Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1892-07-16
- Day of Death1970-08-29 (78 years)
- Place of BirthLambeth, London, England, UK
- Also Known AsMary Clare Absalom
Mary Clare
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).
Acting Career
- 1959
The Price of Silence
As: Mrs. West
- 1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
As: Mrs. Wrigley
- 1954
Mambo
As: La contessa Luisa Marisoni
- 1953
The Beggar's Opera
As: Mrs. Peachum
- 1952
Moulin Rouge
As: Madame Loubet
- 1952
Hindle Wakes
As: Mrs. Martha Jeffcote
- 1952
Penny Princess
As: Maria
- 1950
Portrait of Clare
As: Lady Hingston
1950The Black Rose
As: Countess Eleanor of Lessford
1949Cardboard Cavalier
As: Milady Doverhouse
1948Esther Waters
As: Mrs. Latch
- 1948
Oliver Twist
As: Mrs. Corney
1948The Three Weird Sisters
As: Maude Morgan-Vaughan
1948My Brother Jonathan
As: Mrs. Dakers
1947Mrs. Fitzherbert
As: Duchess of Devonshire
1946London Town
As: Mrs. Gates
1944One Exciting Night
As: Mrs. Trout
1944Fiddlers Three
As: Volumnia
1942The Next of Kin
As: Mrs. Webster
1942The Night Has Eyes
As: Mrs. Ranger
1941The Patient Vanishes
As: Matron
1941Old Bill and Son
As: Maggie
1940The Briggs Family
As: Mrs. Briggs
1940Miss Grant Goes to the Door
As: Caroline
1940Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
As: Mrs Pym
1939On the Night of the Fire
As: Lizzie Crane
1939A Girl Must Live
As: Mrs. Wallis
1939There Ain't No Justice
As: Ma Mutch
1938Climbing High
As: Lady Emily Westaker
- 1938
The Citadel
As: Mrs. Orlando
- 1938
The Lady Vanishes
As: Baroness Isabel Nisatona
1938The Challenge
As: His Mother
1937The Rat
As: Mere Colline
- 1937
Young and Innocent
As: Erica's Aunt Margaret
1937The Mill on the Floss
As: Mrs. Moss
1935The Guv'nor
As: Mme. Barsac
1935The Passing of the Third Floor Back
As: Mrs. Sharpe
1935The Clairvoyant
As: Mother
1934Lorna Doone
As: Mistress Sara Ridd
1931Bill's Legacy
As: Mrs. Smithers
1931Many Waters
As: Mrs. Rosel
1931Gipsy Blood
As: Factory Girl
1931Hindle Wakes
As: Mrs. Jeffcote
1931The Outsider
As: Mrs. Coates
1931Shadows
As: Lily
1929The Feather
As: Mrs Dalton
1928The Constant Nymph
As: Linda Sanger
1924Lights of London
As: Hetty Preene
1921The Skin Game
As: Chloe Hornblower