Claire de Lorez

Claire de Lorez (born Claire Deutch; August 4, 1895 – September 21, 1985), also billed as Claire DeLorez, was an American film actress of the silent era.

Early life Born in San Francisco, de Lorez was one of three children born to Eliza G. McMahon and Isaac "Ike" Deutch. Her sister, Thelma, was a dancer who also used the stage name DeLorez.

As early as age 4, de Lorez—as Claire Deutch—was performing in public as a singer and dancer. Deutch was dubbed "one of the coming vaudeville stars" by The San Francisco Examiner.

During World War I de Lorez served with an American ambulance unit; in World War II she was interned by Germans at Vittel. She married a man from a wealthy Greek family and became known as Claire Typaldon-Bassian. In 1949 she was secretary of an American Legion post's women's auxiliary in Paris.

Partial filmography

The Scuttlers (1920) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) The Queen of Sheba (1921) Enemies of Women (1923) Bright Lights of Broadway (1923) Three Weeks (1924) Beau Brummel (1924) The Siren of Seville (1924) Her Night of Romance (1924) So This Is Marriage (1924) The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925) The Coast Patrol (1925) Under the Rouge (1925) Northern Code (1925) Cobra (1925) The Crew (1928) Morgane, the Enchantress (1928)