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Claire Luce is a Actor American born on 15 october 1903 at Syracuse (USA)

Claire Luce

Claire Luce
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 october 1903 at Syracuse (USA)
Death 31 august 1989 (at 85 years) at New York City (USA)

Claire Luce (October 15, 1903 – August 31, 1989) was an American stage and screen actress, ,dancer and singer. Among her few films were Up the River (1930), directed by John Ford and costarring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart, and Under Secret Orders, the English-language version of G. W. Pabst's French-language feature, Mademoiselle Docteur (1937).

Biography

Durant sa carrière, Claire Luce est surtout active au théâtre, se produisant à Broadway entre 1923 et 1952, dans des pièces, revues et comédies musicales. En particulier, elle interprète Mimi Glossop, aux côtés de Fred Astaire, dans la comédie musicale Gay Divorce (incluant le standard Night and Day ; musique et lyrics de Cole Porter), créée à Broadway en 1932, puis reprise à Londres (Angleterre) en 1933, avant d'être adaptée au cinéma en 1934 — sous le titre The Gay Divorcee (titre français : La Joyeuse Divorcée), avec Ginger Rogers dans le rôle de Mimi —.

Claire Luce joue également l'épouse de Curley, dans la pièce adaptée du roman de John Steinbeck Des souris et des hommes (Of Mice and Men), créée à Broadway en 1937. Deux ans après, en 1939, elle reprend ce rôle dans la création de la pièce à Londres. Alors installée en Angleterre (notamment durant toute la Seconde Guerre mondiale), elle y poursuit sa carrière théâtrale — entre autres, dans le répertoire de William Shakespeare — jusqu'en 1946, année où elle revient aux États-Unis.

En 1930, l'actrice participe à un premier film (américain) réalisé par John Ford. Par la suite, elle ne tournera que cinq films, tous britanniques, de 1935 à 1938. Elle apparaît également à la télévision entre 1949 et 1955, dans six séries (dont quatre dédiées au théâtre).

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Filmography of Claire Luce (6 films)

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Actress

Under Secret Orders, 1h24
Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Erich von Stroheim, John Loder, Dita Parlo, Stewart Granger, Claire Luce, Clifford Evans
Roles Gaby, Rene's Girl
Rating64% 3.217133.217133.217133.217133.21713
During the First World War, a female Doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence.
Lazybones
Lazybones (1935)
, 1h5
Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Claire Luce, Ian Hunter, Sara Allgood, Bernard Nedell, Michael Shepley, Bobbie Comber
Roles Kitty McCarthy
Rating55% 2.782582.782582.782582.782582.78258
Sir Reginald Ford (Ian Hunter), known as "Lazybones", is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world, although he doesn't have any money either. His brother and sister introduce him to Kitty McCarthy (Claire Luce), an American heiress, in the hope that he'll marry her and so gain access to her fortune which will help out his family.
Vintage Wine, 1h21
Directed by Henry Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Seymour Hicks, Claire Luce, Judy Gunn, Eva Moore, Miles Malleson, Kynaston Reeves
Roles Nina Popinot
Rating60% 3.004263.004263.004263.004263.00426
The members of the Popinot family of French champagne tycoons suspect that the widowed head of the family Charles Popinot is keeping a mistress in Rome and generally living a wild life. Unbeknownst to them he has happily re-married and had a son with a much younger woman. She believes he is twenty years younger than he really is and is shocked when his relatives including his mother, grown-up sons and granddaughter arrive in Italy.
Up the River, 1h32
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Actors Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Warren Hymer, Humphrey Bogart, Steve Pendleton, William Collier Sr.
Roles Judy Fields
Rating59% 2.951062.951062.951062.951062.95106
Two convicts, St. Louis (Spencer Tracy) and Dannemora Dan (Warren Hymer) befriend another convict named Steve (Humphrey Bogart), who is in love with woman's-prison inmate Judy (Claire Luce). Steve is paroled, promising Judy that he will wait for her release five months later. He returns to his hometown in New England and his mother's home.