Claire Dodd

AKA: Dorothy Arlene Dodd

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1911-12-29

Baxter, Iowa, USA

Biography

Claire Dodd (born Dorothy Arlene Dodd, December 29, 1911 – November 23, 1973) was an American film actress.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {64}

Gladys LaMann

1933-02-25 5.75

Blondie Johnson

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Sophie

1935-03-07 7

Roberta

Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion ho ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Dorothy Roberts

1941-05-30 6.4

In the Navy

Genre :Comedy, Music, War

Mrs. Carol Wayne

1938-12-30 6.4

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor. ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Comedy, Thriller

Patricia Wentworth

1942-02-27 5.325

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

A fugitive doctor tries to raise the dead for South Sea Islanders. ...

Genre :Horror, Comedy

Janet Henry

1935-06-15 6.4

The Glass Key

When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-hand man, must decide which side he is on. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Vivian Herford

1938-09-02 3.8

Three Loves Has Nancy

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Chou-Chou (uncredited)

1932-04-08 5.267

This Is the Night

When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cover their tracks. He is then forced to hire a woman ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Iris Van Hugh

1933-05-15 6.119

Ex-Lady

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Marilyn Youngblood

1935-07-13 5

Don't Bet on Blondes

Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Della Street

1935-04-13 5.975

The Case of the Curious Bride

After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband M ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Babsy

1932-01-02 6.154

Under Eighteen

Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial b ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Alma Brehmer

1939-12-22 4.7

Slightly Honorable

A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name. ...

Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Virginia St. Johns

1932-12-24 5.8

Lawyer Man

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York City political party boss named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profil ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Julie Verlaine

1934-12-03 5

Secret of the Chateau

Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a valuable Gutenberg Bible. ...

Genre :Mystery

Sheila Aiken

1934-03-08 6.2

Gambling Lady

A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Ilse Wagner

1932-12-31 6.167

The Match King

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the match ...

Genre :Drama

Patricia

1934-06-06 3.7

The Personality Kid

An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Romance

Connie

1935-09-21 4.125

The Goose and the Gander

When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Marlene Reeves

1933-01-28 6.9

Hard to Handle

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Della Street

1936-07-03 6.8

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000. ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Crime

Mrs. Newberry

1933-01-28 5.895

Parachute Jumper

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob. ...

Genre :Drama

Tanis Judique

1934-12-08 6

Babbitt

Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a property devel ...

Genre :Drama

Julia Thorne

1938-07-05 5.05

Fast Company

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller. ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Romance

Mrs. Constance Brown

1932-08-20 5

Crooner

Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend. ...

Genre :Comedy

Claire Raeburn

1937-09-10 5.5

The Women Men Marry

A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Odette Florey

1934-03-10 5.7

Journal of a Crime

A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime. ...

Genre :Crime, Thriller

Norma

1934-01-20 5.364

Massacre

Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his people are dying of various diseases and are being syst ...

Genre :Drama, Western

Bernice Farrington

1936-06-02 4.5

Navy Born

A naval officer gets more than he bargained for when he adopts a recently orphaned young boy, the son of his late best friends. Despite the resistance of the lad's surviving relatives, who worry that ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Maxine McCoy

1935-01-09 4.9

The Payoff

An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals. ...

Genre :Romance, Crime, Drama

Anita

1934-05-19 4.3

Smarty

Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Verno ...

Genre :Comedy

Carole

1933-05-26 6.3

Ann Carver's Profession

Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshadows her husband's stagnant career. ...

Genre :Drama

Evelyn

1933-04-29 4.9

Elmer, the Great

Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, where his naivete and arrogance soon put his relationship and career into jeopardy. ...

Genre :Comedy

Millicent

1934-10-20 4.5

I Sell Anything

Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned? ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Jane

1931-12-12 6.8

Working Girls

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a ...

Genre :Comedy

Ruth Tindal

1932-08-05 5.8

Guilty as Hell

Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the ...

Genre :

Janice Thatcher

1936-06-13 3

Murder by an Aristocrat

A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it. ...

Genre :Mystery

Muriel Bennett

1933-10-04 3.6

My Woman

A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Marlene

1942-10-08 4.3

The Daring Young Man

Jonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but he sees a chance to redeem himself by exposing a secret ring of Nazi spies. ...

Genre :Comedy

Minor Role

1931-05-19 4.4

Up Pops the Devil

The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the wife is fo ...

Genre :Comedy

Dot - Party Girl (uncredited)

1931-11-07 6.333

Girls About Town

A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan. ...

Genre :Comedy

A Mannequin

1930-07-19 5.4

Our Blushing Brides

Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while Connie and Franky are reckless with their affections — one bedding a married man and the other marr ...

Genre :Drama

Margaret Gordon

1941-05-02 6.463

The Black Cat

Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first. ...

Genre :Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Vivian Rich

1933-10-21 6.8

Footlight Parade

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences. ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Ann Le Marie

1932-04-23 5.091

Man Wanted

A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1930-09-26 6.4

Whoopee!

Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Western

Mercedes Colby

1942-01-06 0

Don Winslow of the Navy

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops ...

Genre :Adventure, Action

Cora Latimer

1936-07-11 5.8

Two Against the World

Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Self

1936-12-30 0

Breakdowns of 1936

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Girl at Bar

1932-03-11 4.8

Dancers in the Dark

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too. ...

Genre :Drama

Dana Lawrence

1936-04-10 4

The Singing Kid

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little ...

Genre :Drama, Music

Gaile Warren (uncredited)

1931-08-22 6.118

An American Tragedy

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Mary Key

1936-07-04 4

The Song of a Nation

This historical featurette dramatizes the events that led to Francis Scott Key writing the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner." ...

Genre :

Cecelia Cross

1932-03-25 5

The Broken Wing

In a little Mexican village by the American border. However powerful big shot Captain Innocencio (a misnomer indeed!)is, he proves unable to charm Lolita, the shapely daughter of his neighbor, a big-t ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Party Girl

1931-09-25 3.2

The Road to Reno

Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good st ...

Genre :Drama

Maisie (uncredited)

1931-07-24 7

The Secret Call

The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboa ...

Genre :

Gail Patterson

1939-02-06 1

Woman Doctor

Woman Doctor is a 1939 American drama film ...

Genre :Drama

Co-Ed in Chapel

1931-07-11 5.8

Confessions of a Co-Ed

A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn't love. Soon, however, her lover returns, and she finds herse ...

Genre :Drama

Self

1937-12-31 6

Breakdowns of 1937

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Gladys La Verne

1942-04-17 6

Mississippi Gambler

A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Countess Monica Foldesay

1938-03-24 3

Romance in the Dark

A baritone aids a young servant in making her dream of singing professionally come true. ...

Genre :Romance

Brenda Johnson

1940-05-05 6.4

If I Had My Way

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York t ...

Genre :Comedy, Family

Self (uncredited)

1933-02-20 5.3

The 42nd Street Special

As part of a publicity campaign for the film 42nd Street (1933), Warner Bros. Pictures, with the assistance of the General Electric Corporation, assembled a 7-car gold- and silver-plated train they ca ...

Genre :Documentary

Party Guest (uncredited)

1931-06-06 5.8

The Lawyer's Secret

Sailor Joe Hart, who is spending his shore leave at a gambling joint, sells his gun to young Laurie Roberts after losing terribly. After Hart again loses his last dime, he leaves the joint and steals ...