Claire Dodd

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

Early life

Dorothy Arlene Dodd was born on December 29, 1911, in Baxter, Iowa, to Walter Willard Dodd, a farmer whose family were early Jasper County pioneers, and his wife, Ethel Viola (née Cool) Dodd, daughter of Baxter postmaster Peter J. Cool. Her parents married on June 28, 1911. The family moved frequently while she was growing up, living in Denver, Kansas City, Phoenix, St. Louis, and Missoula, Montana, among other places. Her parents separated in Montana. Young Dorothy went to California around 1927 where she worked as a model in Los Angeles and auditioned for minor film roles.

Career

While working as a model in Los Angeles, she was cast in a small part in Eddie Cantor's movie Whoopee!, which was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. Ziegfeld offered Dodd a part in his next Broadway musical, Smiles.

Death She died at her home in Beverly Hills, California, from cancer, aged 61. She is buried in the Brand Family Cemetery on the grounds of the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale, California.

Partial filmography

Our Blushing Brides (1930) as A Mannequin Whoopee! (1930) as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited) Up Pops the Devil (1931) as Minor Role (uncredited) The Lawyer's Secret (1931) as Party Guest (uncredited) Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931) as Co-Ed in Chapel (uncredited) The Secret Call (1931) as Maisie An American Tragedy (1931) as Gaile Warren (uncredited) The Road to Reno (1931) as Party Girl (uncredited) Girls About Town (1931) as Dot, Party Girl (uncredited) Working Girls (1931) as Jane Under Eighteen (1931) as Babsy Two Kinds of Women (1932) as Sheila Lavery (uncredited) Alias the Doctor (1932) as Mrs. Beverly (uncredited) The Broken Wing (1932) as Cecelia Cross This Is the Night (1932) as Chou-Chou (uncredited) Man Wanted (1932) as Ann Le Maire Guilty as Hell (1932) as Ruth Tindal The Crooner (1932) as Mrs. Constance Brown Lawyer Man (1932) as Virginia St. Johns The Match King (1932) as Ilse Wagner Parachute Jumper (1933) as Mrs. Newberry Hard to Handle (1933) as Marlene Reeves Blondie Johnson (1933) as Gladys LaMann Elmer, the Great (1933) as Evelyn Corey Ex-Lady (1933) as Iris Van Hugh Ann Carver's Profession (1933) as Carole Rodgers Footlight Parade (1933) as Vivian Rich My Woman (1933) as Muriel Bennett Massacre (1934) as Norma Gambling Lady (1934) as Sheila Aiken Journal of a Crime (1934) as Odette Florey Smarty (1934) as Anita The Personality Kid (1934) as Patricia Merrill I Sell Anything (1934) as Millicent Secret of the Chateau (1934) as Julie Verlaine Babbitt (1934) as Tanis Judique Roberta (1935) as Sophie Teale The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) as Della Street The Glass Key (1935) as Janet Henry Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) as Marilyn Youngblood The Goose and the Gander (1935) as Connie The Payoff (1935) as Maxine Two Against the World (1936) as Cora Latimer The Singing Kid (1936) as Dana Lawrence Navy Born (1936) as Bernice Farrington Murder by an Aristocrat (1936) as Janice Thatcher The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) as Della Street The Women Men Marry (1937) as Claire Raeburn Romance in the Dark (1938) as Countess Monica Foldesay Fast Company (1938) as Julia Thorne Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) as Vivian Herford Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) as Mrs. Carol Wayne Woman Doctor (1939) as Gail Patterson Slightly Honorable (1939) as Alma Brehmer If I Had My Way (1940) as Brenda Johnson The Black Cat (1941) as Margaret Gordon In the Navy (1941) as Dorothy Roberts Don Winslow of the Navy (1942) as Mercedes Colby The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) as Patricia Wentworth Mississippi Gambler (1942) as Gladys La Verne Daring Young Man (1942) as Marlene