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name: "Claire Du Brey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claire-du-brey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 August 1892"
died: "1 August 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T01:32:58.016959+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."
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# Claire Du Brey

Actor. Born 30 August 1892 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA. Died 1 August 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 August 1892, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA
- **Died:** 1 August 1993
- **Also known as:** Claire DuBrey, Claire DuBray, Claire Dubray,  Claire Dubrey,  Claire du Brey , Clara Violet Dubrey
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Du_Brey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2975042, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68653

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cinderella*](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md) (72)

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## Biography

Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubrey, 31 August 1892 – 1 August 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films between 1916 and 1959.

Du Brey began her screen career with Universal Studios and worked with most of the major studios. Early notable films include *Anything Once* (1917), *Social Briars* (1918), *The Devil's Trail* (1919), *What Every Woman Wants* (1919) and *Dangerous Hours* (1919). Her career continued into the sound era with mostly supporting and uncredited roles.

Among her later credits are *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), *Now, Voyager* (1942), *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), *Samson and Delilah* (1949), *Ace in the Hole* (1951), *Lust for Life* (1956) and *Cinderella* (1950), in which she received a credit only as voice.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Cinderella* (1950), Fi1m 72, as (credit only) (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Fi1m 87, as Spinster (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)

## Complete filmography (182)

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

- *Escort West* (1959), as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
- *Frontier Gun* (1958), as Bess Loveman
- *Hot Rod Gang* (1958), as Agatha, the maid
- *Lust for Life* (1956), as Housekeeper
- *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, as Madame Odin
- *Phantom of the Rue Morgue* (1954), as Spectator (uncredited)
- *Where's Raymond?* (1953), series, as Angela
- *Raiders of the Seven Seas* (1953), as Señora Salcedo
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Mrs. Miggs
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), as Spinster (uncredited) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *Cinderella* (1950), as (credit only) (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/cinderella-1950.md)
- *Samson and Delilah* (1949), as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff* (1949), as Mrs. Grimsby
- *Out of the Storm* (1948), as Mrs. Smith
- *French Leave* (1948), as Mom LaFarge
- *Who Killed Doc Robbin?* (1948), as Housekeeper
- *Lightnin' in the Forest* (1948), as Martha
- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), as Second Lady in Michel's
- *Ivy* (1947), as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- *Bells of San Fernando* (1947), as Manta
- *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
- *The Secret of the Whistler* (1946), as Laura - Harrison's Servant
- *Don Ricardo Returns* (1946), as Mama Teresa
- *Cloak and Dagger* (1946), Acting
- *The Invisible Informer* (1946), as Martha Baylor
- *The Catman of Paris* (1946), as Servant (uncredited)
- *Dakota* (1945), as Wahtonka
- *Star in the Night* (1945), as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
- *A Song to Remember* (1945), as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
- *Lights of Old Santa Fe* (1944), as Rosie McGurk
- *Oh, What a Night!* (1944), as Petrie
- *Dragon Seed* (1944), as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
- *No Place for a Lady* (1943), as Apartment House Manager
- *Now, Voyager* (1942), as Hilda (uncredited)
- *Bells of Capistrano* (1942), as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
- *The Magnificent Dope* (1942), as Peter's Secretary
- *A Close Call for Ellery Queen* (1942), as Housekeeper
- *Rise and Shine* (1941), as Miss Pinkham
- *Private Nurse* (1941), as Flower Shop Manager
- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
- *Brigham Young* (1940), as Emma Smith
- *Black Diamonds* (1940), as Henderson's Secretary
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), as Nun (uncredited)
- *Andy Hardy Meets Debutante* (1940), as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
- *Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise* (1940), as Sarah Walters
- *Forty Little Mothers* (1940), as Gym Teacher
- *The Doctor Takes a Wife* (1940), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Virginia City* (1940), as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
- *High School* (1940), as Miss Huggins
- *The Blue Bird* (1940), as Nurse (uncredited)
- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), as Customer (uncredited)
- *Swanee River* (1939), as Woman in Cafe
- *Four Wives* (1939), as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
- *See Your Doctor* (1939), as Nurse
- *South of the Border* (1939), as Dueña
- *Chicken Wagon Family* (1939), as Mrs. Kelsey
- *Coast Guard* (1939), as First Nurse (uncredited)
- *Hotel for Women* (1939), Acting
- *Tell No Tales* (1939), as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
- *Juarez* (1939), as Woman (uncredited)
- *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), as Landlady
- *Three Smart Girls Grow Up* (1939), as Secretary
- *Sergeant Madden* (1939), as Nurse
- *Everybody's Baby* (1939), as Nurse Cordell
- *Within the Law* (1939), as Prison Librarian
- *Never Say Die* (1939), as Hotel Guest
- *Jesse James* (1939), as Mrs. Bob Ford
- *The Strange Case of Dr. Meade* (1938), as Mrs. Thurber
- *That Certain Age* (1938), as Horsewoman
- *The Affairs of Annabel* (1938), as Convict (uncredited)
- *Marie Antoinette* (1938), as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
- *Little Miss Broadway* (1938), as Miss Blodgett
- *Men with Wings* (1938), as Edith
- *One Wild Night* (1938), as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
- *Miracle Money* (1938), as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
- *Walking Down Broadway* (1938), as Claybourne's Secretary
- *The Baroness and the Butler* (1938), as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
- *Nothing Sacred* (1937), as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
- *Blossoms On Broadway* (1937), as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
- *The Wrong Road* (1937), as Matron (uncredited)
- *Dangerously Yours* (1937), as Ship Passenger
- *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), as Miss Farrell
- *The Lady Escapes* (1937), as Woman in theater (uncredited)
- *Topper* (1937), as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
- *Mountain Justice* (1937), as Woman with Baby
- *Man Of The People* (1937), as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
- *Ramona* (1936), as Marda
- *The Devil-Doll* (1936), as Mathilde Coulvet
- *Small Town Girl* (1936), as Bit Role (uncredited)
- *Vagabond Lady* (1935), as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
- *Life Begins at Forty* (1935), as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
- *Among the Missing* (1934), as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
- *Jane Eyre* (1934), as Bertha Rochester
- *Blind Date* (1934), as Head Saleswoman
- *Viva Villa!* (1934), as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
- *This Side of Heaven* (1934), as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
- *The Sin of Nora Moran* (1933), as Mrs. Edith Crawford
- *Shadows of Sing Sing* (1933), as Angela Crane
- *Night Flight* (1933), as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
- *Broadway to Hollywood* (1933), as Aunt Clara
- *Made on Broadway* (1933), as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
- *Gabriel Over the White House* (1933), as Nurse
- *Prosperity* (1932), as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
- *Divorce In The Family* (1932), as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
- *Arsène Lupin* (1932), as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
- *Politics* (1931), as Rally Leader
- *Renegades* (1930), as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
- *For the Love o' Lil* (1930), as Mrs. Gardner
- *Two Sisters* (1929), as Rose
- *The Devil Dancer* (1927), as Audrey
- *Miss Nobody* (1926), as Ann Adams
- *The Exquisite Sinner* (1926), as Dominique's Sister
- *Infatuation* (1925), as Pasha's Wife
- *Drusilla with a Million* (1925), as Daphne Thornton
- *The Girl of Gold* (1925), as Edith Loring
- *The Sea Hawk* (1924), as Siren
- *Borrowed Husbands* (1924), as Peggy Fleurette
- *Ponjola* (1923), as Luchia Luff
- *The Voice from the Minaret* (1923), as Countess La Fontaine
- *Only a Shop Girl* (1922), as Mrs. Watkins
- *When Love Comes* (1922), as Marie Jamison
- *You Never Know* (1922), as Inez
- *To Have and to Hold* (1922), as Patience Worth
- *The Ordeal* (1922), as Elise
- *Glass Houses* (1922), as Mrs. Vicky
- *The Hole in the Wall* (1921), as Cora Thompson
- *The Bronze Bell* (1921), as Nairaini
- *I Am Guilty* (1921), as Trixie
- *That Girl Montana* (1921), as Lottie
- *My Lady's Latchkey* (1921), as Countess Santiago
- *The House of Whispers* (1920), as Nettie Kelly
- *A Light Woman* (1920), as Jeanne DuPre
- *Life's Twist* (1920), as Mrs. Helen Sutton
- *The Green Flame* (1920), as Lou Tremaine
- *The Heart of a Child* (1920), as Lady Dorothea
- *The Walk-Offs* (1920), as Mrs. Elliott
- *Perilous Valley* (1920), Acting
- *Dangerous Hours* (1919), as Sophia Guerni
- *The Spite Bride* (1919), as Trixie Dennis
- *The World Aflame* (1919), as Emma Reich
- *The Devil's Trail* (1919), as Dubec's Wife
- *When Fate Decides* (1919), as Alicia Carteret
- *The Ghost Girl* (1919), Acting
- *Modern Husbands* (1919), as Myrtle Cosgrove
- *The Sawdust Doll* (1919), as Rose Budd
- *A Man And His Money* (1919), as Varda Ropers
- *The Wishing Ring Man* (1919), as Gale Maddox
- *What Every Woman Wants* (1919), as Sylvia
- *A Man in the Open* (1919), as Polly
- *The Old Maid's Baby* (1919), as Sylvia Deane
- *Border Raiders* (1918), as Cleo Dade
- *Prisoners of the Pines* (1918), as Louise
- *Modern Love* (1918), as Myrtle Harris
- *The Human Target* (1918), as Thelma Von Styne
- *Up Romance Road* (1918), as Hilda
- *Midnight Madness* (1918), as Lola Montez
- *Social Briars* (1918), as Helen Manning
- *The Risky Road* (1918), as Mrs. Kingston
- *The Magic Eye* (1918), as Mrs. Bowman
- *Brace Up* (1918), as Ellen Miles
- *Madame Spy* (1918), as Baroness Von Hulda
- *The Winged Mystery* (1917), as Gerda Anderson
- *Anything Once* (1917), as Señorita Paprika
- *Triumph* (1917), as Lillian Du Pon
- *Pay Me!* (1917), as Nita
- *Follow the Girl* (1917), as Donna
- *The Rescue* (1917), as Henriette
- *Six-Shooter Justice* (1917), as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
- *The Almost Good Man* (1917), as Kitty Manville
- *A 44-Calibre Mystery* (1917), as Kitty Flanders
- *The Honor of an Outlaw* (1917), as The Railroad President's Daughter
- *Hair-Trigger Burke* (1917), as The Vamp
- *The Fighting Gringo* (1917), as May Smith
- *The Clash of Steel* (1917), as Princess Seraphina
- *The Drifter* (1917), as Dora Mason
- *Perils of the Secret Service* (1917), as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
- *The Reward of the Faithless* (1917), as Princess Dione
- *The Honeymoon Surprise* (1917), as Mrs. Hardman
- *The Piper's Price* (1917), as Jessica's Maid
- *Civilization* (1916), Acting
- *Peggy* (1916), Acting

## Gallery

- ![Claire Du Brey](https://film.one/media/person/304002/gallery-6d78843b340d.jpg) Claire Du Brey — Nelson Evans (1889-1922), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Claire_Du_Brey_Evans.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Still from the American drama film A Light Woman (1920) with Hallam Cooley and Claire Du Brey, on page 55 of the August 14, 1920 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/304002/gallery-256863cab44f.jpg) Still from the American drama film A Light Woman (1920) with Hallam Cooley and Claire Du Brey, on page 55 of the August 14, 1920 Exhibitors Herald. — American Film Company / Pathé Exchange, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/A_Light_Woman_%281920%29_-_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Advertisement in Moving Picture World, March 1919 for the film A Man and His Money (1919).](https://film.one/media/person/304002/gallery-2a19bf9642c3.jpg) Advertisement in Moving Picture World, March 1919 for the film A Man and His Money (1919). — Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/A_Man_and_His_Money.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Advertisement for the American film The Spite Bride (1919) with Claire Du Brey, Olive Thomas, and Robert Ellis, in the insert after page 1878 of the June 28, 19](https://film.one/media/person/304002/gallery-c845e8af999b.jpg) Advertisement for the American film The Spite Bride (1919) with Claire Du Brey, Olive Thomas, and Robert Ellis, in the insert after page 1878 of the June 28, 19 — Selznick Pictures Corporation / Select Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/The_Spite_Bride_%281919%29_-_Ad_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Claire Du Brey](https://film.one/media/person/304002/gallery-aa419dcb5a0e.jpg) Claire Du Brey — Image via TMDB

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