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Claire Du Brey
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Claire Du Brey

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1892 – 1993 · Bonners Ferry, Idaho, USA · Active 1916–1959

Born Clara Violet Dubrey in 1892, Claire Du Brey began her film career in the silent era, making a notable appearance in Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954). Her extensive career spanned over four decades, during which she worked with major studios and appeared in more than 200 films. While her roles became smaller with the advent of sound, her contributions to early horror cinema remain significant. Du Brey's athletic prowess and vibrant personality added a unique charm to her performances, making her a memorable figure in the genre.

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Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954 ★ 6.2
as Spectator (uncredited)

One of many films based on the mysterious tale written by Edger Allen Poe.

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Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Cinderella (1950)
Cinderella
1950
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Ace in the Hole
1951
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Heaven Can Wait
1943

Filmography

182 credits
1950s 11 credits
1959
Escort West as Mrs. Kate Fenniman
Movie ★ 6.2
1958
Hot Rod Gang as Agatha, the maid
Movie ★ 5.4
1958
Frontier Gun as Bess Loveman
Movie ★ 6.8
1956
Lust for Life as Housekeeper
Movie ★ 7.2
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Madame Odin
TV ★ 5.3
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue● as Spectator (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas as Señora Salcedo
Movie ★ 6.1
1953
Where's Raymond? as Angela
TV ★ 7.7
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Mrs. Miggs
TV ★ 6.8
1951
Ace in the Hole as Spinster (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.8
1950
Cinderella as (credit only) (voice)
Movie ★ 7.0
1940s 41 credits
1949
Samson and Delilah as Temple Spectator (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Mrs. Grimsby
Movie ★ 6.6
1948
Lightnin' in the Forest as Martha
Movie ★ 4.7
1948
Out of the Storm as Mrs. Smith
Movie ★ 7.3
1948
Who Killed Doc Robbin? as Housekeeper
Movie ★ 4.2
1948
French Leave as Mom LaFarge
Movie ★ 7.0
1947
The Bishop's Wife as Second Lady in Michel's
Movie ★ 7.1
1947
Ivy as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1947
Bells of San Fernando as Manta
Movie ★ 4.6
1946
The Secret of the Whistler as Laura - Harrison's Servant
Movie ★ 6.1
1946
Don Ricardo Returns as Mama Teresa
Movie ★ 8.0
1946
The Invisible Informer as Martha Baylor
Movie ★ 8.0
1946
The Catman of Paris as Servant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.8
1946
Cloak and Dagger
Movie ★ 6.5
1945
Star in the Night as Traveler's Wife (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1945
Dakota as Wahtonka
Movie ★ 5.2
1945
A Song to Remember as Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1944
Lights of Old Santa Fe as Rosie McGurk
Movie ★ 5.6
1944
Dragon Seed as Hysterical Woman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1944
Oh, What a Night! as Petrie
Movie ★ 8.0
1943
Heaven Can Wait as Miss Ralston - Jack's Secretary (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1943
No Place for a Lady as Apartment House Manager
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
A Close Call for Ellery Queen as Housekeeper
Movie ★ 6.1
1942
Bells of Capistrano as Melinda (Ma) McCracken
Movie ★ 7.0
1942
Now, Voyager as Hilda (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1942
The Magnificent Dope as Peter's Secretary
Movie ★ 7.3
1941
Private Nurse as Flower Shop Manager
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
Rise and Shine as Miss Pinkham
Movie ★ 7.3
1941
Blossoms in the Dust as Nurse at Sammy's Birth
Movie ★ 6.7
1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Sarah Walters
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
High School as Miss Huggins
Movie ★ 6.7
1940
The Blue Bird as Nurse (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1940
The Shop Around the Corner as Customer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.1
1940
Brigham Young as Emma Smith
Movie ★ 4.6
1940
Virginia City as Southern Woman with Rifle (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife as Party Guest (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
All This, and Heaven Too as Nun (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1940
Forty Little Mothers as Gym Teacher
Movie ★ 6.5
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Mrs. Hackett (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1940
Black Diamonds as Henderson's Secretary
Movie ★ 7.0
1930s 57 credits
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Landlady
Movie ★ 6.3
1939
Jesse James as Mrs. Bob Ford
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Tell No Tales as Miss Arnold (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.4
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Secretary
Movie ★ 7.3
1939
Within the Law as Prison Librarian
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Never Say Die as Hotel Guest
Movie ★ 7.3
1939
Juarez as Woman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Chicken Wagon Family as Mrs. Kelsey
Movie ★ 10.0
1939
Coast Guard as First Nurse (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1939
Four Wives as Nurse Telling Crowley It's a Girl (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1939
Swanee River as Woman in Cafe
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Sergeant Madden as Nurse
Movie ★ 7.5
1939
South of the Border as Dueña
Movie ★ 6.0
1939
Everybody's Baby as Nurse Cordell
Movie ★ 8.0
1939
Hotel for Women
Movie ★ 7.5
1939
See Your Doctor as Nurse
Movie ★ 6.6
1938
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade as Mrs. Thurber
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
Miracle Money as Dr. Jones' Nurse Hazel
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
Little Miss Broadway as Miss Blodgett
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
The Baroness and the Butler as Martha - Kartina's Secretary
Movie ★ 5.3
1938
One Wild Night as Miss Thomas (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.8
1938
The Affairs of Annabel as Convict (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1938
Men with Wings as Edith
Movie ★ 5.4
1938
That Certain Age as Horsewoman
Movie ★ 5.5
1938
Walking Down Broadway as Claybourne's Secretary
Movie ★ 6.8
1938
Marie Antoinette as Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1937
Man Of The People as Mrs. Sagon (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Mountain Justice as Woman with Baby
Movie ★ 6.3
1937
The Lady Escapes as Woman in theater (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Dangerously Yours as Ship Passenger
Movie ★ 5.6
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Miss Farrell
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Nothing Sacred as Nurse Rafferty (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1937
Topper as Sales Clerk (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1937
The Wrong Road as Matron (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.8
1937
Blossoms On Broadway as Fake Nurse (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.8
1936
Ramona as Marda
Movie ★ 5.8
1936
The Devil-Doll as Mathilde Coulvet
Movie ★ 6.8
1936
Small Town Girl as Bit Role (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1935
Life Begins at Forty as Mrs. T. Watterson Meriwether
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
Vagabond Lady as R.D.'s Secretary (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1934
This Side of Heaven as Miss Blair - Martin's Secretary (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1934
Jane Eyre as Bertha Rochester
Movie ★ 5.2
1934
Blind Date as Head Saleswoman
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Among the Missing as Mrs. Alvin Abbott
Movie ★ 6.5
1934
Viva Villa! as Banquet Guest with Tiara Next to Sierra
Movie ★ 6.3
1933
The Sin of Nora Moran as Mrs. Edith Crawford
Movie ★ 5.5
1933
Gabriel Over the White House as Nurse
Movie ★ 6.9
1933
Broadway to Hollywood as Aunt Clara
Movie ★ 5.0
1933
Night Flight as Santiago Nurse (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1933
Made on Broadway as Miss Squires - Jeff's Secretary
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
Shadows of Sing Sing as Angela Crane
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
Divorce In The Family as Mrs. Smith - Lucile's Mother
Movie ★ 6.8
1932
Prosperity as Bank Depositor Spreading Rumor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1932
Arsène Lupin as Mother at the Louvre (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1931
Politics as Rally Leader
Movie ★ 6.9
1930
Renegades as Eleanore's Maid (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.0
1930
For the Love o' Lil as Mrs. Gardner
Movie ★ 10.0
1920s 29 credits
1929
Two Sisters as Rose
Movie ★ 6.5
1927
The Devil Dancer as Audrey
Movie ★ 5.7
1926
The Exquisite Sinner as Dominique's Sister
Movie ★ 8.0
1926
Miss Nobody as Ann Adams
Movie ★ 9.0
1925
The Girl of Gold as Edith Loring
Movie ★ 9.0
1925
Drusilla with a Million as Daphne Thornton
Movie ★ 8.0
1925
Infatuation as Pasha's Wife
Movie ★ 10.0
1924
Borrowed Husbands as Peggy Fleurette
Movie ★ 8.0
1924
The Sea Hawk as Siren
Movie ★ 6.8
1923
Ponjola as Luchia Luff
Movie ★ 7.5
1923
The Voice from the Minaret as Countess La Fontaine
Movie ★ 10.0
1922
Only a Shop Girl as Mrs. Watkins
Movie ★ 7.0
1922
Glass Houses as Mrs. Vicky
Movie ★ 8.0
1922
The Ordeal as Elise
Movie ★ 7.0
1922
You Never Know as Inez
Movie ★ 10.0
1922
When Love Comes as Marie Jamison
Movie ★ 8.0
1922
To Have and to Hold as Patience Worth
Movie ★ 8.0
1921
My Lady's Latchkey as Countess Santiago
Movie ★ 10.0
1921
The Bronze Bell as Nairaini
Movie ★ 10.0
1921
The Hole in the Wall as Cora Thompson
Movie ★ 10.0
1921
That Girl Montana as Lottie
Movie ★ 8.0
1921
I Am Guilty as Trixie
Movie ★ 8.0
1920
The Heart of a Child as Lady Dorothea
Movie ★ 9.0
1920
The Walk-Offs as Mrs. Elliott
Movie ★ 10.0
1920
Life's Twist as Mrs. Helen Sutton
Movie ★ 9.0
1920
A Light Woman as Jeanne DuPre
Movie ★ 3.7
1920
The Green Flame as Lou Tremaine
Movie ★ 7.0
1920
The House of Whispers as Nettie Kelly
Movie ★ 7.0
1920
Perilous Valley
Movie ★ 8.0
1910s 44 credits
1919
What Every Woman Wants as Sylvia
Movie ★ 4.0
1919
The Old Maid's Baby as Sylvia Deane
Movie ★ 7.0
1919
The Sawdust Doll as Rose Budd
Movie ★ 10.0
1919
Modern Husbands as Myrtle Cosgrove
Movie ★ 9.0
1919
The Ghost Girl
Movie ★ 9.0
1919
When Fate Decides as Alicia Carteret
Movie ★ 4.0
1919
The Devil's Trail as Dubec's Wife
Movie ★ 9.0
1919
The World Aflame as Emma Reich
Movie ★ 8.0
1919
Dangerous Hours as Sophia Guerni
Movie ★ 6.0
1919
A Man in the Open as Polly
Movie ★ 10.0
1919
The Spite Bride as Trixie Dennis
Movie ★ 9.0
1919
A Man And His Money as Varda Ropers
Movie ★ 10.0
1919
The Wishing Ring Man as Gale Maddox
Movie ★ 10.0
1918
Madame Spy as Baroness Von Hulda
Movie
1918
Up Romance Road as Hilda
Movie
1918
Modern Love as Myrtle Harris
Movie
1918
Midnight Madness as Lola Montez
Movie
1918
Prisoners of the Pines as Louise
Movie
1918
Social Briars as Helen Manning
Movie
1918
The Human Target as Thelma Von Styne
Movie ★ 8.0
1918
Brace Up as Ellen Miles
Movie
1918
The Risky Road as Mrs. Kingston
Movie ★ 3.5
1918
The Magic Eye as Mrs. Bowman
Movie
1918
Border Raiders as Cleo Dade
Movie
1917
Pay Me! as Nita
Movie
1917
The Drifter as Dora Mason
Movie ★ 7.0
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw as The Railroad President's Daughter
Movie
1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery as Kitty Flanders
Movie
1917
Hair-Trigger Burke as The Vamp
Movie
1917
The Honeymoon Surprise as Mrs. Hardman
Movie ★ 7.0
1917
The Almost Good Man as Kitty Manville
Movie
1917
Perils of the Secret Service as Princess Seraphina (Episode #2)
Movie ★ 9.0
1917
The Clash of Steel as Princess Seraphina
Movie ★ 10.0
1917
Six-Shooter Justice as Mary Gregg - the Prospector's Daughter
Movie
1917
Follow the Girl as Donna
Movie
1917
Triumph as Lillian Du Pon
Movie
1917
Anything Once as Señorita Paprika
Movie
1917
The Piper's Price as Jessica's Maid
Movie
1917
The Reward of the Faithless as Princess Dione
Movie
1917
The Rescue as Henriette
Movie
1917
The Winged Mystery as Gerda Anderson
Movie
1917
The Fighting Gringo as May Smith
Movie
1916
Peggy
Movie
1916
Civilization
Movie ★ 5.2