- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 24, 1898
- Place of Birth
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Died
- September 25, 1978
Claire Adams
From Wikipedia Claire Adams (September 24, 1898 – September 25, 1978) was a Canadian silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the daughter of Stanley Wells Adams, a Welsh-born accountant, and his Canadian wife, Lillian Adams (née Kennedy). Educated in Canada and England, Claire Adams worked briefly as a nurse with the Red Cross during World War I. In 1920 Adams signed a five-year contract with Benjamin Bowles Hampton, a Hollywood producer and her future husband. She later moved to California where she acted in more than forty silent films, including melodramas, comedies and westerns. Described as "patricianly beautiful", Adams worked with many of Hollywood's leading actors, including Adolphe Menjou, Tom Mix, Wallace Beery, and Lon Chaney. In 1923 she was Rin Tin Tin's leading lady in Where the North Begins, which was a huge success and is often credit…
Filmography
movieFive Stars
2009
What a Mother-in-Law!
movieWhat a Mother-in-Law!
1934 · Frances
movieMarried Alive
1927 · Viola Helmesley Duxbury
movieThe Sea Wolf
1926 · Maud Brewster
movieYellow Fingers
1926 · Nona Deering
movieThe Big Parade
1925 · Justyn Reed
movieThe Kiss Barrier
1925 · Marion Weston
movieMen and Women
1925 · Agnes Prescott
movieThe Devil's Cargo
1925 · Martha Joyce
movieSouls for Sables
1925 · Helen Ralston
movieThe Brass Bowl
1924 · Sylvia
movieThe Fast Set
1924 · Fay Collen
movieThe Painted Flapper
1924 · Eunice Whitney
movieOh, You Tony!
1924 · Betty Faine
movieHonor Among Men
1924 · Patricia Carson
movieThe Girl in the Limousine
1924 · The Girl
movieThe Night Hawk
1924 · Clia Milton
movieDaddies
1924 · Bobette Audrey
movieThe Clean Up
1923 · Phyllis Andrews
Legally Dead
movieLegally Dead
1923 · Minnie O'Reilly
movieWhere the North Begins
1923 · Felice McTavish
movieStepping Fast
1923 · Helen Durant
movieBrass Commandments
1923 · Ellen Bosworth
movieThe Scarlet Car
1923 · Beatrice Forbes
movieDo and Dare
1922 · Juanita Sánchez
movieJust Tony
1922 · Marianne Jordan
movieHeart's Haven
1922 · Vivian Breed
movieGolden Dreams
1922 · Mercedes McDonald
movieWhen Romance Rides
1922 · Lucy Bostil
movieThe Mysterious Rider
1921 · Columbine
movieThe Man Of The Forest
1921 · Helen Raynor
movieA Certain Rich Man
1921 · Molly Culpepper
movieThe Lure of Egypt
1921 · Margaret Lampton
movieThe Killer
1921 · Ruth Emory
movieThe Great Lover
1920 · Ethel
movieThe Money Changers
1920 · Lucy Hegan
movieThe Dwelling Place of Light
1920 · Janet Butler
movieThe Penalty
1920 · Barbara Ferris
movieRiders of the Dawn
1920 · Lenore Anderson
movieThe Key to Power
1920
movieThe Invisible Bond
1919 · Leila Templeton
movieA Misfit Earl
1919 · Phyllis Burton
movieSpeedy Meade
1919 · Alice Hall
movieThe End of the Road
1919 · Mary Lee
movieRomance and Brass Tacks
1918
Your Obedient Servant
movieYour Obedient Servant
1917
Barnaby Lee
movieBarnaby Lee
1917 · Dorothy Van Swringen
movieChris and His Wonderful Lamp
1917 · Betty
movieRevenge Is Sweet
1912 · One of the Office Girls