---
name: "Claire Dodd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claire-dodd"
fi1m_id: "claire-dodd"
imdb_id: "nm0230068"
tmdb_id: 34756
wikidata_id: "Q2099959"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 December 1911"
died: "23 November 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T01:10:33.036705+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Claire Dodd

## Identity

Claire Dodd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claire-dodd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claire-dodd
- **IMDb ID:** nm0230068
- **TMDB ID:** 34756
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2099959
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Dodd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2099959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230068/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34756

Actor. Born 29 December 1911 in Baxter, Iowa, USA. Died 23 November 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 December 1911, Baxter, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 23 November 1973
- **Also known as:** Dorothy Arlene Dodd
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Dodd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2099959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230068/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34756

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Footlight Parade*](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md) (70)

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## Biography

Claire Dodd (born Dorothy Arlene Dodd) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than sixty films between 1930 and 1942, often in supporting roles as the 'other woman'.

Born on 29 December 1911 in Baxter, Iowa, she began her career as a model in Los Angeles before working in Florenz Ziegfeld productions in New York. She signed contracts with Paramount and later Warner Bros., and freelanced with other studios including Universal.

Among her notable credits are *Footlight Parade* (1933) as Vivian, *Roberta* (1935) as Sophie, and *The Black Cat* (1941) as Margaret Gordon. She twice played Della Street opposite Warren William's Perry Mason, in *The Case of the Curious Bride* (1935) and *The Case of the Velvet Claws* (1936).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Fi1m 70, as Vivian — [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Daring Young Man* (1942), as Marlene
- *Mississippi Gambler* (1942), as Gladys La Verne
- *Don Winslow of the Navy* (1942), as Mercedes Colby
- *The Mad Doctor of Market Street* (1942), as Patricia Wentworth
- *In the Navy* (1941), as Dorothy Roberts
- *The Black Cat* (1941), as Margaret Gordon
- *If I Had My Way* (1940), as Brenda Johnson
- *Slightly Honorable* (1939), as Alma Brehmer
- *Woman Doctor* (1939), as Gail Patterson
- *Charlie Chan in Honolulu* (1938), as Mrs. Carol Wayne
- *Three Loves Has Nancy* (1938), as Vivian Herford
- *Fast Company* (1938), as Julia Thorne
- *Romance in the Dark* (1938), as Countess Monica Foldesay
- *The Women Men Marry* (1937), as Claire Raeburn
- *Two Against the World* (1936), as Cora Latimer
- *The Song of a Nation* (1936), as Mary Key
- *The Case of the Velvet Claws* (1936), as Della Street
- *Murder by an Aristocrat* (1936), as Janice Thatcher
- *Navy Born* (1936), as Bernice Farrington
- *The Singing Kid* (1936), as Dana Lawrence
- *The Goose and the Gander* (1935), as Connie
- *Don't Bet on Blondes* (1935), as Marilyn Youngblood
- *The Glass Key* (1935), as Janet Henry
- *The Case of the Curious Bride* (1935), as Della Street
- *Roberta* (1935), as Sophie
- *The Payoff* (1935), as Maxine McCoy
- *Babbitt* (1934), as Tanis Judique
- *Secret of the Chateau* (1934), as Julie Verlaine
- *I Sell Anything* (1934), as Millicent
- *The Personality Kid* (1934), as Patricia
- *Smarty* (1934), as Anita
- *Journal of a Crime* (1934), as Odette Florey
- *Gambling Lady* (1934), as Sheila Aiken
- *Massacre* (1934), as Norma
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), as Vivian — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)
- *My Woman* (1933), as Muriel Bennett
- *Ann Carver's Profession* (1933), as Carole
- *Ex-Lady* (1933), as Iris Van Hugh
- *Elmer, the Great* (1933), as Evelyn
- *Blondie Johnson* (1933), as Gladys LaMann
- *Parachute Jumper* (1933), as Mrs. Newberry
- *Hard to Handle* (1933), as Marlene Reeves
- *The Match King* (1932), as Ilse Wagner
- *Lawyer Man* (1932), as Virginia St. Johns
- *Crooner* (1932), as Mrs. Constance Brown
- *Guilty as Hell* (1932), as Ruth Tindal
- *Man Wanted* (1932), as Ann Le Marie
- *This Is the Night* (1932), as Chou-Chou (uncredited)
- *The Broken Wing* (1932), as Cecelia Cross
- *Dancers in the Dark* (1932), as Girl at Bar
- *Under Eighteen* (1932), as Babsy
- *Working Girls* (1931), as Jane
- *Girls About Town* (1931), as Dot - Party Girl (uncredited)
- *The Road to Reno* (1931), as Party Girl
- *An American Tragedy* (1931), as Gaile Warren (uncredited)
- *The Secret Call* (1931), as Maisie (uncredited)
- *Confessions of a Co-Ed* (1931), as Co-Ed in Chapel
- *The Lawyer's Secret* (1931), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Up Pops the Devil* (1931), as Minor Role
- *Whoopee!* (1930), as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
- *Our Blushing Brides* (1930), as A Mannequin

## Gallery

- ![Claire Dodd](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-4709431107ad.jpg) Claire Dodd — produced by Warner Bros. and supplied to CINELANDIA magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Claire_Dodd_Argentinean_Magazine_AD_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L'attrice Claire Dodd in un'immagine pubblicata in Italia nel 1933 (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-a59146011389.jpg) L'attrice Claire Dodd in un'immagine pubblicata in Italia nel 1933 (2016) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Claire-dodd_1933.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Claire Dodd and Joan Blondell in Smarty (1934) publicity still.](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-aa8c123a2c5f.jpg) Claire Dodd and Joan Blondell in Smarty (1934) publicity still. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Claire_Dodd_and_Joan_Blondell_in_Smarty.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Claire Dood and Bernard Nedell in the American mystery film Slightly Honorable (1939) - cropped screenshot](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-219c8491a83b.jpg) Claire Dood and Bernard Nedell in the American mystery film Slightly Honorable (1939) - cropped screenshot — film screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Claire_Dodd-Bernard_Nedell_in_Slightly_Honorable.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Claire Dodd](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-c3e2a506d803.jpg) Claire Dodd — Image via TMDB
- ![Claire Dodd](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-b04e8c3b2cf9.jpg) Claire Dodd — Image via TMDB
- ![Claire Dodd](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-d3ba7a22abbd.jpg) Claire Dodd — Image via TMDB
- ![Claire Dodd](https://film.one/media/person/3853548/gallery-93d46f1b47f1.jpg) Claire Dodd — Image via TMDB

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