Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor | |
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Born | Claire Wemlinger March 8, 1910 New York City, NY, U.S. |
Died | April 8, 2000 | (aged 90)
Alma mater | Columbia University American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1929–1987 |
Known for | |
Spouses |
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Children | 1 |
Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910[1] – April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982,[2] winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo (1948), and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty (1954) and Dead End (1937). Trevor received top billing, ahead of John Wayne, for Stagecoach (1939).
Early life
Trevor was born on March 8, 1910, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, the only child of Noel Wemlinger, a Fifth Avenue merchant tailor (of French birth but German ancestry), and his wife, Benjamina ("Betty"), who was of Irish birth. She was raised in New York City, and from 1923 on, in Larchmont, New York.[3][4] For many years, her year of birth was misreported as 1909, which is why her age at the time of her death was initially given as 91, not 90.[5]
Career
According to her biography on the website of Claire Trevor School of the Arts, "Trevor's acting career spanned more than seven decades and included successes in stage, radio, television, and film...[She] often played the hard-boiled blonde, and every conceivable type of 'bad girl' role."[6]
After completing high school, Trevor began her career with six months of art classes at
Trevor made her film debut in
Two of Trevor's most memorable roles were opposite
Personal life and death
Trevor married Clark Andrews, director of her radio show, in 1938; they divorced four years later. She married
In 1978, Trevor's son, Charles, died in the crash of
Trevor supported
On April 8, 2000, Trevor died at a hospital in Newport Beach, California.[5] For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard.[13]
Legacy
The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, was named in Trevor's honor. Her Oscar and Emmy statuettes are on display in the Arts Plaza, next to the Claire Trevor Theatre.
Filmography
Film | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1933 | Life in the Raw | Judy Halloway | Film debut |
Jimmy and Sally | Sally Johnson | ||
The Mad Game | Jane Lee | ||
The Last Trail | Patricia Carter | ||
1934 | Elinor Norton | Elinor Norton | |
Baby Take a Bow | Kay Ellison | ||
Wild Gold | Jerry Jordan | ||
Hold That Girl | Tonie Bellamy | ||
1935 | Spring Tonic | Betty Ingals | |
Black Sheep | Jeanette Foster | ||
My Marriage | Carol Barton | ||
Navy Wife | Vicky Blake | ||
Dante's Inferno | Betty McWade | ||
1936 | Career Woman | Carroll Aiken | |
Star for a Night | Nina Lind | ||
To Mary – with Love | Kitty Brant | ||
Human Cargo | Bonnie Brewster | ||
Song and Dance Man | Julia Carroll | ||
15 Maiden Lane | Jane Martin | ||
1937 | Big Town Girl | Fay Loring | |
Second Honeymoon | Marcia | ||
One Mile from Heaven | Lucy 'Tex' Warren | ||
King of Gamblers | Dixie Moore | ||
Time Out for Romance | Barbara Blanchard | ||
Dead End | Francey | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
1938 | Five of a Kind | Christine Nelson | |
Valley of the Giants | Lee Roberts | ||
Walking Down Broadway | Joan Bradley | ||
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Jo Keller | ||
1939 | Stagecoach | Dallas | |
I Stole a Million | Laura Benson | ||
Allegheny Uprising | Janie MacDougall | ||
1940 | Dark Command | Miss Mary Cloud | |
1941 | Texas | 'Mike' King | |
Honky Tonk | 'Gold Dust' Nelson | ||
1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Connie Dawson | |
Crossroads | Michelle Allaine | ||
Street of Chance | Ruth Dillon | ||
1943 | The Woman of the Town | Dora Hand | |
Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Ruth Jones | ||
The Desperadoes | Countess Maletta | ||
1944 | Murder, My Sweet | Mrs. Helen Grayle | |
1945 | Johnny Angel | Lilah 'Lily' Gustafson | |
1946 | The Bachelor's Daughters | Cynthia | |
Crack-Up | Terry Cordell | ||
1947 | Born to Kill | Helen Trent | |
1948 | Raw Deal | Pat Cameron | |
The Velvet Touch | Marian Webster | ||
The Babe Ruth Story | Claire (Hodgson) Ruth | ||
Key Largo | Gaye Dawn | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
1949 | The Lucky Stiff | Marguerite Seaton | |
1950 | Borderline | Madeleine Haley, aka Gladys LaRue | |
1951 | Best of the Badmen | Lily | |
Hard, Fast and Beautiful | Millie Farley | ||
1952 | Stop, You're Killing Me | Nora Marko | |
My Man and I | Mrs. Ansel Ames | ||
Hoodlum Empire | Connie Williams | ||
1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Josie Sullivan | |
1954 | The High and the Mighty | May Holst | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
1955 | Man Without a Star | Idonee | |
Lucy Gallant | Lady MacBeth | ||
1956 | The Mountain | Marie | |
1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Rose Morgenstern | |
1962 | Two Weeks in Another Town | Clara Kruger | |
1963 | The Stripper | Helen Baird | |
1965 | How to Murder Your Wife | Edna | |
1967 | The Cape Town Affair | Sam Williams | |
1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Charlotte Banning | Final film role |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1954 | The Ford Television Theatre | Felicia Crandell | Episode: The Summer Memory |
Lux Video Theatre | Ellen Creed | Episode: Ladies in Retirement Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance | |
General Electric Theater | Cora Leslie | Episode: Foggy Night | |
1955 | Lux Video Theatre | Mary Scott | Episode: No Bad Songs for Me |
1956 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Mary Hunter | Episode: Fool Proof |
Producers' Showcase | Fran Dodsworth | Episode: Dodsworth Primetime Emmy Award for Best Single Performance by an Actress | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mary Prescott | Season 1 Episode 21: Safe Conduct | |
1957 | Playhouse 90 | Elizabeth Owen | Episode: If You Knew Elizabeth |
1959 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Savannah Brown | Episode: Happy Hill |
Wagon Train | C.L. Harding | Episode: The C.L. Harding Story | |
The Untouchables | Kate Clark 'Ma' Barker | Episode: Ma Barker and Her Boys | |
1961 | The Investigators | Kitty Harper | Episode: New Sound for the Blues |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Meade | Season 6 Episode 16: A Crime for Mothers | |
1962 | Dr. Kildare | Veronica Johnson | Episode: The Bed I've Made |
1983 | The Love Boat | Nancy Fairchild | Episode: The Misunderstanding/Love Below Decks/The End is Near |
1987 | Murder, She Wrote | Judith Harlan | Episode: Witness for the Defense |
Breaking Home Times | Grace Porter | Television film |
Radio appearances
Year | Program | Episode/source |
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1946 | Suspense |
"The Plan" |
1946 | Reader's Digest – Radio Edition | Two for a Penny[14] |
1949 | Suspense |
"The Light Switch" |
1952 | Hollywood Star Playhouse | Father's Day[15] |
References
- The Charleston Gazette Associated Press. April 9, 2000. Archived from the originalon August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.;
- ^ "A Hollywood Reputation : Claire Trevor Bren, known for playing strong if imperfect women, never achieved the stature of contemporaries Bette Davis or Joan Crawford, but she had other priorities. Family—including stepson and Irvine Co. Chairman Donald L. Bren—has always come first". Los Angeles Times. May 28, 1995. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ISBN 9781476630694.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Aronson, Steven M. L. (April 1992). "Claire Trevor's Glamorous Fifth Avenue Apartment". Architectural Digest. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Claire Trevor, 91, Versatile Actress, Dies". The New York Times. April 10, 2000. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ "About Claire Trevor". Claire Trevor School of the Arts University of California, Irvine. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-476-63069-4.
- ^ "Friday's Highlights" (PDF). Radio and Television Mirror. Vol. 14, no. 3. July 1940. p. 52. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
- ^ "Claire Trevor". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ISBN 9781107650282.
- ^ "Claire Trevor". Hollywood Walk of Fame. October 25, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
Further reading
- Sculthorpe, Derek (2018). Claire Trevor: The Life and Films of the Queen of Noir. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. OCLC 1021067289.
External links
- Claire Trevor at IMDb
- Claire Trevor at the Internet Broadway Database
- https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/claire-trevor/
- Claire Trevor School of the Arts
- Photos of Claire Trevor in 'Stagecoach' Archived May 16, 2020, at the Wayback Machine by Ned Scott
- Photographs of Claire Trevor
- Guide to the Claire Trevor Memorabilia. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
- Claire Trevor and her young son Charles (photo) Archived July 28, 2020, at the Wayback Machine