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.
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.
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).
On March 20, 1920, Whitney's marriage to Jean Léon Ferdinand van Hoegaerden, an actor also known as John Sunderland, was annulled after he admitted having a wife and children in Belgium. The couple had wed on November 12, 1917, in New York.
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.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes1913The Star of IndiaMrs. Kenneth 1914Fighting DeathClara Lost film 1914The Million Dollar RobberyDaphne Pell 1915Should A Mother Tell?Baroness Gauntier Lost filmThe Song of HateLost filmThe Galley SlaveCecil Blaine Lost film 1916East LynneBarbara Hare The Ruling Passion Claire Sherlock Lost filmUnder Two Flags Venitia Lost filmThe Straight Way Nell Madison Lost filmJealousy Sorceress Uncredited; lost film1917Heart and SoulBess Lost film CamilleCeleste Duval Lost film Thou Shalt Not Steal Madeleine1918Ruling PassionsLouise Palmer Lost film1919The Man Who Stayed at HomeMolly Preston Moral Suicide Lucy Daniels1920Why Women SinBaroness de Ville Love, Honor and ObeyMarion Holbury1921The Passionate PilgrimEsther Incomplete film 1921The Leech Dorothy 1921Fine FeathersJane Reynolds 1926The Great GatsbyCatherine Lost film, only the trailer survives1931A Free SoulAunt HelenUncredited1934 Enlighten Thy Daughter Alice Stevens Alternative title: Blind Fools1938Secrets of a NurseNurseUncredited 1939 Laugh It Off Miss Martin1940Chip of the Flying UMiss RobinsonThe House of Seven GablesWaitressUncredited1941Mob TownMrs. SimpsonUncredited1942The Silver BulletEmily Morgan 1943So's Your UncleMarta1944The Mummy's GhostElla Norman 1945Anchors AweighU.S.O. Mother Uncredited1946The Haunted MineMrs. Durant1947Christmas EveMrs. Bunyan Alternative title: Sinner's Holiday1949An Old-Fashioned GirlMiss Mills
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