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Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, [2] 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).
Claire Trevor. Actress: Key Largo. Claire Trevor was born Claire Wemlinger in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Fifth Avenue merchant-tailor Noel Wemlinger, an immigrant Frenchman from Paris who lost his business during the Depression, and his Belfast-born wife, Benjamina, known as "Betty".
May 10, 2024 · Claire Trevor (born March 8, 1910, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died April 8, 2000, Newport Beach, California, U.S.) was an American actor who appeared in dozens of motion pictures during her half-century-long career, often as a tough-talking though vulnerable and kindhearted floozy.
Apr 10, 2000 · Claire Trevor, an Academy Award-winning actress who epitomized cynical but warm-hearted careerists -- reporters, gun molls, saloon entertainers and trollops -- died Saturday at a hospital near...
Oscar-winning actress Claire Trevor reflects on her career as a Fox studio player, living on $20 a week, her first Oscar nomination for her first A-list pict...
Claire Trevor 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).
Apr 10, 2000 · Claire Trevor, Oscar winner, dies at 91. Thesp played tough woman in 'Stagecoach,' 'Key Largo'. By Richard Natale. Actress Claire Trevor, who memorably carved a niche as the hard-bitten gal...
Known among aficionados as "The Queen of Film Noir," Claire Trevor could play any number of heroines, but she proved particularly suited to the shadowy world of crime and mystery showcased in numerous films in the 1940s and 1950s. While not as glamorous as the most prominent actresses of the...
Claire Trevor was a legendary Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actress whose career included work in film, on stage, radio and television. She was also a long-time Orange County resident, a devoted wife and mother, as well as a painter and philanthropist.
Jun 7, 2016 · Claire Trevor, at 26, was signed to play Francie, the ex-girlfriend of Baby Face, now a prostitute suffering from the final stages of an STD. It was a wonderful part for Trevor, and director William Wyler guided her to win an Academy Award® nomination as Best Supporting Actress.
