← Back

Claire Du Brey

Claire Du Brey

Born: 1892-08-30 • Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA

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.

Filmography
Escort West poster
Escort West
1959 • Mrs. Kate Fenniman
Frontier Gun poster
Frontier Gun
1958 • Bess Loveman
Hot Rod Gang poster
Hot Rod Gang
1958 • Agatha, the maid
Lust for Life poster
Lust for Life
1956 • Housekeeper
Phantom of the Rue Morgue poster
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 • Spectator (uncredited)
Raiders of the Seven Seas poster
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953 • Señora Salcedo
Ace in the Hole poster
Ace in the Hole
1951 • Spinster (uncredited)
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
1950 • (credit only) (voice)
Samson and Delilah poster
Samson and Delilah
1949 • Temple Spectator (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff poster
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 • Mrs. Grimsby
Out of the Storm poster
Out of the Storm
1948 • Mrs. Smith
French Leave poster
French Leave
1948 • Mom LaFarge
Who Killed Doc Robbin? poster
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948 • Housekeeper
Lightnin' in the Forest poster
Lightnin' in the Forest
1948 • Martha
The Bishop's Wife poster
The Bishop's Wife
1947 • Second Lady in Michel's
Ivy poster
Ivy
1947 • Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Bells of San Fernando poster
Bells of San Fernando
1947 • Manta
The Best Years of Our Lives poster
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 • Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler poster
The Secret of the Whistler
1946 • Laura - Harrison's Servant
Don Ricardo Returns poster
Don Ricardo Returns
1946 • Mama Teresa
Cloak and Dagger poster
Cloak and Dagger
1946
The Invisible Informer poster
The Invisible Informer
1946 • Martha Baylor
The Catman of Paris poster
The Catman of Paris
1946 • Servant (uncredited)
Dakota poster
Dakota
1945 • Wahtonka
Star in the Night poster
Star in the Night
1945 • Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
A Song to Remember poster
A Song to Remember
1945 • Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Lights of Old Santa Fe poster
Lights of Old Santa Fe
1944 • Rosie McGurk
Oh, What a Night! poster
Oh, What a Night!
1944 • Petrie
Dragon Seed poster
Dragon Seed
1944 • Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait poster
Heaven Can Wait
1943 • Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
No Place for a Lady poster
No Place for a Lady
1943 • Apartment House Manager
Now, Voyager poster
Now, Voyager
1942 • Hilda (uncredited)
Bells of Capistrano poster
Bells of Capistrano
1942 • Melinda (Ma) McCracken
The Magnificent Dope poster
The Magnificent Dope
1942 • Peter's Secretary
A Close Call for Ellery Queen poster
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942 • Housekeeper
Rise and Shine poster
Rise and Shine
1941 • Miss Pinkham
Private Nurse poster
Private Nurse
1941 • Flower Shop Manager
Blossoms in the Dust poster
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 • Nurse at Sammy's Birth
Brigham Young poster
Brigham Young
1940 • Emma Smith
Black Diamonds poster
Black Diamonds
1940 • Henderson's Secretary
All This, and Heaven Too poster
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 • Nun (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante poster
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940 • Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise poster
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 • Sarah Walters
Forty Little Mothers poster
Forty Little Mothers
1940 • Gym Teacher
The Doctor Takes a Wife poster
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940 • Party Guest (uncredited)
Virginia City poster
Virginia City
1940 • Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
High School poster
High School
1940 • Miss Huggins
The Blue Bird poster
The Blue Bird
1940 • Nurse (uncredited)
The Shop Around the Corner poster
The Shop Around the Corner
1940 • Customer (uncredited)
Swanee River poster
Swanee River
1939 • Woman in Cafe
Four Wives poster
Four Wives
1939 • Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
See Your Doctor poster
See Your Doctor
1939 • Nurse
South of the Border poster
South of the Border
1939 • Dueña
Chicken Wagon Family poster
Chicken Wagon Family
1939 • Mrs. Kelsey
Coast Guard poster
Coast Guard
1939 • First Nurse (uncredited)
Hotel for Women poster
Hotel for Women
1939
Tell No Tales poster
Tell No Tales
1939 • Miss Arnold (uncredited)
Juarez poster
Juarez
1939 • Woman (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell poster
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 • Landlady
Three Smart Girls Grow Up poster
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939 • Secretary
Sergeant Madden poster
Sergeant Madden
1939 • Nurse
Everybody's Baby poster
Everybody's Baby
1939 • Nurse Cordell
Within the Law poster
Within the Law
1939 • Prison Librarian
Never Say Die poster
Never Say Die
1939 • Hotel Guest
Jesse James poster
Jesse James
1939 • Mrs. Bob Ford
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade poster
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938 • Mrs. Thurber
That Certain Age poster
That Certain Age
1938 • Horsewoman
The Affairs of Annabel poster
The Affairs of Annabel
1938 • Convict (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette poster
Marie Antoinette
1938 • Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway poster
Little Miss Broadway
1938 • Miss Blodgett
Men with Wings poster
Men with Wings
1938 • Edith
One Wild Night poster
One Wild Night
1938 • Miss Thomas (uncredited)
Miracle Money poster
Miracle Money
1938 • Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
Walking Down Broadway poster
Walking Down Broadway
1938 • Claybourne's Secretary
The Baroness and the Butler poster
The Baroness and the Butler
1938 • Martha - Kartina's Secretary
Nothing Sacred poster
Nothing Sacred
1937 • Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
Blossoms On Broadway poster
Blossoms On Broadway
1937 • Fake Nurse (uncredited)
The Wrong Road poster
The Wrong Road
1937 • Matron (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours poster
Dangerously Yours
1937 • Ship Passenger
Wife, Doctor and Nurse poster
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 • Miss Farrell
The Lady Escapes poster
The Lady Escapes
1937 • Woman in theater (uncredited)
Topper poster
Topper
1937 • Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Mountain Justice poster
Mountain Justice
1937 • Woman with Baby
Man Of The People poster
Man Of The People
1937 • Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
Ramona poster
Ramona
1936 • Marda
The Devil-Doll poster
The Devil-Doll
1936 • Mathilde Coulvet
Small Town Girl poster
Small Town Girl
1936 • Bit Role (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady poster
Vagabond Lady
1935 • R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty poster
Life Begins at Forty
1935 • Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
Among the Missing poster
Among the Missing
1934 • Mrs. Alvin Abbott
Jane Eyre poster
Jane Eyre
1934 • Bertha Rochester
Blind Date poster
Blind Date
1934 • Head Saleswoman
Viva Villa! poster
Viva Villa!
1934 • Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
This Side of Heaven poster
This Side of Heaven
1934 • Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
The Sin of Nora Moran poster
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933 • Mrs. Edith Crawford
Shadows of Sing Sing poster
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933 • Angela Crane
Night Flight poster
Night Flight
1933 • Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
Broadway to Hollywood poster
Broadway to Hollywood
1933 • Aunt Clara
Made on Broadway poster
Made on Broadway
1933 • Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
Gabriel Over the White House poster
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 • Nurse