Claire Adams (née Beryl Vere Nassau Adams; 24 September 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Canada, studied there and in England, and developed a movie career in Hollywood. She spent the second half of her life in Australia.[1][2][3][4]
Claire Adams | |
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.jpg) Adams in 1920 | |
| Born | Beryl Vere Nassau Adams 24 September 1898 |
| Died | 25 September 1978 (aged 80) |
| Years active | 1912–1963 |
| Spouses |
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Death edit
Adams died on 25 September 1978, in Windsor, Victoria, aged 80, and was cremated.[5]
Filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | What a Mother-in-Law! | Frances | |
| 1927 | Combat | Wanda | |
| Married Alive | Viola Helmesley Duxbury | ||
| The Lunatic | |||
| 1926 | The Sea Wolf | Maud Brewster | |
| Combat | Wanda | ||
| Yellow Fingers | Nona Deering | ||
| 1925 | The Big Parade | Justyn Reed | |
| The Wheel | Kate O'Hara | ||
| Souls for Sables | Helen Ralston[6] | Uncredited | |
| The Kiss Barrier | Marion Weston | ||
| Men and Women | Agnes Prescott | ||
| The Devil's Cargo | Martha Joyce | ||
| 1924 | The Brass Bowl | Sylvia | |
| The Fast Set | Fay Colleen | ||
| The Painted Flapper | Eunice Whitney | ||
| Helen's Babies | Helen Lawrence | ||
| Oh, You Tony! | Betty Faine | ||
| Honor Among Men | Patricia Carson | ||
| The Girl in the Limousine | The Girl | ||
| Missing Daughters | Claire Mathers | ||
| The Night Hawk | Clia Milton | ||
| Daddies | Bobette Audrey | ||
| 1923 | The Clean Up | Phyllis Andrews | |
| Legally Dead | Minnie O'Reilly | ||
| Where the North Begins | Felice McTavish | ||
| Stepping Fast | Helen Durant | ||
| Brass Commandments | Ellen Bosworth | ||
| The Scarlet Car | Beatrice Forbes | ||
| 1922 | Do and Dare | Juanita Sánchez | |
| Heart's Haven | Vivian Breed | ||
| Just Tony | Marianne Jordan | ||
| Golden Dreams | Mercedes McDonald | ||
| When Romance Rides | Lucy Bostil | ||
| The Gray Dawn | Nan Bennett | ||
| 1921 | The Mysterious Rider | Columbine | |
| The Man of the Forest | Helen Raynor | ||
| A Certain Rich Man | Molly Culpepper | ||
| The Lure of Egypt | Margaret Lampton | ||
| Black Beauty | Claire Adams is not in the Vitagraph film. She appeared in a competing rival version of the story produced by Eskay Harris Feature Film Company.[7] | ||
| The Killer | Ruth Emory | ||
| The Spenders | Avice Milbrey | ||
| 1920 | The Dwelling Place of Light | Janet Butler | |
| The Penalty | Barbara | ||
| Riders of the Dawn | Lenore Anderson | ||
| The White Dove | Ella De Fries | Credited as Clare Adams | |
| The Key to Power | Ann Blair | ||
| The Money Changers | Lucy Hegan | ||
| The Great Lover | Ethel | ||
| 1919 | The Invisible Bond | Leila Templeton | Also known as Should a Wife Forgive? (USA) |
| A Misfit Earl | Phyllis Burton | ||
| Speedy Meade | Alice Hall | ||
| The End of the Road | Mary Lee | ||
| 1918 | The Spirit of the Red Cross | Ethel | |
| Adam and Some Eves | |||
| The Man-Eater | Credited as Peggy Adams | ||
| 1917 | Nutty Knitters | ||
| Faint Heart and Fair Lady | |||
| Your Obedient Servant | |||
| Chris and His Wonderful Lamp | Betty | ||
| 1913 | The Widow's Suitors | Credited as Clara Adams | |
| Boy Wanted | As Clara Adams | ||
| A Shower of Slippers | As Clara Adams | ||
| Aunt Elsa's Visit | As Clara Adams | ||
| The Office Boy's Birthday | As Clara Adams | ||
| Bragg's New Suit | As Clara Adams | ||
| 1912 | Kitty at Boarding School | ||
| Revenge Is Sweet | As Clara Adams | ||
| The Artist's Joke | As Clara Adams | ||
| An Intelligent Camera | |||
| Apple Pies | As Clara Adams | ||
| Kitty's Holdup | |||
| Eddie's Exploit | As Clara Adams | ||
| Curing the Office Boy | As Clara Adams | ||
| A Heroic Rescue | As Clara Adams |
References edit
- ^ "Actress Plays Reuniting Role". Oakland Tribune. California, Oakland. 7 July 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Among the Movie Stars". The Salina Evening Journal. Kansas, Salina. 25 December 1920. p. 14. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McCallum, Bonnie (1978). ales Untold: Memoirs of an ABC Publicity Officer. Melbourne: Hawthorn Press. p. 32.
- ^ Maxwell, Virginia. "Mackinnon, Donald John Scobie (1906–1974)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Katchmer, George A. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 2. ISBN 9781476609058. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Souls for Sables Cast Information
- ^ Black Beauty (II) produced by Eskay Harris Feature Film Company..retrieved 16 June 2018
- Photoplay Dec,1924
- Film Index, No 3, 1970, p. 12
- Social History Report on Morramong, Skipton by D. Hellier (1989). National Trust of Australia, Victoria branch.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claire Adams.
Archival collections edit
- Guide to the Claire Adams Photographs. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Other edit
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