Claire Dodd
Acting
Biography
Claire Dodd (born Dorothy Arlene Dodd, December 29, 1911 – November 23, 1973) was an American film actress.
Born: December 29, 1911
Place of Birth: Baxter, Iowa, USA
Known For
Roberta
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huck's old friend Lizzie), who gets the band a job. Meanwhile, Madame Roberta passes away and leaves the business to John and he goes into partnership with Stephanie.
The Secret Call
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
Footlight Parade
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
Hard to Handle
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000.
Working Girls
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.
The Glass Key
When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-hand man, must decide which side he is on.
The Black Cat
Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Whoopee!
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.
Filmography
as Marlene
as Gladys La Verne
as Mercedes Colby
as Patricia Wentworth
as Dorothy Roberts
as Margaret Gordon
as Brenda Johnson
as Alma Brehmer
as Gail Patterson
as Mrs. Carol Wayne
as Vivian Herford
as Julia Thorne
as Countess Monica Foldesay
as Self
as Claire Raeburn
as Self
as Cora Latimer
as Della Street
as Janice Thatcher
as Bernice Farrington
as Dana Lawrence
as Connie
as Marilyn Youngblood
as Janet Henry
as Della Street
as Sophie
as Maxine McCoy
as Tanis Judique
as Julie Verlaine
as Millicent
as Patricia
as Anita
as Odette Florey
as Sheila Aiken
as Norma
as Vivian Rich
as Muriel Bennett
as Carole
as Iris Van Hugh
as Evelyn
as Gladys LaMann
as Self (uncredited)
as Marlene Reeves
as Mrs. Newberry
as Ilse Wagner
as Virginia St. Johns
as Mrs. Constance Brown
as Ruth Tindal
as Ann Le Marie
as Chou-Chou (uncredited)
as Cecelia Cross
as Girl at Bar
as Babsy
as Jane
as Dot - Party Girl (uncredited)
as Party Girl
as Gaile Warren (uncredited)
as Maisie (uncredited)
as Co-Ed in Chapel
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Minor Role
as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
as A Mannequin