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).
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2009
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Character:Self
Release Date:15/05/2008
Breaking Home Ties
Character:Grace Porter
Release Date:26/11/1987
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Kiss Me Goodbye
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:22/12/1982
The Cape Town Affair
Character:Sam Williams
Release Date:19/09/1967
How to Murder Your Wife
Character:Edna
Release Date:26/01/1965
The Stripper
Character:Helen Baird
Release Date:19/06/1963
Two Weeks in Another Town
Character:Clara Kruger
Release Date:17/08/1962
Marjorie Morningstar
Character:Rose Morgenstern
Release Date:24/04/1958
If You Knew Elizabeth
Character:Elizabeth Owen
Release Date:11/04/1957
The Mountain
Character:Marie
Release Date:31/05/1956
Lucy Gallant
Character:Lady MacBeth
Release Date:20/10/1955
Man Without a Star
Character:Idonee
Release Date:24/03/1955
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1954
The High and the Mighty
Character:May Holst
Release Date:03/07/1954
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Character:Josie Sullivan
Release Date:30/07/1953
Stop, You're Killing Me
Character:Nora Marko
Release Date:10/12/1952
My Man and I
Character:Mrs. Elena Ames
Release Date:05/09/1952
Hoodlum Empire
Character:Connie Williams
Release Date:15/04/1952
Best of the Badmen
Character:Lily
Release Date:09/08/1951
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Character:Millie Farley
Release Date:23/05/1951
Borderline
Character:Madeleine Haley
Release Date:01/03/1950
The Lucky Stiff
Character:Marguerite Seaton
Release Date:26/05/1949
The Babe Ruth Story
Character:Claire Hodgson Ruth
Release Date:16/09/1948
Key Largo
Character:Gaye Dawn
Release Date:16/07/1948
The Velvet Touch
Character:Marian Webster
Release Date:13/07/1948
Raw Deal
Character:Pat Cameron
Release Date:21/05/1948
Born to Kill
Character:Helen Brent
Release Date:30/04/1947
Crack-Up
Character:Terry Cordell
Release Date:06/09/1946
The Bachelor's Daughters
Character:Cynthia Davis
Release Date:06/08/1946
Johnny Angel
Character:Lilah 'Lily' Gustafson
Release Date:25/10/1945
Murder, My Sweet
Character:Helen Grayle
Release Date:14/12/1944
The Woman of the Town
Character:Dora Hand
Release Date:31/12/1943
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Character:Ruth Jones
Release Date:29/06/1943
The Desperadoes
Character:Countess Maletta
Release Date:25/05/1943
Street of Chance
Character:Ruth Dillon
Release Date:03/10/1942
Crossroads
Character:Michelle Allaine
Release Date:23/07/1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Character:Connie Dawson
Release Date:26/02/1942
Texas
Character:Michael 'Mike' King
Release Date:09/10/1941
Honky Tonk
Character:"Gold Dust" Nelson
Release Date:01/10/1941
Dark Command
Character:Miss Mary McCloud
Release Date:15/04/1940
Allegheny Uprising
Character:Janie MacDougall
Release Date:10/11/1939
I Stole a Million
Character:Laura Benson
Release Date:01/08/1939
Stagecoach
Character:Dallas
Release Date:02/03/1939
Five of a Kind
Character:Christine Nelson
Release Date:14/10/1938
Valley of the Giants
Character:Lee Roberts
Release Date:17/09/1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Character:Jo Keller
Release Date:20/07/1938
Walking Down Broadway
Character:Joan Bradley
Release Date:11/03/1938
Big Town Girl
Character:Fay Loring
Release Date:03/12/1937
Second Honeymoon
Character:Marcia
Release Date:13/11/1937
Dead End
Character:Francey
Release Date:27/08/1937
One Mile from Heaven
Character:Lucy 'Tex' Warren
Release Date:18/08/1937
King of Gamblers
Character:Dixie Moore
Release Date:22/04/1937
Time Out for Romance
Character:Barbara Blanchard
Release Date:10/02/1937
Career Woman
Character:Carroll Aiken
Release Date:18/12/1936
15 Maiden Lane
Character:Jane Martin
Release Date:16/10/1936
Star for a Night
Character:Nina Lind
Release Date:28/08/1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Character:
Release Date:05/08/1936
To Mary - with Love
Character:Kitty Brant
Release Date:01/08/1936
Human Cargo
Character:Bonnie Brewster
Release Date:15/05/1936
Song and Dance Man
Character:Julia Carroll
Release Date:11/03/1936
My Marriage
Character:Carol Barton
Release Date:31/01/1936
Navy Wife
Character:Vicky Blake
Release Date:17/09/1935
Dante's Inferno
Character:Elizabeth "Betty" McWade Carter
Release Date:23/08/1935
Black Sheep
Character:Janette Foster
Release Date:01/08/1935
Spring Tonic
Character:Betty Ingals
Release Date:27/06/1935
Elinor Norton
Character:Elinor Norton
Release Date:02/11/1934
Baby Take a Bow
Character:Kay Ellison
Release Date:30/06/1934
Wild Gold
Character:Jerry Jordan
Release Date:08/06/1934
Hold That Girl
Character:Tonie Bellamy
Release Date:23/03/1934
Jimmy and Sally
Character:Sally Johnson
Release Date:04/11/1933
The Mad Game
Character:Jane Lee
Release Date:27/10/1933
The Last Trail
Character:Patricia Carter
Release Date:25/08/1933
Life in the Raw
Character:Judy Halloway
Release Date:07/07/1933
Television Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Judith Harlan
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Investigators
Character:Kitty Harper
Dr. Kildare
Character:Nurse Veronica Johnson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:
Wagon Train
Character:C.L. Harding
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Mary Prescott
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Mrs. Meade
Climax!
Character:Phyllis Talbot
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Cora Leslie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Mary Hunter
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Ellen Creed
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Mary Scott
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