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Claire Trevor (1910-2000) was an Oscar® winning American actress. According to the Claire Trevor School Of Arts…..”Trevor’s acting career spanned more than seven decades and included successes in stage, radio, television and film…[She] often played the hard-boiled blonde, and every conceivable type of ‘bad girl’ role.” Trevor’s IMDb page shows 87 acting credits from 1931 to 1987. This page will rank Claire Trevor movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters, and many of her early Fox movies were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Claire Trevor Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Claire Trevor Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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The Best of IMDb Trivia on Claire Trevor
1. Claire Wemlinger was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
2. Claire Trevor was nominated three times for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar®. She won for 1948’s Key Largo.
3. Joan Crawford initially fought for Claire Trevor to star alongside her in Johnny Guitar (1954), jealous of the much younger Mercedes McCambridge, who was eventually cast.
4. Claire Trevor made her last appearance at an Oscars® telecast in1998 at the The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) as part of a tribute sequence called “Oscar®’s Family Album”. She wore a black gown and jewels seated between Marisa Tomei and Jon Voight. Fellow honoree Michael Caine paid tribute to her calling her a ‘living legend’.
5. The Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, was named in Trevor’s honor. Her Oscar® and Emmy® statuettes are on display in the Arts Plaza, next to the Claire Trevor Theatre
Check out Claire Trevor’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Claire Trevor was never on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the current list she appeared with. She has 2 pictures in the 1930’s that she has 3 connections too, 80 or longer years later.
14 ERNEST BORGNINE The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
48 JOHN CARRADINE Stagecoach (1939)
62 JAMES CAAN Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Lucy Gallant (1955)
137 SHELLEY WINTERS My Man and I (1952)
140 LAUREN BACALL Key Largo (1948)
141 KIRK DOUGLAS Man Without a Star (1955)
141 KIRK DOUGLAS Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
142 MARC LAWRENCE Key Largo (1948)
146 MARTIN BALSAM Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
168 ROBERT WAGNER The Mountain (1956)
182 BURGESS MEREDITH Street of Chance (1942)
193 WILLIAM HOLDEN Texas (1941)
223 JEFF BRIDGES Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET The Cape Town Affair (1967)
241 AKIM TAMIROFF King of Gamblers (1937)
269 JOHN WAYNE Allegheny Uprising (1939)
269 JOHN WAYNE Dark Command (1940)
269 JOHN WAYNE Stagecoach (1939)
269 JOHN WAYNE The High and the Mighty (1954)
308 GLENN FORD Texas (1941)
308 GLENN FORD The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
308 GLENN FORD The Desperadoes (1943)
321 GEORGE SANDERS Allegheny Uprising (1939)
379 JOHN IRELAND Raw Deal (1948)
410 WOODY STRODE Stagecoach (1939)
433 JAMES BROLIN The Cape Town Affair (1967)
435 ROBERT STACK The High and the Mighty (1954)
467 PAUL FIX Fifteen Maiden Lane (1936)
467 PAUL FIX King of Gamblers (1937)
467 PAUL FIX The High and the Mighty (1954)
467 PAUL FIX The Mad Game (1933)
502 JACK LEMMON How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
511 TERRY-THOMAS How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
524 JACK ELAM Man Without a Star (1955)
524 JACK ELAM My Man and I (1952)
613 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Stop, You’re Killing Me (1952)
661 ANN DORAN Street of Chance (1942)
661 ANN DORAN The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
661 ANN DORAN The High and the Mighty (1954)
672 WALTER PIDGEON Dark Command (1940)
682 JOHN HOWARD The High and the Mighty (1954)
688 ROBERT WEBBER The Stripper (1963)
692 TONY RANDALL Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
714 MICHAEL J. POLLARD The Stripper (1963)
717 ROBERT RYAN Best of the Badmen (1951)
717 ROBERT RYAN Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951)
725 BARRY SULLIVAN The Woman of the Town (1943)
728 LEO GENN The Velvet Touch (1948)
755 PAUL DOOLEY Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
760 LEE MARVIN The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
779 VIRNA LISI How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Key Largo (1948)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
782 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
784 CESAR ROMERO Fifteen Maiden Lane (1936)
784 CESAR ROMERO Five of a Kind (1938)
805 CHARLES LANE Borderline (1950)
805 CHARLES LANE One Mile from Heaven (1937)
805 CHARLES LANE The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
808 RICHARD JAECKEL Hoodlum Empire (1952)
827 GEORGE HAMILTON Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
832 SALLY FIELD Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
851 E.G. MARSHALL The Mountain (1956)
854 PAT O’BRIEN Crack-Up (1946)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD Stop, You’re Killing Me (1952)
877 LLOYD NOLAN Fifteen Maiden Lane (1936)
877 LLOYD NOLAN King of Gamblers (1937)
904 JACK ALBERTSON HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE (1965)
992 VITO SCOTTI Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Claire appeared with 27 Oscar Winners.
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Stop, You’re Killing Me (1952)
CHARLTON HESTON Lucy Gallant (1955)
CLARK GABLE Honky Tonk (1941)
DON AMECHE Dante’s Inferno (1935)
DONALD CRISP The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
DONALD CRISP VALLEY OF THE GIANTS (1938)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
GEORGE SANDERS Allegheny Uprising (1939)
HUMPHREY BOGART Dead End (1937)
HUMPHREY BOGART Key Largo (1948)
HUMPHREY BOGART The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
JACK LEMMON How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
JAMES DUNN Baby Take a Bow (1934)
JAMES DUNN Jimmy and Sally (1933)
JANE DARWELL Five of a Kind (1938)
JANE WYMAN Lucy Gallant (1955)
JEFF BRIDGES Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
JOANNE WOODWARD The Stripper (1963)
JOHN WAYNE Allegheny Uprising (1939)
JOHN WAYNE Dark Command (1940)
JOHN WAYNE Stagecoach (1939)
JOHN WAYNE The High and the Mighty (1954)
LEE MARVIN The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Key Largo (1948)
LORETTA YOUNG Second Honeymoon (1937)
MARTIN BALSAM Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
SALLY FIELD Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
SHELLEY WINTERS My Man and I (1952)
SPENCER TRACY Dante’s Inferno (1935)
SPENCER TRACY The Mad Game (1933)
SPENCER TRACY The Mountain (1956)
SUSAN HAYWARD The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
THOMAS MITCHELL STAGECOACH (1939)
WALTER BRENNAN Best of the Badmen (1951)
WARNER BAXTER To Mary – with Love (1936)
WILLIAM HOLDEN Texas (1941)
Hey Dan. Thanks for the comment and lists on Claire Trevor. Many of her movies did not make our table….but I figured…the chances of me finding those early Fox movie box office grosses was pretty slim Cool trivia about some of movies having connections over 80 years. Heck even her latest movie…Kiss Me Goodbye is almost 40 years old. I like Kiss Me Goodbye…good roles for Jeff Bridges and James Caan. Not sure I realized the Stagecoach lady was the lady in that one…at least until I did this page.
Good to see John Wayne as her most frequent co-star in the first list….at least in a tie. A decent total with the second list. Three movies with Spencer Tracy….I tried very hard to find box office on The Mad Game…..but I was unsuccessful. Bridges and Field are her only living connections when looking at her Oscar winning co-stars. Good stuff as always.
I have been waiting for this page for a long time. I love Claire Trevor and am a big fan of film noir.
I have seen 19 Claire Trevor movies, including 9 of the top 10 and 12 of the top 15.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Stagecoach.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Babe Ruth Story.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Best of the Badmen.
Favourite Claire Trevor Movies;
Key Largo
Murder My Sweet
Dead End
Stagecoach
Honky Tonk
Raw Deal
Man Without a Star
How to Murder Your Wife
Johnny Angel
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Velvet Touch
The Desperadoes
Texas
Other Claire Trevor Movies I Have Seen:
The High and the Mighty
Two Weeks in Another Town
Born to Kill
Crack-Up
Hard, Fast and Beautiful
Best of the Badmen
Hey Flora…..glad you liked this Claire Trevor page. She was an Oscar winner and a Joel subject….so this page actually works on getting both of those lists completed. Tally count. Flora 19, Steve 14 and me 7. That is about the normal breakdown for classic thespians. I have seen 4 of your favorites….the first four you mentioned….all good movies. Surprised The High and the Mighty did not make your favorites list. 13 of her movies made your favorites list….that is pretty close to the total Joel listed as his 4 star movies…though I guess 19 is not too close to 13. Good stuff as always.
I’ve seen 14 Claire Trevor films that I know of, might be more. Favorites are – Stagecoach, Dante’s Inferno, How to Murder Your Wife, Dead End, The High and the Mighty, Murder My Sweet, Man Without a Star and Key Largo.
Lots of top classics here. Key Largo tops them all on the critics chart. I would pick Stagecoach as my no.1 Claire Trevor film, she was prettier in that than any of her later films and it’s one of the all time great westerns. It’s no.1 on the UMR score chart.
The High and the Mighty was a huge hit and was basically the very first “Airport” film.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve…..thanks for the thoughts on Claire Trevor. Your tally of 14 doubles my total of 7. Of your favorites I have seen 5 of them…so that represents almost my entire total. I think Stagecoach is a better movie than Key Largo….but her role in Key Largo is better than her role in Stagecoach…but both are classic movies. The High And The Mighty was a monster….hit and almost 20 years before Airport. The theme song of that movie was whistled at John Wayne’s funeral. Good stuff….thanks for the kind words.
WH and I have just discussed how each half of a Hollywood screen duo of the past is potentially associated with the other half today. Whilst nowadays I admittedly know far more about movies than [oh, say Bruce Cogerson or his mentor] between my ages of 9-13 in the early fifties I had obviously seen relatively few films,
Accordingly in my formative years as a movie buff I regarded Claire and The Duke as a screen team [like Rock and my Doris later] because among the films that I actually HAD seen by 1954, were Claire Trevor/John Wayne in Stagecoach; Claire Trevor/John Wayne in Dark Command; and John Wayne/Claire Trevor in High and the Mighty. [It will be noted that there, un-Cogerson-like, I adhere strictly to the official billing even though The Duke is one of my greatest idols! As Frankie sang I do it “My Way”]
Other Trevor faves of mine are: Stranger Wore a Gun, Best of the Badmen, Key Largo, Man without a Star, and the probably little known Stop You’re Killing Me! The Capetown Affair [which is also listed above is a remake of my Richard’s 1953 minor classic Pickup on South Street with Claire in the Thelma Ritter role, James Brolin in Widmark’s part and the young Jackie Bisset as the ‘sex kitten’ played by Jean Peters back in 1953. Claire gets top billing though in the 1967 remake whereas Thelma was 3rd billed in Richard’s film, with Widmark himself going top – I can live with all of that!
Claire never achieved the legendary status of a Stanwyck or a Turner but nevertheless Claire was in my opinion a big part of the early talkies decades – one of the indispensable sexy female stalwarts of those years so that she was in fact nicknamed Queen of the Film Noir; therefore Cogerson especially, with its unparalleled coverage of Old Hollywood , would I feel always have been incomplete without a Trevor page. In short definitely “Voted Up!” – though this site already has a Queen of course; in fact two of them if W o C is added to that ‘thin’ Queen whom Cogerson fattened up with inflated grosses!
Hey Bob…..I agree she and John Wayne were a screen team. I think Wayne was very supportive of her when the wheels of power changed. Trevor had the “juice” when they made Stagecoach….but Wayne had the “juice” for the movies after that. Seems like they got along very well regardless of who was the power one. Other than Key Largo…I have not seen any of your “other” favorites….I will have to check them out. I did not see that he was nicknamed The Queen of the Film Noir…..that is good trivia. Glad to see Loy is still under your skin…brings a smile to the face….lol. Good stuff as always.
“I’ve got you under my skin
I’ve got you deep in the heart of me
So deep in my heart that you’re really a part of me
I’ve got you under my skin” – Cole Porter.
Ah the Svengali-like influence of Cogerson!
Hey Bob….funny stuff.
“Claire Trevor was an excellent actress who unfortunately got type-cast into playing the gun moll or dance hall floozy in countless B-movies. The list of films she appeared in was a fairly dismal affair overall, but Claire Trevor herself never gave a bad performance.” -1983
Rating The Movie Stars 4 Star Claire Trevor Performances
1933’s The Mad Game
1938’s The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1939’s Stagecoach
1941’s Honky Tonk
1944’s Murder, My Sweet
1946’s Crack-Up
1948’s Raw Deal
1948’s The Babe Ruth Story
1948’s Key Largo
1948’s The Velvet Touch
1951’s Hard, Fast and Beautiful
1952’s The Man And I
1954’s The High and the Mighty
1955’s Lucy Gallant
1958’s Marjorie Morningstar
1962’s Two Weeks In Another Town
1963’s The Stripper
1965’s How To Murder Your Wife
Getting Joel’s thoughts on the website is always a good thing…at least in my mind. Only one of Joel’s 4 star Trevor movies is not on the page. The Mad Game starring Spencer Tracy has no box office information…so it did not make the table.