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American stage actor
Places
was
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Los Angeles
Age
79 years
Family
Spouse:
Robert Emmett Keane
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Biography
Claire Whitney (May 6, 1890 – August 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in 111 films between 1912 and 1949. She 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 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.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | The Star of India | Captain Kenneth's wife | |
| 1914 | Fighting Death | Clara | |
| 1914 | The Million Dollar Robbery | Daphne Pell | |
| 1915 | The Galley Slave | Cecil Blaine | |
| 1916 | East Lynne | Barbara Hare | |
| Under Two Flags | Venitia | ||
| The Straight Way | Nell Madison | ||
| Jealousy | ?sorceress; uncredited | ||
| 1917 | Heart and Soul | Bess | |
| Camille | Celeste Duval | ||
| 1918 | Moral Suicide | Lucy Daniels | |
| 1919 | The Man Who Stayed at Home | Molly Preston | |
| 1920 | Why Women Sin | Baroness de Ville | |
| 1921 | The Passionate Pilgrim | Esther | |
| 1926 | The Great Gatsby | Catherine | |
| 1931 | A Free Soul | Aunt Helen | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Enlighten Thy Daughter | Alice Stevens | Alternative title: Blind Fools |
| 1938 | Secrets of a Nurse | Nurse | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Chip of the Flying U | Miss Robinson | |
| The House of Seven Gables | Waitress | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Mob Town | Mrs. Simpson | Uncredited |
| 1942 | The Silver Bullet | Emily Morgan | |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Marta | |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | Mrs. Ella Norman | |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | U.S.O. Mother | Uncredited |
| 1946 | The Haunted Mine | Mrs. Durant | |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Dr. Bunyan's Wife | Alternative title: Sinner's Holiday |
| 1949 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Miss Mills |
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