17 Facts About Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo, and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty and Dead End.

Claire Trevor was born on March 8,1910, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, the only child of Noel Wemlinger, a Fifth Avenue merchant tailor, and his wife, Benjamina, who was of Irish birth.

Claire Trevor was raised in New York City, and from 1923 on, in Larchmont, New York.

Claire Trevor made her stage debut in the summer of 1929 with a repertory company in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Claire Trevor subsequently returned to New York, where she appeared in a number of Brooklyn-filmed Vitaphone short films and performed in summer stock theatre.

Claire Trevor made her film debut in Jimmy and Sally, a film originally written for the popular screen duo of James Dunn and Sally Eilers.

When Eilers declined the role, Claire Trevor was cast in her place.

From 1933 to 1938, Claire Trevor starred in 29 films, often having either the lead role or the role of heroine.

In Key Largo, Claire Trevor played Gaye Dawn, a washed-up, alcoholic nightclub singer and gangster's moll.

Claire Trevor moved into supporting roles in the 1950s, with her appearances becoming very rare after the mid-1960s.

Claire Trevor played Charlotte, the mother of Kay in Kiss Me Goodbye.

Claire Trevor made a guest appearance at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998.

Claire Trevor married Clark Andrews, director of her radio show, in 1938; they divorced four years later.

Claire Trevor married Navy Lieutenant Cylos William Dunsmore in 1943.

The next year, Claire Trevor married Milton Bren, a film producer with two sons from a previous marriage, and moved to Newport Beach, California.

Claire Trevor eventually returned to California, where she remained for the rest of her life, becoming a generous supporter of the arts.

Claire Trevor supported Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election.