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