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.

Claire Whitney
Publicity photo of Whitney from Who's Who on the Screen (1920)
Born	(1890-05-06)May 6, 1890 New York City, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1969(1969-08-27) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1912–1949
Spouse(s)	Jan von Hoegarden (m.1917–ann. 1920) Robert Emmett Keane (m.1921)

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.^[1]

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).^[2]

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.^[3] The couple had wed on November 12, 1917, in New York.^[4]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1913	The Star of India	Captain Kenneth's wife
1914	Fighting Death	Clara	Lost film
1914	The Million Dollar Robbery	Daphne Pell
1915	Should A Mother Tell?	Baroness Gauntier	Lost film
	The Song of Hate		Lost film
	The Galley Slave	Cecil Blaine	Lost film
1916	East Lynne	Barbara Hare
	The Ruling Passion	Claire Sherlock	Lost film
	Under Two Flags	Venitia	Lost film
	The Straight Way	Nell Madison	Lost film
	Jealousy	?sorceress; uncredited	Lost film
1917	Heart and Soul	Bess	Lost film
	Camille	Celeste Duval	Lost film
	Thou Shalt Not Steal	Madeleine
1918	Ruling Passions	Louise Palmer	Lost film
1919	The Man Who Stayed at Home	Molly Preston
	Moral Suicide	Lucy Daniels
1920	Why Women Sin	Baroness de Ville
	Love, Honor and Obey	Marion Holbury
1921	The Passionate Pilgrim	Esther	Incomplete film
1921	The Leech	Dorothy
1921	Fine Feathers	Jane Reynolds
1926	The Great Gatsby	Catherine	Lost film, only the trailer survives
1931	A Free Soul	Aunt Helen	Uncredited
1934	Enlighten Thy Daughter	Alice Stevens	Alternative title: Blind Fools
1938	Secrets of a Nurse	Nurse	Uncredited
1939	Laugh It Off	Miss Martin
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

References

1. "Claire Whitney Ranks High As Screen Star". Courier-Post. New Jersey, Camden. July 14, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  
2. . Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
3. "Actress Gets Divorce". Daily Arkansas Gazette. Arkansas, Little Rock. March 21, 1920. p. 21. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  
4. "Actress Seeks Freedom Again". Tampa Bay Times. Florida, St. Petersburg. August 5, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  

External links

•  Biography portal

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Claire Whitney.

• Claire Whitney at the Internet Broadway Database  
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