Portrait of Claire Trevor

Acting

Claire Trevor

Career

Active from 1933 to 1987, with a break from 1968 to 1981, busiest in 1936 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
60
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Stagecoach
Stagecoach
GoodWatch score87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

    1957 · Won · 9th Primetime Emmy Awards

    Producers' Showcase

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    1949 · Won · 21st Academy Awards

    Key Largo

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    1955 · Nominated · 27th Academy Awards

    The High and the Mighty

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    1938 · Nominated · 10th Academy Awards

    Dead End

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Claire Trevor played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 40 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Claire Trevor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Psychological Tension 4
  • Classic Western 4
  • Sentimental 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Gritty 3
  • Western 3
  • Femme Fatale 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 67
Breaking Home Ties
Breaking Home Ties (1987)

as Grace Porter

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Judith Harlan

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

as (archive footage)

Kiss Me Goodbye
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
GoodWatch score 59

as Charlotte

1960s

6 titles · average score 58
The Cape Town Affair
The Cape Town Affair (1967)
GoodWatch score 37

as Sam Williams

How to Murder Your Wife
How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
GoodWatch score 63

as Edna

The Stripper
The Stripper (1963)
GoodWatch score 51

as Helen Baird

Two Weeks in Another Town
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
GoodWatch score 75

as Clara Kruger

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Nurse Veronica Johnson

The Investigators
The Investigators (1961)

TV show · as Kitty Harper

1950s

20 titles · average score 63
Marjorie Morningstar
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
GoodWatch score 59

as Rose Morgenstern

Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as C.L. Harding

The Mountain
The Mountain (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

as Marie

Man Without a Star
Man Without a Star (1955)
GoodWatch score 83

as Idonee

Lucy Gallant
Lucy Gallant (1955)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lady MacBeth

The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty (1954)
GoodWatch score 53

as May Holst

The Stranger Wore a Gun
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
GoodWatch score 58

as Josie Sullivan

Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire (1952)
GoodWatch score 62

as Connie Williams

Stop, You're Killing Me
Stop, You're Killing Me (1952)
GoodWatch score 69

as Nora Marko

Best of the Badmen
Best of the Badmen (1951)
GoodWatch score 52

as Lily

Hard, Fast and Beautiful!
Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951)
GoodWatch score 56

as Millie Farley

Borderline
Borderline (1950)
GoodWatch score 43

as Madeleine Haley

1940s

19 titles · average score 65
Raw Deal
Raw Deal (1948)
GoodWatch score 86

as Pat Cameron

The Velvet Touch
The Velvet Touch (1948)
GoodWatch score 67

as Marian Webster

The Babe Ruth Story
The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
GoodWatch score 59

as Claire Hodgson Ruth

Born to Kill
Born to Kill (1947)
GoodWatch score 78

as Helen Brent

Crack-Up
Crack-Up (1946)
GoodWatch score 57

as Terry Cordell

Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel (1945)
GoodWatch score 52

as Lilah 'Lily' Gustafson

Murder, My Sweet
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
GoodWatch score 85

as Helen Grayle

The Desperadoes
The Desperadoes (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

as Countess Maletta

The Woman of the Town
The Woman of the Town (1943)
GoodWatch score 41

as Dora Hand

Crossroads
Crossroads (1942)
GoodWatch score 58

as Michelle Allaine

Texas
Texas (1941)
GoodWatch score 67

as Michael 'Mike' King

Dark Command
Dark Command (1940)
GoodWatch score 83

as Miss Mary McCloud

1930s

32 titles · average score 67
Stagecoach
Stagecoach (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Dallas

Allegheny Uprising
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
GoodWatch score 52

as Janie MacDougall

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jo Keller

Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

as Lee Roberts

Time Out for Romance
Time Out for Romance (1937)

as Barbara Blanchard

One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

as Lucy 'Tex' Warren

My Marriage
My Marriage (1936)

as Carol Barton

Human Cargo
Human Cargo (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

as Bonnie Brewster

Song and Dance Man
Song and Dance Man (1936)

as Julia Carroll

Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as Elizabeth "Betty" McWade Carter

Baby Take a Bow
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

as Kay Ellison

The Mad Game
The Mad Game (1933)

as Jane Lee