Claire Trevor
Actor, Film actor
1910 – 2000
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Who was Claire Trevor?
Claire Trevor was an American film actress. She was nicknamed the "Queen of Film Noir" because of her many appearances in "bad girl" roles in film noir and other black-and-white thrillers. She appeared in over 60 films. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the hopelessly alcoholic gangster moll in Key Largo and was nominated for her roles in The High and the Mighty and Dead End.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1910
Bensonhurst - Also known as
- Claire Wemlinger
- The Queen of Film Noir
- Parents
- Spouses
- Clark Andrews
(1938 - 1942) - Cylos William Dunsmoore
(1943 - 1947) - Milton H. Bren
(1948 - 1979/12/14)
- Clark Andrews
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Irish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Apr 8, 2000
Newport Beach
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on July 23, 2013
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