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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]

Personal information

Birthday

1910-03-08

Birth Place

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

Movies and TV shows :

15 Maiden Lane

15 Maiden Lane

1936

6.0

Movie
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

7.5

Movie
A Star Is Born World Premiere

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

8.0

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising

1939

5.6

Movie
Baby Take a Bow

Baby Take a Bow

1934

5.5

Movie
Best of the Badmen

Best of the Badmen

1951

6.5

Movie
Big Town Girl

Big Town Girl

1937

6.0

Movie
Black Sheep

Black Sheep

1935

7.0

Movie
Borderline

Borderline

1950

5.5

Movie
Born to Kill

Born to Kill

1947

6.7

Movie
Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties

1987

6.5

Movie
Career Woman

Career Woman

1936

6.0

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
Crack-Up

Crack-Up

1946

5.6

Movie
Crossroads

Crossroads

1942

5.9

Movie
Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno

1935

6.2

Movie
Dark Command

Dark Command

1940

6.4

Movie
Dead End

Dead End

1937

7.0

Movie
poster

Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
Elinor Norton

Elinor Norton

1934

6.0

Movie
Five of a Kind

Five of a Kind

1938

4.2

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

10.0

Movie
Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

5.8

Movie
Hard, Fast and Beautiful

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

1951

5.9

Movie
Hold That Girl

Hold That Girl

1934

0.0

Movie
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1941

6.4

Movie
Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire

1952

6.1

Movie
How to Murder Your Wife

How to Murder Your Wife

1965

6.3

Movie
Human Cargo

Human Cargo

1936

6.0

Movie
I Stole a Million

I Stole a Million

1939

6.0

Movie
Jimmy and Sally

Jimmy and Sally

1933

4.0

Movie
Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel

1945

5.9

Movie
Key Largo

Key Largo

1948

7.5

Movie
King of Gamblers

King of Gamblers

1937

7.0

Movie
Kiss Me Goodbye

Kiss Me Goodbye

1982

5.8

Movie
Life in the Raw

Life in the Raw

1933

0.0

Movie
Lucy Gallant

Lucy Gallant

1955

7.0

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955

6.5

Movie
Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar

1958

6.2

Movie
Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet

1944

7.2

Movie
poster

Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
My Man and I

My Man and I

1952

6.8

Movie
My Marriage

My Marriage

1936

5.0

Movie
Navy Wife

Navy Wife

1935

5.0

Movie
One Mile from Heaven

One Mile from Heaven

1937

6.7

Movie
Raw Deal

Raw Deal

1948

6.7

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Second Honeymoon

Second Honeymoon

1937

5.8

Movie
Song and Dance Man

Song and Dance Man

1936

0.0

Movie
Spring Tonic

Spring Tonic

1935

5.3

Movie
Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1939

7.6

Movie
Star for a Night

Star for a Night

1936

6.0

Movie
Stop, You're Killing Me

Stop, You're Killing Me

1952

5.0

Movie
Street of Chance

Street of Chance

1942

5.3

Movie
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936

1.0

Movie
Texas

Texas

1941

6.5

Movie
The Adventures of Martin Eden

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942

6.0

Movie
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

7.2

Movie
The Babe Ruth Story

The Babe Ruth Story

1948

5.8

Movie
The Bachelor's Daughters

The Bachelor's Daughters

1946

6.5

Movie
The Cape Town Affair

The Cape Town Affair

1967

3.8

Movie
The Desperadoes

The Desperadoes

1943

5.7

Movie
The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954

5.9

Movie
The Last Trail

The Last Trail

1933

0.0

Movie
The Lucky Stiff

The Lucky Stiff

1949

4.8

Movie
The Mad Game

The Mad Game

1933

0.0

Movie
The Mountain

The Mountain

1956

6.9

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953

5.4

Movie
The Stripper

The Stripper

1963

4.7

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch

1948

6.1

Movie
The Woman of the Town

The Woman of the Town

1943

6.0

Movie
Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance

1937

5.6

Movie
To Mary - with Love

To Mary - with Love

1936

4.5

Movie
Two Weeks in Another Town

Two Weeks in Another Town

1962

5.9

Movie
Valley of the Giants

Valley of the Giants

1938

6.0

Movie
poster

Wagon Train

1957

6.4

TV
Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway

1938

5.7

Movie
poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.3

TV
Wild Gold

Wild Gold

1934

5.0

Movie
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

8.5

Movie