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Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 08, 1910
Died Apr 08, 2000 (90)
Birthplace Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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) a ... nd 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]

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Filmography

Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties

1987

as Grace Porter

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

Kiss Me Goodbye

Kiss Me Goodbye

1982

as Charlotte

The Cape Town Affair

The Cape Town Affair

1967

as Sam Williams

The Stripper

The Stripper

1963

as Helen Baird

Two Weeks in Another Town

Two Weeks in Another Town

1962

as Clara Kruger

Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar

1958

as Rose Morgenstern

The Mountain

The Mountain

1956

as Marie

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955

as Idonee

Lucy Gallant

Lucy Gallant

1955

as Lady MacBeth

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954

as May Holst

The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953

as Josie Sullivan

Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire

1952

as Connie Williams

Stop, You're Killing Me

Stop, You're Killing Me

1952

as Nora Marko

My Man and I

My Man and I

1952

as Mrs. Elena Ames

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

1951

as Millie Farley

Best of the Badmen

Best of the Badmen

1951

as Lily

Borderline

Borderline

1950

as Madeleine Haley

The Lucky Stiff

The Lucky Stiff

1949

as Marguerite Seaton

The Babe Ruth Story

The Babe Ruth Story

1948

as Claire Hodgson Ruth

Raw Deal

Raw Deal

1948

as Pat Cameron

The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch

1948

as Marian Webster

Key Largo

Key Largo

1948

as Gaye Dawn

Born to Kill

Born to Kill

1947

as Helen Brent

Crack-Up

Crack-Up

1946

as Terry Cordell

The Bachelor's Daughters

The Bachelor's Daughters

1946

as Cynthia Davis

Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel

1945

as Lilah 'Lily' Gustafson

Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet

1944

as Helen Grayle

The Woman of the Town

The Woman of the Town

1943

as Dora Hand

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

as Ruth Jones

The Desperadoes

The Desperadoes

1943

as Countess Maletta

The Adventures of Martin Eden

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942

as Connie Dawson

Street of Chance

Street of Chance

1942

as Ruth Dillon

Crossroads

Crossroads

1942

as Michelle Allaine

Texas

Texas

1941

as Michael 'Mike' King

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1941

as Pearl

Dark Command

Dark Command

1940

as Miss Mary McCloud

Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1939

as Dallas

Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising

1939

as Janie MacDougall

I Stole a Million

I Stole a Million

1939

as Laura Benson

Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway

1938

as Joan Bradley

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

as Jo Keller

Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938

as Lee Roberts

Five of a Kind

Five of a Kind

1938

as Christine Nelson

Big Town Girl

Big Town Girl

1937

as Fay Loring

Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance

1937

as Barbara Blanchard

One Mile from Heaven

One Mile from Heaven

1937

as Lucy 'Tex' Warren

King of Gamblers

King of Gamblers

1937

as Dixie Moore

Second Honeymoon

Second Honeymoon

1937

as Marcia

Dead End

Dead End

1937

as Francey

My Marriage

My Marriage

1936

as Carol Barton

Human Cargo

Human Cargo

1936

as Bonnie Brewster

Career Woman

Career Woman

1936

as Carroll Aiken

Star for a Night

Star for a Night

1936

as Nina Lind

15 Maiden Lane

15 Maiden Lane

1936

as Jane Martin

Song and Dance Man

Song and Dance Man

1936

as Julia Carroll

To Mary - with Love

To Mary - with Love

1936

as Kitty Brant

Navy Wife

Navy Wife

1935

as Vicky Blake

Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic

1935

as Betty Ingals

Black Sheep

Black Sheep

1935

as Janette Foster

Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno

1935

as Elizabeth "Betty" McWade Carter

Elinor Norton

Elinor Norton

1934

as Elinor Norton

Wild Gold

Wild Gold

1934

as Jerry Jordan

Hold That Girl

Hold That Girl

1934

as Tonie Bellamy

Baby Take a Bow

Baby Take a Bow

1934

as Kay Ellison

Jimmy and Sally

Jimmy and Sally

1933

as Sally Johnson

The Mad Game

The Mad Game

1933

as Jane Lee

The Last Trail

The Last Trail

1933

as Patricia Carter

Life in the Raw

Life in the Raw

1933

as Judy Halloway

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

General Electric Theater

as Cora Leslie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mary Prescott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Lux Video Theatre

as Ellen Creed

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mary Hunter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Climax!

as Phyllis Talbot

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Dr. Kildare

as Nurse Veronica Johnson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

Wagon Train

as C.L. Harding

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1957

Lux Video Theatre

as Mary Scott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mrs. Meade

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Murder, She Wrote

as Judith Harlan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1958

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

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