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Mary Clare

Actor

Mary Clare

Born July 16, 1892 in Lambeth, London, England, UKDied August 29, 197056 films

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Mary Clare (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television. In films, she was mainly a character actress, in later life often portraying mature ladies who had strength of character or were autocratic. She appeared in two of the British-made Alfred Hitchcock films, Young and Innocent (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938).

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Oliver Twist posterFirst watchOliver Twist19487.6as Mrs. CorneyWhen 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Lady Vanishes poster7.4The Lady Vanishes1938Young and Innocent poster6.5Young and Innocent1937Moulin Rouge poster6.6Moulin Rouge1952

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 1959The Price of SilenceMrs. West
  2. 1954MamboContessa Marisoni
  3. 1953The Beggar's OperaMrs. Peachum
  4. 1952Hindle WakesMrs. Martha Jeffcote
  5. 1952Moulin RougeMadame Loubet
  6. 1952Penny PrincessMaria
  7. 1950Portrait of ClareLady Hingston
  8. 1950The Black RoseCountess Eleanor of Lessford
  9. 1949Cardboard CavalierMilady Doverhouse
  10. 1948Esther WatersMrs. Latch
  11. 1948Oliver TwistMrs. Corney
  12. 1948The Three Weird SistersMaude Morgan-Vaughan
  13. 1948My Brother JonathanMrs. Dakers
  14. 1947Mrs. FitzherbertDuchess of Devonshire
  15. 1946London TownMrs. Gates
  16. 1944One Exciting NightMrs. Trout
  17. 1944Fiddlers ThreeVolumnia
  18. 1944The Hundred Pound WindowMillie Draper
  19. 1942The Next of KinMrs. Webster
  20. 1942The Night Has EyesMrs. Ranger
  21. 1941The Patient VanishesMatron
  22. 1941Old Bill and SonMaggie
  23. 1940The Briggs FamilyMrs. Briggs
  24. 1940Miss Grant Goes to the DoorCaroline
  25. 1940Mrs Pym of Scotland YardMrs Pym
  26. 1939On the Night of the FireLizzie Crane
  27. 1939A Girl Must LiveMrs. Wallis
  28. 1939There Ain't No JusticeMa Mutch
  29. 1938Climbing HighLady Emily Westaker
  30. 1938The CitadelMrs. Orlando
  31. 1938The Lady VanishesBaroness Isabel Nisatona
  32. 1938The ChallengeHis Mother
  33. 1937The RatMere Colline
  34. 1937Young and InnocentErica's Aunt Margaret
  35. 1937The Mill on the FlossMrs. Moss
  36. 1935The Guv'norMme. Barsac
  37. 1935The Passing of the Third Floor BackMrs. Sharpe
  38. 1935The ClairvoyantMother
  39. 1934Lorna DooneMistress Sara Ridd
  40. 1934Say It with FlowersKate Bishop
  41. 1933The Constant NymphLinda Sanger
  42. 1931Keepers of YouthMrs. Venner
  43. 1931Bill's LegacyMrs. Smithers
  44. 1931Many WatersMrs. Rosel
  45. 1931Gipsy BloodFactory Girl
  46. 1931Hindle WakesMrs. Jeffcote
  47. 1931The OutsiderMrs. Coates
  48. 1931ShadowsLily
  49. 1929The FeatherMrs Dalton
  50. 1928The Constant NymphLinda Sanger
  51. 1924BecketQueen Eleanor of Aquitaine
  52. 1924Lights of LondonHetty Preene
  53. 1922A Gipsy CavalierJanet
  54. 1922A Prince of LoversLady Caroline Lamb
  55. 1921The Skin GameChloe Hornblower
  56. 1920The Black SpiderAngela Brentwood