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.

Cast

Lightnin' in the Forest

(Martha)

Ponjola

(Luchia Luff)

Two Sisters

(Rose)

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

(Mrs. Thurber)

The Sin of Nora Moran

(Mrs. Edith Crawford)

Peggy

Pay Me!

(Nita)

Madame Spy

(Baroness Von Hulda)

Out of the Storm

(Mrs. Smith)

The Secret of the Whistler

(Laura - Harrison's Servant)

Up Romance Road

(Hilda)

The Heart of a Child

(Lady Dorothea)

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

(Sarah Walters)

Only a Shop Girl

(Mrs. Watkins)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

(Landlady)

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

(Housekeeper)

The Bishop's Wife

(Second Lady in Michel's)

Raiders of the Seven Seas

(Señora Salcedo)

This Side of Heaven

(Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited))

What Every Woman Wants

(Sylvia)

The Old Maid's Baby

(Sylvia Deane)

The Sawdust Doll

(Rose Budd)

Modern Husbands

(Myrtle Cosgrove)

The Ghost Girl

When Fate Decides

(Alicia Carteret)

The Devil's Trail

(Dubec's Wife)

The World Aflame

(Emma Reich)

The Green Flame

(Lou Tremaine)

The Walk-Offs

(Mrs. Elliott)

The House of Whispers

(Nettie Kelly)

Life's Twist

(Mrs. Helen Sutton)

A Light Woman

(Jeanne DuPre)

Perilous Valley

The Bronze Bell

(Nairaini)

My Lady's Latchkey

(Countess Santiago)

Glass Houses

(Mrs. Vicky)

The Hole in the Wall

(Cora Thompson)

The Ordeal

(Elise)

You Never Know

(Inez)

When Love Comes

(Marie Jamison)

Borrowed Husbands

(Peggy Fleurette)

The Girl of Gold

(Edith Loring)

Drusilla with a Million

(Daphne Thornton)

Hot Rod Gang

(Agatha, the maid)

The Drifter

(Dora Mason)

The Honor of an Outlaw

(The Railroad President's Daughter)

A 44-Calibre Mystery

(Kitty Flanders)

Hair-Trigger Burke

(The Vamp)

The Almost Good Man

(Kitty Manville)

Perils of the Secret Service

(Princess Seraphina (Episode #2))

The Clash of Steel

(Princess Seraphina)

The Honeymoon Surprise

(Mrs. Hardman)

Follow the Girl

(Donna)

The Human Target

(Thelma Von Styne)

Six-Shooter Justice

(Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter)

Midnight Madness

(Lola Montez)

Prisoners of the Pines

(Louise)

Modern Love

(Myrtle Harris)

Social Briars

(Helen Manning)

Politics

(Rally Leader)

Miracle Money

(Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel)

Ramona

(Marda)

Don Ricardo Returns

(Mama Teresa)

The Devil Dancer

(Audrey)

Jane Eyre

(Bertha Rochester)

High School

(Miss Huggins)

Little Miss Broadway

(Miss Blodgett)

The Baroness and the Butler

(Martha - Kartina's Secretary)

Ivy

(Shopkeeper (uncredited))

Gabriel Over the White House

(Nurse)

Jesse James

(Mrs. Bob Ford)

The Sea Hawk

(Siren)

Private Nurse

(Flower Shop Manager)

One Wild Night

(Miss Thomas (uncredited))

The Devil-Doll

(Mathilde Coulvet)

Man Of The People

(Mrs. Sagon (uncredited))

The Affairs of Annabel

(Convict (uncredited))

Tell No Tales

(Miss Arnold (uncredited))

Blind Date

(Head Saleswoman)

Broadway to Hollywood

(Aunt Clara)

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

(Housekeeper)

Men with Wings

(Edith)

Mountain Justice

(Woman with Baby)

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

(Secretary)

Within the Law

(Prison Librarian)

Never Say Die

(Hotel Guest)

Juarez

(Woman (uncredited))

Divorce In The Family

(Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother)

The Lady Escapes

(Woman in theater (uncredited))

Coast Guard

(First Nurse (uncredited))

Chicken Wagon Family

(Mrs. Kelsey)

Four Wives

(Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited))

Swanee River

(Woman in Cafe)

Sergeant Madden

(Nurse)

Bells of Capistrano

(Melinda (Ma) McCracken)

Now, Voyager

(Hilda (uncredited))

South of the Border

(Dueña)

Among the Missing

(Mrs. Alvin Abbott)

Dangerously Yours

(Ship Passenger)

Star in the Night

(Traveler's Wife (uncredited))

The Blue Bird

(Nurse (uncredited))

Dakota

(Wahtonka)

The Shop Around the Corner

(Customer (uncredited))

Everybody's Baby

(Nurse Cordell)

Brigham Young

(Emma Smith)

Virginia City

(Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited))

Ace in the Hole

(Spinster (uncredited))

Dangerous Hours

(Sophia Guerni)

The Doctor Takes a Wife

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

(Miss Farrell)

All This, and Heaven Too

(Nun (uncredited))

Hotel for Women

Small Town Girl

(Bit Role (uncredited))

That Certain Age

(Horsewoman)

Nothing Sacred

(Nurse Rafferty (uncredited))

Topper

(Sales Clerk (uncredited))

Life Begins at Forty

(Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether)

Cinderella

((credit only) (voice))

The Catman of Paris

(Servant (uncredited))

The Invisible Informer

(Martha Baylor)

Lights of Old Santa Fe

(Rosie McGurk)

The Voice from the Minaret

(Countess La Fontaine)

Bells of San Fernando

(Manta)

Forty Little Mothers

(Gym Teacher)

Triumph

(Lillian Du Pon)

Frontier Gun

(Bess Loveman)

Escort West

(Mrs. Kate Fenniman)

Civilization

The Exquisite Sinner

(Dominique's Sister)

Walking Down Broadway

(Claybourne's Secretary)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

(Mrs. Hackett (uncredited))

That Girl Montana

(Lottie)

The Best Years of Our Lives

(Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited))

Viva Villa!

(Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra)

Samson and Delilah

(Temple Spectator (uncredited))

Dragon Seed

(Hysterical Woman (uncredited))

A Man in the Open

(Polly)

Prosperity

(Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited))

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

(Mrs. Grimsby)

Rise and Shine

(Miss Pinkham)

Miss Nobody

(Ann Adams)

See Your Doctor

(Nurse)

Arsène Lupin

(Mother at the Louvre (uncredited))

Heaven Can Wait

(Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited))

No Place for a Lady

(Apartment House Manager)

Blossoms in the Dust

(Nurse at Sammy's Birth)

Brace Up

(Ellen Miles)

Anything Once

(Señorita Paprika)

The Piper's Price

(Jessica's Maid)

Night Flight

(Santiago Nurse (uncredited))

The Reward of the Faithless

(Princess Dione)

The Rescue

(Henriette)

The Risky Road

(Mrs. Kingston)

Infatuation

(Pasha's Wife)

The Spite Bride

(Trixie Dennis)

The Magic Eye

(Mrs. Bowman)

The Winged Mystery

(Gerda Anderson)

A Man And His Money

(Varda Ropers)

To Have and to Hold

(Patience Worth)

Renegades

(Eleanore's Maid (uncredited))

The Wrong Road

(Matron (uncredited))

The Fighting Gringo

(May Smith)

A Song to Remember

(Madame Mercier (uncredited))

Blossoms On Broadway

(Fake Nurse (uncredited))

Oh, What a Night!

(Petrie)

Border Raiders

(Cleo Dade)

For the Love o' Lil

(Mrs. Gardner)

Marie Antoinette

(Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited))

Lust for Life

(Housekeeper)

The Wishing Ring Man

(Gale Maddox)

Cloak and Dagger

The Magnificent Dope

(Peter's Secretary)

I Am Guilty

(Trixie)

French Leave

(Mom LaFarge)

Black Diamonds

(Henderson's Secretary)

Vagabond Lady

(R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited))

Made on Broadway

(Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary)

Four Star Playhouse

(Mrs. Miggs)

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

(Madame Odin)

Where's Raymond?

(Angela)