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