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Claire Dodd (1908–1973)

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She was born Dorothy Anne Dodd on December 29, 1908, in Des Moines, Iowa while her mother was on a trip. This did not appeal to her Southern pride so she said she was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she was actually raised. Her father was a doctor who abandoned her and her mother before she was ten years old... See full bio »

Born:

Dorothy Arlene Dodd
in Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died:

(age 64) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1942 The Daring Young Man
Marlene
 
1942 Mississippi Gambler
Gladys La Verne
 
1942 The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Patricia Wentworth
 
1942 Don Winslow of the Navy
Mercedes Colby
 
1941 In the Navy
Dorothy Roberts
 
1941 The Black Cat
Margaret Gordon
 
1940 If I Had My Way
Brenda Johnson
 
1939 Slightly Honorable
Alma Brehmer
 
1939 Woman Doctor
Gail Patterson
 
1938 Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Mrs. Carol Wayne
 
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
Vivian Herford
 
1938 Fast Company
Julia Thorne
 
1938 Romance in the Dark
Countess Monica Foldesay
 
1937 The Women Men Marry
Claire Raeburn
 
1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws
Della Street
 
1936 Two Against the World
Cora Latimer
 
1936 The Song of a Nation (short)
Mary Key
 
1936 Murder by an Aristocrat
Janice Thatcher
 
1936 Navy Born
Bernice Farrington
 
1936 The Singing Kid
Dana Lawrence
 
1935 The Payoff
Maxine McCoy
 
1935 The Goose and the Gander
Connie
 
1935 Don't Bet on Blondes
Marilyn Youngblood
 
1935 The Glass Key
Janet Henry
 
1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
Della
 
1935 Roberta
Sophie
 
1934 Babbitt
Tanis Judique
 
1934 Secret of the Chateau
Julie Verlaine
 
1934 I Sell Anything
Millicent
 
1934 The Personality Kid
Patricia
 
1934 Smarty
Anita
 
1934 Gambling Lady
Sheila Aiken
 
1934 Journal of a Crime
Odette
 
1934 Massacre
Norma
 
1933 My Woman
Muriel Bennett
 
1933 Footlight Parade
Vivian
 
1933 Ann Carver's Profession
Carole Rodgers
 
1933 Ex-Lady
Iris Van Hugh
 
1933 Elmer, the Great
Evelyn Corey
 
1933 Blondie Johnson
Gladys
 
1933 Hard to Handle
Marlene Reeves
 
1933 Parachute Jumper
Mrs. Newberry
 
1932 The Match King
Ilse Wagner
 
1932 Lawyer Man
Virginia
 
1932 Crooner
Mrs. Constance Brown
 
1932 Guilty as Hell
Ruth Tindal
 
1932 Man Wanted
Ann Le Maire
 
1932 This Is the Night
Chou-Chou (uncredited)
 
1932 The Broken Wing
Cecelia Cross
 
1932 Dancers in the Dark
Girl at Bar (uncredited)
 
1932 Alias the Doctor
Mrs. Beverly (uncredited)
 
1932 Two Kinds of Women
Sheila Lavery (uncredited)
 
1931 Under 18
Babsy
 
1931 Working Girls
Jane
 
1931 Girls About Town
Dot - Party Girl (uncredited)
 
1931 The Road to Reno
Party Girl (uncredited)
 
1931 An American Tragedy
Gaile Warren (uncredited)
 
1931 The Secret Call
Maisie
 
1931 Confessions of a Co-Ed
Co-Ed in Chapel (uncredited)
 
1931 The Lawyer's Secret
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1931 Up Pops the Devil
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1930 Whoopee!
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
 
1930 Our Blushing Brides
A Mannequin
 
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1936 The Song of a Nation (short) (performer: "It Was Not So Long Ago")
 
1933 Ann Carver's Profession (performer: "Sweet Georgia Brown" - uncredited)
 
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1933 The 42nd. Street Special (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

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(1931). Active on Broadway in the following production: See more »

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I did almost nothing much for a year. Publicity [photographs, greeting exhibitor's parties, dancing group scenes, odds and ends . . . Any extra could have done what I was assigned, and yet I was receiving a very decent salary check regularly. -- CD, describing her early film career with Paramount Pictures See more »

Trivia:

Her first husband, John Milton Strauss, was a New York real estate developer. They had one son, Jon Michael (b. 1936). See more »

Nickname:

Anne See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn