Mary Clare
From Alfred Hitchcock Wiki
- born: 17/Jul/1894 (London, England, UK)
- died: 29/Aug/1970 (London, England, UK)
Biography
Mary Clare started on the London stage at the age of 16 in 1910. She appeared in the film "The Black Spider" in 1920, and thereafter divided her time between the stage and the cinema. In September 1936 she played the leading role in the play "Laura Garnett", by Leslie and Sewell Stokes, at the Arts Theatre Club, London.
In films, she was mainly a character actress and in later life often portrayed mature ladies who had strength of character or were autocratic. The sole film in which she played the leading role was "Mrs Pimm of Scotland Yard" in 1939. She appeared in two of the British-made Alfred Hitchcock films, "Young and Innocent" and "The Lady Vanishes", playing vastly different characters. She played the part of Linda Singer in two different versions of "The Constant Nymph" and had previously been in the stage version.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Young and Innocent (1937) - cast: Erica's Aunt Margaret
- The Lady Vanishes (1938) - cast: Baroness Isabel Nisatona
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Film Frames
Selection of film frames of Mary Clare (click image to view larger version or refresh thumbnails)...