Claire Whitney
Acting
Biography
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Born: May 5, 1890
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
There's One Born Every Minute
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
The House of the Seven Gables
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
Saboteur
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Anchors Aweigh
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
It Happened Tomorrow
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Railroaded!
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Ladies of the Chorus
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
In the Navy
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
The Woman of the Town
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
Dangerous Years
Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. They hang out at a juke joint where Eve works. When Jeff tries to stop a robbery planned by Danny, he is killed and Danny goes on trial.
Filmography
as Board Member
as Aunt Jessica Martin
as Molly Bright
as Miss Mills
as Edna Emmerson
as Mary Croft
as Agatha Scragg
as Hortense
as Woman (uncredited)
as Mrs. Bunyan
as Mrs. Atkins (uncredited)
as Mrs. Durant
as USO Mother (uncredited)
as WAC Seamstress #1 (uncredited)
as Middle-Aged Woman
as Maid
as Ella Norman
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Mrs. Robert Wright
as Marta
as Theatrical Party Member (uncredited)
as Mrs. Harriet Bailey (uncredited)
as Emily Morgan
as Mrs. Barstow
as Kiddie Party Guest at Auction (uncredited)
as Wife in Movie Audience (uncredited)
as Gushing Mother (uncredited)
as Witness
as Maid
as Miss Robinson
as Civilian Woman
as Waitress (uncredited)
as Hospital Matron (uncredited)
as Nurse Ryan (uncredited)
as Quilting Party Woman
as Alice Stevens
as Louise Lewis
as Alice - Bill's Wife
as Catherine
as Jane Reynolds
as Esther
as Marion Schuyler
as Marie Helmar
as Kitty Parker
as Claire Wilson
as Lady Beatrice Strobridge
as Molly Preston
as Emily Busch
as Louise Palmer
as Lucy Daniels
as Daisy Magen
as Madeleine
as Celeste Duval
as Helen Lee
as Bess
as Marion Halcombe
as Billy's Wife
as Edna Boulden
as Nell Madison
as Venitia
as Barbara Hare
as Cecil Blaine
as Baroness Gauntier
as Norma
as Alicia Warlock - The Woman in Black