Claire Adams
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1898-09-24
- Died
- 1978-09-25
- Place of birth
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Also known as
- Clare Adams · Peggy Adams · Clara Adams · Beryl Vere Nassau Adams
Biography
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 credited with saving Warner Bros. from bankruptcy. She later maintained that Rin Tin Tin was her "favourite leading man".
Her best known film was The Big Parade, the second largest grossing silent film in cinematic history. It was directed by King Vidor and Adams starred alongside John Gilbert. Perhaps her most memorable role came in 1920 as Barbara, the artist who helps humanize the crippled crime boss played by Lon Chaney in The Penalty.
Known For
Movies (49)
Married Alive
1927
as Viola Helmesley Duxbury
Barnaby Lee
1917
as Dorothy Van Swringen
The Big Parade
1925
as Justyn Reed
Just Tony
1922
as Marianne Jordan
The Penalty
1920
as Barbara Ferris
The Killer
1921
as Ruth Emory
The Money Changers
1920
as Lucy Hegan
Heart's Haven
1922
as Vivian Breed
The Man Of The Forest
1921
as Helen Raynor
The Painted Flapper
1924
as Eunice Whitney
Revenge Is Sweet
1912
as One of the Office Girls
The Night Hawk
1924
as Clia Milton
Stepping Fast
1923
as Helen Durant
Where the North Begins
1923
as Felice McTavish
Yellow Fingers
1926
as Nona Deering
The Clean Up
1923
as Phyllis Andrews
The Fast Set
1924
as Fay Collen
The Mysterious Rider
1921
as Columbine
The Brass Bowl
1924
as Sylvia
The Kiss Barrier
1925
as Marion Weston
Brass Commandments
1923
as Ellen Bosworth
The Lure of Egypt
1921
as Margaret Lampton
The Devil's Cargo
1925
as Martha Joyce
Daddies
1924
as Bobette Audrey
Romance and Brass Tacks
1918
The Great Lover
1920
as Ethel
Men and Women
1925
as Agnes Prescott
The Dwelling Place of Light
1920
as Janet Butler
The Girl in the Limousine
1924
as The Girl
Legally Dead
1923
as Minnie O'Reilly
Honor Among Men
1924
as Patricia Carson
Golden Dreams
1922
as Mercedes McDonald
Your Obedient Servant
1917
Speedy Meade
1919
as Alice Hall
The Invisible Bond
1919
as Leila Templeton
A Certain Rich Man
1921
as Molly Culpepper
A Misfit Earl
1919
as Phyllis Burton
Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
1917
as Betty
When Romance Rides
1922
as Lucy Bostil
The End of the Road
1919
as Mary Lee
The Scarlet Car
1923
as Beatrice Forbes
Souls for Sables
1925
as Helen Ralston
What a Mother-in-Law!
1934
as Frances
The Sea Wolf
1926
as Maud Brewster
The Key to Power
1920
Oh, You Tony!
1924
as Betty Faine
Do and Dare
1922
as Juanita Sánchez
Riders of the Dawn
1920
as Lenore Anderson
Five Stars
2009
About 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… With 49 credits spanning from 1912 to 2009, Claire Adams has appeared in 49 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Married Alive (1927) — as Viola Helmesley Duxbury
- Barnaby Lee (1917) — as Dorothy Van Swringen
- The Big Parade (1925) — as Justyn Reed
- Just Tony (1922) — as Marianne Jordan
- The Penalty (1920) — as Barbara Ferris
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