Claire Trevor Biography

Fast Facts

• Serves as the namesake of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine, to which she donated her Oscar and Emmy statuettes
• Completed a six-month acting course at both Columbia University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts following high school
• Lost her son and third husband one year apart from one another, causing her to take a step back from acting and relocating to New York in the late 1970s
• Quote: "Using one's imagination to the fullest is necessary for a happy life․"
• Began her career on stage, as she would make her Broadway debut in 1932 before moving on to film the following year
• Best known for her villainous roles on both film and radio alongside such co-stars as John Wayne and Humphrey Bogart, among others
• Paid $15,000 for her role in "Stagecoach"