Personal Info
Claire Wemlinger
The Queen of Film Noir
Claire Trevor
Acting
Biography
Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) 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). Trevor received top billing, ahead of John Wayne, for Stagecoach (1939).
Trevor's acting career spanned more than seven decades and included successes in stage, radio, television, and film. She often played the hard-boiled blonde, and every conceivable type of 'bad girl' role.…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self
Breaking Home Ties
as Grace Porter
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Kiss Me Goodbye
as Charlotte
The Cape Town Affair
as Sam Williams
How to Murder Your Wife
as Edna
The Stripper
as Helen Baird
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Clara Kruger
Marjorie Morningstar
as Rose Morgenstern
TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
as Judith Harlan · 1 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1 ep.
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Dr. Kildare
as Nurse Veronica Johnson · 1 ep.
The Investigators
as Kitty Harper · 1 ep.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 ep.
Wagon Train
as C.L. Harding · 1 ep.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Meade · 1 ep.
Climax!
as Phyllis Talbot · 1 ep.
The Oscars
as Self · 4 ep.
