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Claire Trevor‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-03-08

Popularity

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Claire Trevor

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Claire Trevor

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1910-03-08

Popularity

star4.6

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) 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]

Movie Credits

Stagecoach

Stagecoach‌
star7.6
calendar 1939

Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet‌
star7.2
calendar 1944

Key Largo

Key Largo‌
star7.5
calendar 1948

Baby Take a Bow

Baby Take a Bow‌
star5.5
calendar 1934

Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar‌
star6.2
calendar 1958

Crack-Up

Crack-Up‌
star5.6
calendar 1946

Raw Deal

Raw Deal‌
star6.7
calendar 1948

Born to Kill

Born to Kill‌
star6.7
calendar 1947

Wild Gold

Wild Gold‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

Dead End

Dead End‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

Dark Command

Dark Command‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel‌
star5.9
calendar 1945

Street of Chance

Street of Chance‌
star5.3
calendar 1942

Crossroads

Crossroads‌
star5.9
calendar 1942

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun‌
star5.4
calendar 1953

The Cape Town Affair

The Cape Town Affair‌
star3.8
calendar 1967

The Babe Ruth Story

The Babe Ruth Story‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Two Weeks in Another Town

Two Weeks in Another Town‌
star5.9
calendar 1962

I Stole a Million

I Stole a Million‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Borderline

Borderline‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse‌
star7.2
calendar 1938

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty‌
star5.9
calendar 1954

Kiss Me Goodbye

Kiss Me Goodbye‌
star5.8
calendar 1982

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

Texas

Texas‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

The Mountain

The Mountain‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

Stop, You're Killing Me

Stop, You're Killing Me‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

The Desperadoes

The Desperadoes‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk‌
star6.4
calendar 1941

Best of the Badmen

Best of the Badmen‌
star6.8
calendar 1951

Career Woman

Career Woman‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Lucy Gallant

Lucy Gallant‌
star7.0
calendar 1955

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates‌
star5.8
calendar 1943

The Lucky Stiff

The Lucky Stiff‌
star4.8
calendar 1949

Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno‌
star6.2
calendar 1935

Black Sheep

Black Sheep‌
star7.0
calendar 1935

One Mile from Heaven

One Mile from Heaven‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

15 Maiden Lane

15 Maiden Lane‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Second Honeymoon

Second Honeymoon‌
star5.8
calendar 1937

The Stripper

The Stripper‌
star4.7
calendar 1963

Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic‌
star5.3
calendar 1935

Five of a Kind

Five of a Kind‌
star4.2
calendar 1938

The Bachelor's Daughters

The Bachelor's Daughters‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

The Woman of the Town

The Woman of the Town‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

The Mad Game

The Mad Game‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s‌
star10.0
calendar 1984

My Man and I

My Man and I‌
star6.8
calendar 1952

Human Cargo

Human Cargo‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

To Mary - with Love

To Mary - with Love‌
star4.5
calendar 1936

Life in the Raw

Life in the Raw‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Adventures of Martin Eden

The Adventures of Martin Eden‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Song and Dance Man

Song and Dance Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Navy Wife

Navy Wife‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance‌
star5.6
calendar 1937

Big Town Girl

Big Town Girl‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Hold That Girl

Hold That Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

King of Gamblers

King of Gamblers‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story‌
star8.5
calendar 2008

The Last Trail

The Last Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Star for a Night

Star for a Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Jimmy and Sally

Jimmy and Sally‌
star4.0
calendar 1933

Elinor Norton

Elinor Norton‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

My Marriage

My Marriage‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

A Star Is Born World Premiere

A Star Is Born World Premiere‌
star8.0
calendar 1954

Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties‌
star6.5
calendar 1987

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs‌
star1.0
calendar 1936

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year‌
star7.5
calendar 2009

Tv Credits

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star7.0
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star3.0
calendar 1954

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962