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Claire Trevor
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Birthday
1910-03-08,Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
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]

Filmography

7.621

Stagecoach
1939-03-03

Murder, My Sweet

7.227

Murder, My Sweet
1944-12-14

7.5

Key Largo
1948-07-16

Baby Take a Bow

5.5

Baby Take a Bow
1934-06-30

6.1

Hoodlum Empire
1952-04-15

How to Murder Your Wife

6.3

How to Murder Your Wife
1965-01-26

Marjorie Morningstar

6.2

Marjorie Morningstar
1958-04-24

5.6

Crack-Up
1946-09-06

6.7

Raw Deal
1948-05-21

6.7

Born to Kill
1947-04-30

5

Wild Gold
1934-06-08

7

Dead End
1937-08-27

6.337

Dark Command
1940-04-15

The Velvet Touch

6.1

The Velvet Touch
1948-07-13

5.9

Johnny Angel
1945-10-25

Street of Chance

5.3

Street of Chance
1942-10-03

5.9

Crossroads
1942-07-23

Man Without a Star

6.467

Man Without a Star
1955-03-24

The Stranger Wore a Gun

5.419

The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953-07-30

The Cape Town Affair

3.8

The Cape Town Affair
1967-09-19

The Babe Ruth Story

5.8

The Babe Ruth Story
1948-09-16

Allegheny Uprising

5.611

Allegheny Uprising
1939-11-10

Two Weeks in Another Town

5.896

Two Weeks in Another Town
1962-08-17

I Stole a Million

6

I Stole a Million
1939-08-01

5.5

Borderline
1950-03-01

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

7.2

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20

The High and the Mighty

5.9

The High and the Mighty
1954-07-03

Kiss Me Goodbye

5.8

Kiss Me Goodbye
1982-12-22

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

5.9

Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1951-05-23

6.5

Texas
1941-10-09

6.9

The Mountain
1956-05-31

Stop, You're Killing Me

5

Stop, You're Killing Me
1952-12-10

The Desperadoes

5.7

The Desperadoes
1943-05-25

6.4

Honky Tonk
1941-10-01

Best of the Badmen

6.5

Best of the Badmen
1951-08-09

6

Career Woman
1936-12-18

7

Lucy Gallant
1955-10-20

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

5.8

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943-06-29

The Lucky Stiff

4.8

The Lucky Stiff
1949-05-26

Dante's Inferno

6.2

Dante's Inferno
1935-08-23

7

Black Sheep
1935-08-01

One Mile from Heaven

6.7

One Mile from Heaven
1937-08-18

6

15 Maiden Lane
1936-10-16

Second Honeymoon

5.8

Second Honeymoon
1937-11-13

4.7

The Stripper
1963-06-19

Valley of the Giants

6

Valley of the Giants
1938-09-17

5.3

Spring Tonic
1935-06-27

4.2

Five of a Kind
1938-10-14

The Bachelor's Daughters

6.5

The Bachelor's Daughters
1946-08-06

The Woman of the Town

6

The Woman of the Town
1943-12-31

0

The Mad Game
1933-10-27

Going Hollywood: The '30s

10

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01

6.8

My Man and I
1952-09-05

6

Human Cargo
1936-05-15

To Mary - with Love

4.5

To Mary - with Love
1936-08-01

Life in the Raw

0

Life in the Raw
1933-07-07

The Adventures of Martin Eden

6

The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942-02-26

Song and Dance Man

0

Song and Dance Man
1936-03-11

5

Navy Wife
1935-09-17

Time Out for Romance

5.6

Time Out for Romance
1937-02-10

6

Big Town Girl
1937-12-03

0

Hold That Girl
1934-03-23

King of Gamblers

7

King of Gamblers
1937-04-22

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

8.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008-05-15

0

The Last Trail
1933-08-25

Star for a Night

6

Star for a Night
1936-08-28

Jimmy and Sally

4

Jimmy and Sally
1933-11-04

6

Elinor Norton
1934-11-02

5

My Marriage
1936-01-31

Walking Down Broadway

5.7

Walking Down Broadway
1938-03-11

A Star Is Born World Premiere

8

A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954-09-28

Breaking Home Ties

6.5

Breaking Home Ties
1987-11-26

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936-08-05

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

5.25

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

3

Climax!
1954-10-07

5.294

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

6.3

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Murder, She Wrote

7.509

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.415

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01