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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".
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...
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 ...
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).
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.
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 picture Dead End (1937), as well as...
Apr 8, 2000 · With a voice once described as sounding like delicious trouble, Trevor was one of the most sought-after supporting actresses during the 1930s and '40s, working for legendary...
Apr 9, 2000 · NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Claire Trevor, the sultry-voiced actress who appeared in more than 60 films and won an Academy Award for her 1948 performance as a boozy, broken-down torch singer in "Key Largo," died Saturday.
