Claire Bradley Griswold

Claire Bradley Griswold (October 30, 1936 – March 28, 2011) was an American actress and model, active in television during the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is perhaps best known as the wife of acclaimed film director and producer Sydney Pollack, whom she married in 1958.

Early life Born in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, she was the daughter of General Francis H. Griswold and Jeff Bradley Southerland Griswold, and she had a sister. She spent her childhood living in various locations including Japan, Germany, and Washington, D.C. When the family was in London she studied ballet at the Sadlers Wells school. The two married in 1958, and they had a son. Pollack would go on to become one of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, winning two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards over his four-decade career.

Pollack died on May 26, 2008, of stomach cancer, after nearly 50 years of marriage.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1958 77 Sunset Strip — Television series 1958 Lawman — Television series 1958–1961 Studio One Various Anthology television drama series 1961 The Investigators — Television series 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Led to personal contract with Alfred Hitchcock 1963 The Twilight Zone Alice Summers Season 4, Episode 8: "Miniature"; starred alongside Robert Duvall