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From Wikipedia
Claire Adams (September 24, 1898 – September 25, 1978) was a Canadian silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the daughter of Stanley Wells Adams, a Welsh-born accountant, and his Canadian wife, Lillian Adams (née Kennedy). Educated in Canada and England, Claire Adams worked briefly as a nurse with the Red Cross during World War I.
In 1920 Adams signed a five-year contract with Benjamin Bowles Hampton, a Hollywood producer and her future husband. She later moved to California where she acted in more than forty silent films, including melodramas, comedies and westerns.
Described as "patricianly beautiful", Adams worked with many of Hollywood's leading actors, including Adolphe Menjou, Tom Mix, Wallace Beery, and Lon Chaney. In 1923 she was Rin Tin Tin's leading lady in Where the North Begins, which was a huge success and is often credited with saving Warner Bros. from bankruptcy. She later maintained that Rin Tin Tin was her "favourite leading man".
Her best known film was The Big Parade, the second largest grossing silent film in cinematic history. It was directed by King Vidor and Adams starred alongside John Gilbert. Perhaps her most memorable role came in 1920 as Barbara, the artist who helps humanize the crippled crime boss played by Lon Chaney in The Penalty.
She married film producer Benjamin B. Hampton in Hollywood on September 18, 1924. They had no children. He died in 1932 leaving her very wealthy. Later that year Adams met Scobie Mackinnon, the second son of L.K.S. Mackinnon, at a party in London and three weeks later they married on April 1 in Mayfair. They remained childless. After a protracted honeymoon, in March 1938, Mackinnon brought Adams to Victoria, Australia.
On his death in 1974, Scobie Mackinnon's estate was worth A$2,111, 729, which was left entirely to Adams. She died on September 25, 1978, in Windsor, Victoria and was cremated.
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Filmography (Movies)
Five Stars
Character:
Release Date:13/03/2009
What a Mother-in-Law!
Character:Frances
Release Date:07/09/1934
Married Alive
Character:Viola Helmesley Duxbury
Release Date:17/07/1927
The Sea Wolf
Character:Maud Brewster
Release Date:26/07/1926
Yellow Fingers
Character:Nona Deering
Release Date:21/03/1926
The Big Parade
Character:Justyn Reed
Release Date:05/11/1925
The Kiss Barrier
Character:Marion Weston
Release Date:31/05/1925
Men and Women
Character:Agnes Prescott
Release Date:23/03/1925
The Devil's Cargo
Character:Martha Joyce
Release Date:02/02/1925
Souls for Sables
Character:Helen Ralston
Release Date:01/01/1925
The Brass Bowl
Character:Sylvia
Release Date:06/11/1924
The Fast Set
Character:Fay Collen
Release Date:20/10/1924
The Painted Flapper
Character:Eunice Whitney
Release Date:15/10/1924
Oh, You Tony!
Character:Betty Faine
Release Date:21/09/1924
Honor Among Men
Character:Patricia Carson
Release Date:08/09/1924
The Girl in the Limousine
Character:The Girl
Release Date:20/07/1924
The Night Hawk
Character:Clia Milton
Release Date:17/02/1924
Daddies
Character:Bobette Audrey
Release Date:09/02/1924
The Clean Up
Character:Phyllis Andrews
Release Date:24/09/1923
Legally Dead
Character:Minnie O'Reilly
Release Date:30/07/1923
Where the North Begins
Character:Felice McTavish
Release Date:01/07/1923
Stepping Fast
Character:Helen Durant
Release Date:13/05/1923
Brass Commandments
Character:Ellen Bosworth
Release Date:28/01/1923
The Scarlet Car
Character:Beatrice Forbes
Release Date:15/01/1923
Do and Dare
Character:Juanita Sánchez
Release Date:01/10/1922
Just Tony
Character:Marianne Jordan
Release Date:19/08/1922
Heart's Haven
Character:Vivian Breed
Release Date:08/08/1922
Golden Dreams
Character:Mercedes McDonald
Release Date:11/06/1922
When Romance Rides
Character:Lucy Bostil
Release Date:16/03/1922
The Mysterious Rider
Character:Columbine
Release Date:23/10/1921
The Man Of The Forest
Character:Helen Raynor
Release Date:01/06/1921
The Lure of Egypt
Character:Margaret Lampton
Release Date:15/05/1921
The Killer
Character:Ruth Emory
Release Date:30/01/1921
The Great Lover
Character:Ethel
Release Date:15/11/1920
The Dwelling Place of Light
Character:Janet Butler
Release Date:12/09/1920
The Penalty
Character:Barbara Ferris
Release Date:15/08/1920
Riders of the Dawn
Character:Lenore Anderson
Release Date:01/05/1920
The Key to Power
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1920
The Invisible Bond
Character:Leila Templeton
Release Date:23/11/1919
A Misfit Earl
Character:Phyllis Burton
Release Date:16/11/1919
Speedy Meade
Character:Alice Hall
Release Date:23/03/1919
The End of the Road
Character:Mary Lee
Release Date:16/02/1919
Romance and Brass Tacks
Character:
Release Date:29/09/1918
Barnaby Lee
Character:Dorothy Van Swringen
Release Date:10/08/1917
Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
Character:Betty
Release Date:14/07/1917
Revenge Is Sweet
Character:One of the Office Girls
Release Date:16/07/1912
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