🎬Claire Du Brey

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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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Lust for Life (1956)	Housekeeper		8
2	Ace in the Hole (1951)	Spinster (uncredited)		7.3
3	Cinderella (1950)	(credit only) (voice)		7.2
4	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)	Mrs. Grimsby		6
5	Samson and Delilah (1949)	Temple Spectator (uncredited)		5
6	Ivy (1947)	Shopkeeper (uncredited)		6
7	The Bishop's Wife (1947)	Second Lady in Michel's		5.8
8	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)		6.5
9	The Catman of Paris (1946)	Servant (uncredited)	-	-
10	Cloak and Dagger (1946)	-		4
11	The Secret of the Whistler (1946)	Laura - Harrison's Servant		5
12	A Song to Remember (1945)	Madame Mercier (uncredited)		5
13	Heaven Can Wait (1943)	Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)		6
14	The Magnificent Dope (1942)	Peter's Secretary	-	-
15	Now, Voyager (1942)	Hilda (uncredited)		5.5
16	Blossoms in the Dust (1941)	Nurse at Sammy's Birth		6.5
17	The Shop Around the Corner (1940)	Customer (uncredited)		7.6
18	The Blue Bird (1940)	Nurse (uncredited)		1
19	All This, and Heaven Too (1940)	Nun (uncredited)		3
20	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)	Landlady	-	-
21	Jesse James (1939)	Mrs. Bob Ford	-	-
22	Swanee River (1939)	Woman in Cafe	-	-
23	Juarez (1939)	Woman (uncredited)	-	-
24	Little Miss Broadway (1938)	Miss Blodgett		6
25	Marie Antoinette (1938)	Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)	-	-
26	Walking Down Broadway (1938)	Claybourne's Secretary		5
27	Nothing Sacred (1937)	Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)		6
28	Topper (1937)	Sales Clerk (uncredited)		5.7
29	The Devil-Doll (1936)	Mathilde Coulvet		2
30	Viva Villa! (1934)	Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra		7
31	Night Flight (1933)	Santiago Nurse (uncredited)		7
32	The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)	Mrs. Edith Crawford		5
33	Gabriel Over the White House (1933)	Nurse	-	-
34	The Sea Hawk (1924)	Siren		5
35	Civilization (1916)	-		4