About
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. She made her stage debut in the summer of 1929 with a repertory company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She subsequently returned to New York, where she appeared in a number of Brooklyn-filmed Vitaphone short films and performed in summer stock theatre. In 1932, she starred on Broadway as the female lead...
Known for
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
Climax!Series • 1954
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
StagecoachMovie • 1939
How to Murder Your WifeMovie • 1965
Key LargoMovie • 1948
The MountainMovie • 1956
Man Without a StarMovie • 1955
The High and the MightyMovie • 1954
Kiss Me GoodbyeMovie • 1982
The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseMovie • 1938
Dark CommandMovie • 1940
Dead EndMovie • 1937
Two Weeks in Another TownMovie • 1962
Raw DealMovie • 1948
The Stranger Wore a GunMovie • 1953
Murder, My SweetMovie • 1944
The DesperadoesMovie • 1943
TexasMovie • 1941
Allegheny UprisingMovie • 1939