Claire Trevor
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Trevor in the 1930s.
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| Born |
Claire Wemlinger March 8, 1910 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 2000 (aged 90) Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer |
| Years active | 1933–1987 |
| Spouse(s) | Clark Andrews (1938–1942; divorced) Cylos William Dunsmore (1943–1947; divorced) Milton H. Bren (1948–1979; his death) |
| Children | 1 |
Claire Trevor (born Claire Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress.
She appeared in over 60 films, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo, and earning nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty and Dead End. She also received top-billing in Stagecoach.
Trevor was born in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Noel Wemlinger, a Fifth Avenue merchant tailor, and his wife, Benjamina ("Betty"). She grew up in Larchmont, New York. For many years, her year of birth was misreported as 1909, a rare instance of an actress actually being younger than her given age, which is why her age at death was initially given as 91 and not 90. She was of German, Irish and French descent.
According to her biography on the website of Claire Trevor School of the Arts, "Trevor's acting career spanned more than seven decades and included successes in stage, radio, television and film. . . . [S]he often played the hard-boiled blonde, and every conceivable type of 'bad girl' role."
After completing high school, Trevor began her career with six months of art classes at Columbia University and six months at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, performing in in the late 1920s . By 1932 she was starring on Broadway; that same year she began appearing in Brooklyn-filmed Vitaphone shorts. Her first credited film role was in the 1933 film Life in the Raw, with her feature film debut coming that same year in Jimmy and Sally (1933) as "Sally Johnson".
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