Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, 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). 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. She made her stage debut in the summer of 1929 with a repertory company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She subsequently returned to New York, where she appeared in a number of Brooklyn-filmed Vitaphone short films and performed in summer stock theatre. In 1932, she starred on Broadway as the female lead in Whistling in the Dark. Trevor made her film debut in Jimmy and Sally (1933). From 1933 to 1938, Trevor starred in 29 films, often having either the lead role or the role of heroine. In 1937, she was the second lead actress (after top-billed Sylvia Sidney) in Dead End, with Humphrey Bogart, which led to her nomination for Best Supporting Actress. From 1937 to 1940, she appeared with Edward G. Robinson in the popular radio series Big Town, while continuing to make movies. In the early 1940s, she also was a regular on The Old Gold Don Ameche Show on the NBC Red Radio Network, starring with Ameche in presentations of plays by Mark Hellinger. In 1939, she was well established as a solid leading lady. One of her more memorable performances during this period includes the Western Stagecoach (1939). Two of Trevor's most memorable roles were opposite Dick Powell in Murder, My Sweet (1944) and with Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947). In Key Largo (1948), Trevor played Gaye Dawn, a washed-up, alcoholic nightclub singer and gangster's moll. For that role, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her third and final Oscar nomination was for her performance in The High and the Mighty (1954). In 1957, she won an Emmy for her role in the Producers' Showcase episode entitled "Dodsworth". Trevor moved into supporting roles in the 1950s, with her appearances becoming very rare after the mid-1960s. She played Charlotte, the mother of Kay (Sally Field) in Kiss Me Goodbye (1982). Her final television role was for the 1987 television film, Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties. Trevor made a guest appearance at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1910-03-08
Place of Birth: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As: Claire Wemlinger, The Queen of Film Noir

Movies List of Claire Trevor

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Stagecoach

1939 Movie
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Murder, My Sweet

1944 Movie
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Key Largo

1948 Movie
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Baby Take a Bow

1934 Movie
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Hoodlum Empire

1952 Movie
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Marjorie Morningstar

1958 Movie
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Crack-Up

1946 Movie
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Raw Deal

1948 Movie
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Born to Kill

1947 Movie
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Wild Gold

1934 Movie
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Dead End

1937 Movie
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Dark Command

1940 Movie
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The Velvet Touch

1948 Movie
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Johnny Angel

1945 Movie
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Street of Chance

1942 Movie
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Crossroads

1942 Movie
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Man Without a Star

1955 Movie
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The Cape Town Affair

1967 Movie
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The Babe Ruth Story

1948 Movie
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Allegheny Uprising

1939 Movie
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I Stole a Million

1939 Movie
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Borderline

1950 Movie
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Kiss Me Goodbye

1982 Movie
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Texas

1941 Movie
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The Mountain

1956 Movie
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The Desperadoes

1943 Movie
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Honky Tonk

1941 Movie
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Best of the Badmen

1951 Movie
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Career Woman

1936 Movie
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Lucy Gallant

1955 Movie
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943 Movie
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The Lucky Stiff

1949 Movie
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Dante's Inferno

1935 Movie
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Black Sheep

1935 Movie
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One Mile from Heaven

1937 Movie
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15 Maiden Lane

1936 Movie
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Second Honeymoon

1937 Movie
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The Stripper

1963 Movie
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Valley of the Giants

1938 Movie
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Spring Tonic

1935 Movie
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Five of a Kind

1938 Movie
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The Woman of the Town

1943 Movie
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The Mad Game

1933 Movie
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My Man and I

1952 Movie
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Human Cargo

1936 Movie
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To Mary - with Love

1936 Movie
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Life in the Raw

1933 Movie
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Song and Dance Man

1936 Movie
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Navy Wife

1935 Movie
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Time Out for Romance

1937 Movie
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Big Town Girl

1937 Movie
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Hold That Girl

1934 Movie
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King of Gamblers

1937 Movie
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The Last Trail

1933 Movie
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Star for a Night

1936 Movie
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Jimmy and Sally

1933 Movie
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Elinor Norton

1934 Movie
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My Marriage

1936 Movie
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Walking Down Broadway

1938 Movie
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Breaking Home Ties

1987 Movie