Columbia University American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1929–1987
Known for
Key Largo
Dead End
The High and the Mighty
Spouses
Clark Andrews
(m. 1938; div. 1942)
Cylos William Dunsmore
(m. 1943; div. 1947)
Milton H. Bren
(m. 1948; died 1979)
Children
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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).
^Drew, William M. (1999). At the Center of the Frame: Leading Ladies of the Twenties and Thirties. Vestal Press. p. 319. ISBN 1-879511-42-8.; Hagen, Ray; Laura Wagner (2004). Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames. McFarland. p. 222. ISBN 0-7864-1883-4.; Clara Wenlinger [sic], daughter of Noel and Benjamina, age 2 mos, is in the April 1910 Census of Brooklyn Ward 30, District 1054. This places her birth unambiguously in 1910.; "Actress Trevor dies at 90". The Charleston Gazette Associated Press. April 9, 2000. Archived from the original on 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.
ClaireTrevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the...
pulling for Hank Aaron to break his record." Ruth was portrayed by ClaireTrevor in the 1948 film The Babe Ruth Story, by Lisa Zane in the 1991 TV movie...
Trevor is also a reduced Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Treabhair (descendant of Treabhar), which may derive from the original Welsh name. Claire Trevor...
and Thelma Ritter The High and the Mighty (1954) -- Jan Sterling and ClaireTrevor The Bad Seed (1956) -- Eileen Heckart and Patty McCormack Peyton Place...
with gangsters on a remote Florida key. It co-starred Lauren Bacall, ClaireTrevor, Edward G. Robinson, and Lionel Barrymore. The film was an adaptation...
(New York Yankee batboy in the 1920s) as the ballplayer and ClaireTrevor as his wife Claire Merritt Hodgson. The film initially received positive reviews...
Virna Lisi as Mrs. Ford Eddie Mayehoff as Harold Lampson, Ford's lawyer ClaireTrevor as Edna Lampson Terry-Thomas as Charles (and as the narrator) Sidney...
15, 2022). "Claire Rousay Releases New Album to Benefit the Trevor Project". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 10, 2024. Official website Claire Rousay discography...
Dark Command is a 1940 Crime western film starring ClaireTrevor, John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders during the American...
divorce in 1948, Bren's father remarried Academy Award-winning actress ClaireTrevor in the same year. His mother later got remarried to steel businessman...
by Jack Gage and starring Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn and ClaireTrevor. It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. Broadway leading lady...
Century Fox at Killarney Film Studios in South Africa. The film stars ClaireTrevor, James Brolin, and Jacqueline Bisset. It is a remake of the 1953 picture...
hotel owned by Bacall's father-in-law, portrayed by Lionel Barrymore. ClaireTrevor won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance...
film's drama in motion), which she won over such leading contenders as ClaireTrevor, Nina Foch, Katy Jurado and Jan Sterling, also earned her a British...
and Edward G. Robinson. The supporting players include Cyd Charisse, ClaireTrevor, Daliah Lavi, George Hamilton, and Rosanna Schiaffino. The film was...
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