Claire Trevor, the late American actress, worked in the American cinema industry for nearly six decades. Trevor rose to fame in 1948 for her appearance in Key Largo, for which she got the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for Oscars for her roles in The High and the Mighty and Dead End.

Earnings and Net worth of Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor, who has appeared in over 60 films throughout the course of her six-decade playing career, has likely amassed a sizable fortune. Her net wealth at the time of her death, however, has not yet been published. Trevor’s prosperous career as a television, film, and stage actor paid handsomely from her forties until her sixties. Though her net worth has not been disclosed, we might assume it was in the millions of dollars.

Childhood of Claire Trevor

Claire Trevor was born on March 8, 1910, as Claire Wemlinger in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was the only child of Noel Wemlinger and Benjamina Wemlinger. Her father was French and had German ancestors, while her mother was Irish. Mr. Wemlinger worked as a merchant tailor on Fifth Avenue.

Claire Trevor’s Professional career

Trevor has been performing since she was a teenager. Her acting career spanned more than seven decades, with appearances on theatre, radio, and television. She is well-known for her odd hard-boiled blonde characters.

Trevor studied acting for six months at Columbia University and six months at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts after graduating from high school. In 1929, she made her stage debut with a repertory group in Michigan. She was the female lead in a Broadway production of Whistling in the Dark in 1932.

CAPTION: Late American actress Claire Trevor(SOURCE: Pinterest)

From 1937 through 1940, Trevor co-starred with Edward G. Robinson in the classic radio series Big Town. Trevor received critical acclaim for his performances in Murder, My Sweet in 1944 and Born to Kill in 1947.

Trevor got the Oscar-winning part of Gaye Dawn in Key Largo in 1948. Later same year, she was nominated for an Emmy for her role in the Producers’ Showcase episode Dodsworth.

Trevor had only a few cameo appearances in films and television series during the 1960s and 1970s. Her final television appearance was in Norman Rockwell’s 1987 television film Breaking Home Ties. After that, she stayed out of the spotlight for several years before making a cameo appearance at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998.

Personal Existence

Claire Trevor, an actress, was married twice. In 1938, she married her first husband, Clark Andrews. Her first husband was the producer of a radio show. The pair split in 1942 after four years as husband and wife.

CAPTION: Actress Claire Trevor and her first husband Clark Andrews(SOURCE: Getty Image)

A year later, she married Cylos William Dunsmore, a Navy lieutenant. Trevor and her second husband had their only child. In addition, she divorced Dunsmore after a five-year marriage. Trevor married for the third time a year after her second divorce. Then she married a film producer named Milton Bren, who had two sons from a previous relationship. Following their wedding, they relocated to Newport Beach, California.

Charles Dunsmore, Trevor’s son, perished in an airplane crash in 1978. Her spouse Bren died of a brain tumor a year later. Trevor was devastated and moved to Manhattan for a few years, where she also worked as an actress. She later returned to California and lived there the rest of her life.

The end of life

Claire Trevor died of respiratory failure on April 8, 2000, in Newport Beach, California, at the age of 90. Her two stepsons and numerous extended family members predeceased her.