Claire Du Brey
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Claire Du Brey was an American actress. She appeared in over 200 films between 1916 and 1959.
She was born in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho and died in Los Angeles, California
, aged 100 years, 11 months.
Her screen career began with Universal and she had played at one time or another with almost all the larger companies. Some of the more important photoplays in which she had been seen are "The Wishing Ring Man," "The World Aflame," "What Every Woman Wants," "The Spite Bride," "Americanism" and "The Walk Offs". She was proficient in athletics, excelling in swimming, riding, golfing, tennis and motoring. Miss Du Brey was five feet seven inches high, weighed a hundred and thirty pounds and had auburn hair and brown eyes. Miss Du Brey took a lively interest in horticulture.
were published, Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star (1997), by Ontario resident and writer Betty Lee, and Marie Dressler: A Biography (1999) by Matthew Kennedy
. However, only Lee had access to DuBrey's diary. Both biographies claim Dressler bore a son around 1896, and that DuBrey may have been Dressler's biological daughter, hence their close relationship.
She was born in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, aged 100 years, 11 months.
Her screen career began with Universal and she had played at one time or another with almost all the larger companies. Some of the more important photoplays in which she had been seen are "The Wishing Ring Man," "The World Aflame," "What Every Woman Wants," "The Spite Bride," "Americanism" and "The Walk Offs". She was proficient in athletics, excelling in swimming, riding, golfing, tennis and motoring. Miss Du Brey was five feet seven inches high, weighed a hundred and thirty pounds and had auburn hair and brown eyes. Miss Du Brey took a lively interest in horticulture.
Relationship with Marie Dressler
In the late 1990s, two biographies of Marie DresslerMarie Dressler
Marie Dressler was a Canadian-American actress and Depression-era film star. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1930-31 in Min and Bill.-Early life and stage career:...
were published, Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star (1997), by Ontario resident and writer Betty Lee, and Marie Dressler: A Biography (1999) by Matthew Kennedy
Matthew Kennedy (author)
Matthew Kennedy is an American author, film historian, and anthropologist.-Biography:Kennedy was born in Redding, California, attended Shasta High School, and the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts in 1979...
. However, only Lee had access to DuBrey's diary. Both biographies claim Dressler bore a son around 1896, and that DuBrey may have been Dressler's biological daughter, hence their close relationship.
Selected filmography
- The Piper's PriceThe Piper's PriceThe Piper's Price is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Amy Hadley* Maude George - Jessica Hadley * Lon Chaney, Sr. - Billy Kilmartin...
(1917) - The Drifter (1917)
- The Fighting GringoThe Fighting Gringo (1917 film)The Fighting Gringo is a 1917 Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey - William 'Red' Saunders* Claire Du Brey - May Smith* George Webb - Arthur Saxon* Rex De Rosselli - Ramon Orinez* T. D...
(1917) - Hair-Trigger BurkeHair-Trigger BurkeHair-Trigger Burke is a 1917 film starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Ted Brooks* Claire Du Brey* Vester Pegg* William Steele -...
(1917) - The Honor of an OutlawThe Honor of an OutlawThe Honor of an Outlaw is a 1917 film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Claire Du Brey* T. D. Crittenden* Fred Kelsey - * Jack Leonard...
(1917) - A 44-Calibre MysteryA 44-Calibre MysteryA 44-Calibre Mystery is a 1917 short Western film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Claire Du Brey* Hoot Gibson* Frank MacQuarrie* Vester Pegg* William Steele * Maude Emory-See also:* List of American films of 1917...
(1917) - The Almost Good ManThe Almost Good ManThe Almost Good Man is a 1917 Western film directed by Fred Kelsey, released by Universal Pictures and starring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Claire Du Brey* Albert MacQuarrie* Frank MacQuarrie* Vester Pegg...
(1917) - Six-Shooter JusticeSix-Shooter JusticeSix-Shooter Justice is a 1917 film featuring Harry Carey.-Cast:* Harry Carey* Claire Du Brey* William Steele - * A. E. Witting...
(1917) - The RescueThe Rescue (1917 film)The Rescue is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Anne Wetherall* William Stowell - Kent Wetherall* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Thomas Holland* Gretchen Lederer - Nell Jerrold...
(1917) - Pay Me!Pay Me!Pay Me! is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Joe Lawson* J. Edwin Brown - Martin * William Clifford - Hal Curtis* Evelyn Selbie - Hilda Hendricks...
(1917)
- TriumphTriumph (1917 film)Triumph is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney Only three of the five reels survive.-Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Nell Baxter* Lon Chaney - Paul Neihoff* William Stowell - Dudley Weyman...
(1917) - Anything OnceAnything OnceAnything Once is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.-Cast:* Franklyn Farnum - Theodore Crosby* Claire Du Brey - Sñorita Dolores* Marjory Lawrence - Dorothy Stuart* Mary St. John - Mrs. Stuart...
(1917) - Dangerous HoursDangerous HoursDangerous Hours is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Prints of the film survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It premiered in February 1920.The film was based on a short story published in the Saturday Evening Post...
(1919) - Two Sisters (1929)
- RamonaRamona (1936 film)Ramona is a 1936 Technicolor drama film directed by Henry King, based on Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona. This was the third adaptation of the film, and the first one with sound...
(1936) - The Affairs of AnnabelThe Affairs of AnnabelThe Affairs of Annabel is a 1938 comedy starring Lucille Ball and Jack Oakie. Oakie plays Lannie Morgan, Wonder Pictures publicity man working with film star Annabel Allison , her first starring comedy role.-Plot:...
(1938) - Jesse JamesJesse James (1939 film)Jesse James is a western movie directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, and Randolph Scott. Written by Nunnally Johnson, the film is loosely based on the life of the notorious outlaw for which the film derives its name...
(1939) - Oh, What a NightOh, What a Night (1944 film)Oh, What A Night is a 1944 crime drama starring Edmund Lowe & Jean Parker and directed by William Beaudine.The films story was written by Marian Orth and the screenplay by Paul Girard Smith.-Cast:* Edmund Lowe as Rand* Jean Parker as Valerie...
(1944) - DakotaDakota (film)Dakota is a 1945 Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring John Wayne.-Cast:* John Wayne - John Devlin* Vera Ralston - Sandy Poli * Walter Brennan - Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird* Ward Bond - Jim Bender* Mike Mazurki - Bigtree Collins...
(1945) - The Best Years of Our LivesThe Best Years of Our LivesThe Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, and Harold Russell, a United States paratrooper who lost both hands in a military training accident. The film is about three United States...
(1946) - Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris KarloffAbbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris KarloffAbbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is a 1949 comedy horror film starring Abbott and Costello and Boris Karloff. The full onscreen title is Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff....
(1949)