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Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 [1] – 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".
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Apr 4, 2024 · Claire Trevor. Original name: Claire Wemlinger. Born: March 8, 1910, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Died: April 8, 2000, Newport Beach, California, U.S. Awards And Honors: Emmy Award (1957) Academy Award (1949): Actress in a Supporting Role. Emmy Award (1957): Best Single Performance by an Actress. (Show more)
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Apr 10, 2000 · Actress Claire Trevor, who memorably carved a niche as the hard-bitten gal with a heart of gold in such films as “Dead End,” “Stagecoach” and “Key Largo,” for which she won a supporting actress...
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).
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Apr 10, 2000 · Mon 10 Apr 2000 04.26 EDT. Claire Trevor, who has died aged 91, will be remembered mainly for playing blondes with tough exteriors that hid her vulnerability. In her best films, she was not...
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...