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Claire Whitney | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | May 6, 1890
Died | August 27, 1969 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1912–1949 |
Spouse(s) | Jan von Hoegarden (m.1917–ann. 1920) Robert Emmett Keane (m.1921) |
Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress who appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. Only 21 of these films survive, as most have been lost.
Whitney gained early acting experience with a stock theater company in Massachusetts, following which she toured the United States in a vaudeville production of Little Mother. [1]
Whitney made her first film in 1913 for Solax and continued making films until 1921, mainly for Fox Film Corporation. Whitney came back to films in 1926 with a role in The Great Gatsby which would be her final silent film. She continued working in film between 1931 and 1949 when she retired.
Whitney's Broadway credits include Broadway Interlude (1934), Page Pygmalion (1932), An Innocent Idea (1920), and The Net (1919). [2]
On March 20, 1920, Whitney's marriage to Jan von Hoegarden, an actor also known as John Sunderland, was annulled after he admitted having a wife and children in Belgium. [3] The couple had wed on November 12, 1917, in New York. [4]
Whitney died in Los Angeles on August 27, 1969, at the age of 79. She is buried in an unmarked grave in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, next to her husband, Robert Emmett Keane.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1913 | The Star of India | Captain Kenneth's wife | |
1914 | Fighting Death | Clara | Lost film |
1914 | The Million Dollar Robbery | Daphne Pell | |
1915 | Should A Mother Tell? | Baroness Gauntier | Lost film |
The Song of Hate | Lost film | ||
The Galley Slave | Cecil Blaine | Lost film | |
1916 | East Lynne | Barbara Hare | |
The Ruling Passion | Claire Sherlock | Lost film | |
Under Two Flags | Venitia | Lost film | |
The Straight Way | Nell Madison | Lost film | |
Jealousy | ?sorceress; uncredited | Lost film | |
1917 | Heart and Soul | Bess | Lost film |
Camille | Celeste Duval | Lost film | |
Thou Shalt Not Steal | Madeleine | ||
1918 | Ruling Passions | Louise Palmer | Lost film |
1919 | The Man Who Stayed at Home | Molly Preston | |
Moral Suicide | Lucy Daniels | ||
1920 | Why Women Sin | Baroness de Ville | |
Love, Honor and Obey | Marion Holbury | ||
1921 | The Passionate Pilgrim | Esther | Incomplete film |
1921 | The Leech | Dorothy | |
1921 | Fine Feathers | Jane Reynolds | |
1926 | The Great Gatsby | Catherine | Lost film, only the trailer survives |
1931 | A Free Soul | Aunt Helen | Uncredited |
1934 | Enlighten Thy Daughter | Alice Stevens | Alternative title: Blind Fools |
1938 | Secrets of a Nurse | Nurse | Uncredited |
1939 | Laugh It Off | Miss Martin | |
1940 | Chip of the Flying U | Miss Robinson | |
The House of Seven Gables | Waitress | Uncredited | |
1941 | Mob Town | Mrs. Simpson | Uncredited |
1942 | The Silver Bullet | Emily Morgan | |
1943 | So's Your Uncle | Marta | |
1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Mrs. Ella Norman | |
1945 | Anchors Aweigh | U.S.O. Mother | Uncredited |
1946 | The Haunted Mine | Mrs. Durant | |
1947 | Christmas Eve | Dr. Bunyan's Wife | Alternative title: Sinner's Holiday |
1949 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Miss Mills |
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