The Maltese Falcon, The Roaring Twenties, The Best Years of Our Lives, Detective Story, Marie Antoinette, He Ran All the Way, Flamingo Road, Valiant Is the Word for Carrie, Madame X, Straight Is the Way, The Hard Way, Love Is a Headache, Lullaby of Broadway, They Gave Him a Gun, Bright Leaf, The Cry...
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
1
Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
2
Her mother, Lady Clare (Alice), passed away in Hollywood at the age of 71.
3
Daughter of Sir Arthur Evans Clare (c .1865-1939). Her father won his knighthood for service in India with the British army. He died in Hollywood several months after being injured in an automobile accident.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Lineup
1954
TV Series
Gladys Knight
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1954
TV Series
Sal
Hopalong Cassidy
1954
TV Series
Mrs. Edna Turner
Mr. & Mrs. North
1953
TV Series
Madame Zodiac
Chevron Theatre
1953
TV Series
Mrs. Gina Clinton
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
Mrs. Lucinda Holmes
Your Jeweler's Showcase
1953
TV Series
Silver City
1951
Mrs. Barber
Detective Story
1951
Miss Hatch
The Bigelow Theatre
1951
TV Series
He Ran All the Way
1951
Mrs. Robey
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
Jessica Howard
Undercover Girl
1950
Liz Crow
Bright Leaf
1950
Rose
Flamingo Road
1949
Lute Mae Sanders
Alias a Gentleman
1948
Madge Parkson
Millie's Daughter
1947
Millie Maitland
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Hortense Derry
Steppin' in Society
1945
Penelope Webster
Minstrel Man
1944
Mae White
Christmas Holiday
1944
Valerie De Merode
Nobody's Darling
1943
Eve Hawthorne
The Crystal Ball
1943
Madame Zenobia
The Hard Way
1943
Lily Emery
The Maltese Falcon
1941
Iva Archer
Hit the Road
1941
Molly Ryan
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
Elsie
The Way of All Flesh
1940
Anna Kriza
The House Across the Bay
1940
Mary
A Child Is Born
1939
Florette
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Panama Smith
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
Clara Paulding
I'm from Missouri
1939
Julie Bliss
Marie Antoinette
1938
Mme. du Barry
Love Is a Headache
1938
Carlotta 'Charlie' Lee
Madame X
1937
Jacqueline Fleuriot
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
Rose Duffy
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
Carrie Snyder
Straight Is the Way
1934
Shirley
The House That Jazz Built
1921
Lila Drake
Chickens
1921
Julia Stoneman
The Easy Road
1921
Isabel Grace
Homespun Folks
1920
Beulah Rogers
Below the Surface
1920
Alice
The Woman in the Suitcase
1920
Ethel
Red Hot Dollars
1919
Janet Muir
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
performer: "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone", "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" - uncredited
The Hard Way
1943
performer: "Youth Must Have Its Fling" 1942 - uncredited
A Child Is Born
1939
performer: "My Melancholy Baby" 1911 - uncredited
The Roaring Twenties
1939
performer: "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" 1932 - uncredited
Madame X
1937
performer: "You're Setting Me on Fire" 1937
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
Short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995
TV Movie documentary
Panama Smith, 'The Roaring Twenties' (uncredited)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney
1974
TV Special documentary
Actress 'The Roaring Twenties'
Footlights Theater
1952
TV Series
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1937
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)
Known for movies
The Maltese Falcon (1941) as Iva Archer
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Hortense Derry
$15 Million
