Claire Mathis Anderson (May 8, 1891 – March 23, 1964), native of Detroit, was a silent film actress who worked with stars such as Constance Talmadge, Harry Carey, Thurston Hall, Tom Mix and Gloria Swanson. She was described as one of the original Sennett Bathing Beauties.
Before she became an actress, Anderson worked as a telephone operator at Hudson's department store in Detroit.
Anderson became the first documented double used in film in 1914 when she replaced Blanche Sweet in some scenes of The Escape while Sweet had scarlet fever. She also volunteered to replace a leading lady in a Sennett comedy who refused to enter a lion's cage. After Anderson entered the cage, she received a contract for $675 a week.
Anderson also appeared in the 1944 production of Mexican Hayride at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
She was married to Harry H. Anderson, a "wealthy Hollywood automobile agent".
1925
as Dorothy Parkhurst
1921
as Patricia O'Malley
1921
as Phyllis
1920
as Sister
1920
1919
as Roseen
1919
1919
as Helen Halverson
1919
as Toodles
1918
as Estelle Redding
1918
as Amy
1918
1917
as The Model
1917
1917
as Tinker's Daughter - An Object of Affection
1917
1916
as The Newlywed Bride (second part)
1916
as The Waitress
1916
as The Fire Chief's Daughter
1915
as Airplane Demonstrator's Sweetheart
1915
as June - Bud's Sweetheart
1915
as Cousin Julie Archambeau / Mae
1914
as The American Heiress