wishing Ring Man
as Gale Maddox
(1919)
What Every Woman Wants
as Sylvia
(1919)
The Sawdust Doll
as Rose Budd
(1919)
When Fate Decides
as Alicia Carteret
(1919)
Modern Husbands
as Myrtle Cosgrove
(1919)
(1919)
The World Aflame
as Emma Reich
(1919)
A Man in the Open
as Polly
(1919)
A Man And His Money
as Varda Ropers
(1919)
The Spite Bride
as Trixie Dennis
(1918)
Prisoners of the Pines
as Louise
(1918)
The Risky Road
as Mrs. Kingston
(1918)
The Human Target
as Thelma Von Styne
(1918)
Social Briars
as Helen Manning
(1918)
Up Romance Road
as Hilda
(1918)
Brace Up
as Ellen Miles
(1918)
Madame Spy
as Baroness Von Hulda
(1918)
Midnight Madness
as Lola Montez
(1918)
Modern Love
as Myrtle Harris
(1918)
Border Raiders
as Cleo Dade
(1918)
The Magic Eye
as Mrs. Bowman
(1917)
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Kitty Flanders
(1917)
The Rescue
as Henriette
(1917)
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Railroad President's Daughter
(1917)
The Winged Mystery
as Gerda Anderson
(1917)
Triumph
as Lillian Du Pon
(1917)
The Clash of Steel
as Princess Seraphina
(1917)
The Piper's Price
as Jessica's Maid
(1917)
Six-Shooter Justice
as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
(1917)
Perils of the Secret Service
as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
(1917)
Hair-Trigger Burke
as The Vamp
(1917)
Pay Me!
as Nita
(1917)
The Honeymoon Surprise
as Mrs. Hardman
(1917)
The Drifter
as Dora Mason
(1917)
The Fighting Gringo
as May Smith
(1917)
Anything Once
as Señorita Paprika
(1917)
The Reward of the Faithless
as Princess Dione
(1917)
The Almost Good Man
as Kitty Manville
(1917)
Follow the Girl
as Donna
(1916)
(1916)