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)
Hot Rod Gang
as Agatha, the maid
(1958)
Frontier Gun
as Bess Loveman
(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)
Out of the Storm
as Mrs. Smith
(1948)
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Housekeeper
(1948)
French Leave
as Mom LaFarge
(1948)
Lightnin' in the Forest
as Martha
(1947)
The Bishop's Wife
as Second Lady in Michel's
(1947)
Ivy
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
(1947)
Bells of San Fernando
as Manta
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
The Secret of the Whistler
as Laura - Harrison's Servant
(1946)
The Catman of Paris
as Servant (uncredited)
(1946)
Don Ricardo Returns
as Mama Teresa
(1946)
The Invisible Informer
as Martha Baylor
(1945)
Dakota
as Wahtonka
(1945)
A Song to Remember
as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
(1945)
Star in the Night
as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
(1944)
Dragon Seed
as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
(1944)
Lights of Old Santa Fe
as Rosie McGurk
(1944)
Oh, What a Night!
as Petrie
(1943)
Heaven Can Wait
as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
(1943)
No Place for a Lady
as Apartment House Manager
(1942)
Now, Voyager
as Hilda (uncredited)
(1942)
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Housekeeper
(1942)
The Magnificent Dope
as Peter's Secretary
(1942)
Bells of Capistrano
as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
(1941)
Rise and Shine
as Miss Pinkham
(1941)
Blossoms in the Dust
as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
(1941)
Private Nurse
as Flower Shop Manager
(1940)
The Shop Around the Corner
as Customer (uncredited)
(1940)
Virginia City
as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
(1940)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Nun (uncredited)
(1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
(1940)
The Blue Bird
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1940)
Brigham Young
as Emma Smith
(1940)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Sarah Walters
(1940)
Forty Little Mothers
as Gym Teacher
(1940)
High School
as Miss Huggins
(1940)
Black Diamonds
as Henderson's Secretary
(1939)
Jesse James
as Mrs. Bob Ford
(1939)
Juarez
as Woman (uncredited)
(1939)
South of the Border
as Dueña
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Nurse
(1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Landlady
(1939)
Four Wives
as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
(1939)
(1939)
Swanee River
as Woman in Cafe
(1939)
Coast Guard
as First Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
Never Say Die
as Hotel Guest
(1939)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
(1939)
See Your Doctor
as Nurse
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
(1939)
Within the Law
as Prison Librarian
(1939)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Mrs. Kelsey
(1939)
Everybody's Baby
as Nurse Cordell
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Blodgett
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Edith
(1938)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Convict (uncredited)
(1938)
Miracle Money
as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
(1938)
The Baroness and the Butler
as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
(1938)
That Certain Age
as Horsewoman
(1938)
Walking Down Broadway
as Claybourne's Secretary
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
(1938)
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
as Mrs. Thurber
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
(1937)
Topper
as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
(1937)
Dangerously Yours
as Ship Passenger
(1937)
Mountain Justice
as Woman with Baby
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Miss Farrell
(1937)
The Lady Escapes
as Woman in theater (uncredited)
(1937)
The Wrong Road
as Matron (uncredited)
(1937)
Man Of The People
as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
(1937)
Blossoms On Broadway
as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1936)
The Devil-Doll
as Mme. Coulvet
(1936)
Ramona
as Marda
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
(1935)
Vagabond Lady
as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
(1934)
Among the Missing
as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
(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
(1933)
Made on Broadway
as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
(1933)
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Mrs. Edith Crawford
(1933)
Night Flight
as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
(1933)
Gabriel Over the White House
as Nurse
(1933)
Broadway to Hollywood
as Aunt Clara
(1932)
Divorce In The Family
as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
(1932)
Prosperity
as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
(1931)
Politics
as Rally Leader
(1930)
Renegades
as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
(1930)
For the Love o' Lil
as Mrs. Gardner
(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)
To Have and to Hold
as Patience Worth
(1922)
The Ordeal
as Elise
(1922)
Only a Shop Girl
as Mrs. Watkins
(1922)
You Never Know
as Inez
(1922)
Glass Houses
as Mrs. Vicky
(1922)
When Love Comes
as Marie Jamison
(1921)
I Am Guilty
as Trixie
(1921)
The Bronze Bell
as Nairaini
(1921)
My Lady's Latchkey
as Countess Santiago
(1921)
The Hole in the Wall
as Cora Thompson
(1921)
That Girl Montana
as Lottie
(1920)
A Light Woman
as Jeanne DuPre
(1920)
The Heart of a Child
as Lady Dorothea
(1920)
Life's Twist
as Mrs. Helen Sutton
(1920)
The Walk-Offs
as Mrs. Elliott
(1920)
The Green Flame
as Lou Tremaine
(1920)
The House of Whispers
as Nettie Kelly
(1920)
(1919)
(1919)
The Devil's Trail
as Dubec's Wife
(1919)
The Sawdust Doll
as Rose Budd
(1919)
What Every Woman Wants
as Sylvia
(1919)
The Wishing Ring Man
as Gale Maddox
(1919)
A Man in the Open
as Polly
(1919)
The Old Maid's Baby
as Sylvia Deane
(1919)
Dangerous Hours
as Sophia Guerni
(1919)
The World Aflame
as Emma Reich
(1919)
Modern Husbands
as Myrtle Cosgrove
(1919)
The Spite Bride
as Trixie Dennis
(1919)
A Man And His Money
as Varda Ropers
(1919)
When Fate Decides
as Alicia Carteret
(1918)
The Risky Road
as Mrs. Miles Kingston
(1918)
Madame Spy
as Baroness Von Hulda
(1918)
Up Romance Road
as Hilda
(1918)
Modern Love
as Myrtle Harris
(1918)
Brace Up
as Ellen Miles
(1918)
Social Briars
as Helen Manning
(1918)
Midnight Madness
as Lola Montez
(1918)
Border Raiders
as Cleo Dade
(1918)
Prisoners of the Pines
as Louise
(1918)
The Human Target
as Thelma Von Styne
(1918)
The Magic Eye
as Mrs. Bowman
(1917)
The Reward of the Faithless
as Princess Dione
(1917)
Triumph
as Lillian Du Pon
(1917)
Six-Shooter Justice
as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
(1917)
The Rescue
as Henriette
(1917)
Perils of the Secret Service
as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
(1917)
Pay Me!
as Nita
(1917)
The Drifter
as Dora Mason
(1917)
Hair-Trigger Burke
as The Vamp
(1917)
The Winged Mystery
as Gerda Anderson
(1917)
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Railroad President's Daughter
(1917)
The Fighting Gringo
as May Smith
(1917)
Anything Once
as Señorita Paprika
(1917)
The Almost Good Man
as Kitty Manville
(1917)
Follow the Girl
as Donna
(1917)
The Piper's Price
as Jessica's Maid
(1917)
A 44-Calibre Mystery
as Kitty Flanders
(1917)
The Clash of Steel
as Princess Seraphina
(1917)
The Honeymoon Surprise
as Mrs. Hardman
(1916)
(1916)