Biography
Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 β 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.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).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. The couple had wed on November 12, 1917, in New York.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.
Filmography
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Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Roaring Westward (1949)
Frontier Investigator (1949)
An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949)
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
Cowboy Cavalier (1948)
Oklahoma Badlands (1948)
Rocky (1948)
Christmas Eve (1947)
The Haunted Mine (1946)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
When Strangers Marry (1944)
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
Tender Comrade (1944)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
La dama de las camelias (1944)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
So's Your Uncle (1943)
Mister Big (1943)
Silver Queen (1942)
The Silver Bullet (1942)
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
Frisco Lil (1942)
In the Navy (1941)
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Chip of the Flying U (1939)
Tower of London (1939)
I Stole a Million (1939)
Letter of Introduction (1938)
Way Down East (1935)
Enlighten Thy Daughter (1934)
Iron Man (1931)
Gossip (1929)
The Great Gatsby (1926)
Fine Feathers (1921)
The Passionate Pilgrim (1921)
Mothers of Men (1920)
The Chamber Mystery (1920)
You Never Know Your Luck (1919)
The Isle of Conquest (1919)
Kaiser's Finish (1918)
Ruling Passions (1918)
Moral Suicide (1918)
Camille (1917)
Heart and Soul (1917)
The New York Peacock (1917)
The Victim (1916)
The Straight Way (1916)
Sporting Blood (1916)
Under Two Flags (1916)
East Lynne (1916)
The Spider and the Fly (1916)
The Galley Slave (1915)
The Song of Hate (1915)
The Lure (1914)
The Woman of Mystery (1914)
The Dream Woman (1914)
The Closed Door (1913)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1890-05-06
Deathday1969-08-27 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsRobert Emmett Keane (1921-01-01 - 1969-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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