Claire Whitney
Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – 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.
Acted in
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Board Member
Roaring Westward
1949
as Aunt Jessica Martin
Frontier Investigator
1949
as Molly Bright
An Old-Fashioned Girl
1949
as Miss Mills
Ladies of the Chorus
1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Edna Emmerson
Cowboy Cavalier
1948
as Mary Croft
Oklahoma Badlands
1948
as Agatha Scragg
Rocky
1948
as Hortense
Christmas Eve
1947
as Mrs. Bunyan
Railroaded!
1947
as Mrs. Atkins (uncredited)
The Haunted Mine
1946
as Mrs. Durant
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as USO Mother (uncredited)
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
as WAC Seamstress #1 (uncredited)
When Strangers Marry
1944
as Middle-Aged Woman
Gypsy Wildcat
1944
as Maid
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
as Ella Norman
Tender Comrade
1944
as Nurse (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
The Woman of the Town
1943
as Mrs. Robert Wright
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Marta
Mister Big
1943
as Theatrical Party Member (uncredited)
Silver Queen
1942
as Mrs. Harriet Bailey (uncredited)
The Silver Bullet
1942
as Emily Morgan
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
as Mrs. Barstow
Saboteur
1942
as Wife in Movie Audience (uncredited)
Frisco Lil
1942
In the Navy
1941
as Gushing Mother (uncredited)
The House of the Seven Gables
1940
as Witness
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
as Maid
Chip of the Flying U
1939
as Miss Robinson
Tower of London
1939
as Civilian Woman
I Stole a Million
1939
as Hospital Matron (uncredited)
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Nurse Ryan (uncredited)
Way Down East
1935
as Quilting Party Woman
Enlighten Thy Daughter
1934
as Alice Stevens
Iron Man
1931
as Louise Lewis
Gossip
1929
as Alice - Bill's Wife
The Great Gatsby
1926
as Catherine
Fine Feathers
1921
as Jane Reynolds
The Passionate Pilgrim
1921
as Esther
Mothers of Men
1920
as Marie Helmar
The Chamber Mystery
1920
You Never Know Your Luck
1919
The Isle of Conquest
1919
as Claire Wilson
Kaiser's Finish
1918
as Emily Busch
Ruling Passions
1918
as Louise Palmer
Moral Suicide
1918
as Lucy Daniels
Camille
1917
as Celeste Duval
Heart and Soul
1917
as Bess
The New York Peacock
1917
as Billy's Wife
The Victim
1916
as Edna Boulden
The Straight Way
1916
as Nell Madison
Under Two Flags
1916
as Venitia
East Lynne
1916
as Barbara Hare
The Galley Slave
1915
as Cecil Blaine
The Song of Hate
1915
The Burglar and the Lady
1914
as Norma
The Lure
1914
The Woman of Mystery
1914
as Norma
The Dream Woman
1914
as Alicia Warlock - The Woman in Black
The Closed Door
1913
as Florence's Sister