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Claire Adams

Claire Adams

Known for ActingBorn 1898-09-24Died 1978-09-25Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
From Wikipedia Claire Adams (September 24, 1898 – September 25, 1978) was a Canadian silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the daughter of Stanley Wells Adams, a Welsh-born accountant, and his Canadian wife, Lillian Adams (née Kennedy). Educated in Canada and England, Claire Adams worked briefly as a nurse with the Red Cross during World War I. In 1920 Adams signed a five-year contract with Benjamin Bowles Hampton, a Hollywood producer and her future husband. She later moved to California where she acted in more than forty silent films, including melodramas, comedies and westerns. Described as "patricianly beautiful", Adams worked with many of Hollywood's leading actors, including Adolphe Menjou, Tom Mix, Wallace Beery, and Lon Chaney. In 1923 she was Rin Tin Tin's leading lady in Where the North Begins, which was a huge success and is often credited with saving Warner Bros. from bankruptcy. She later maintained that Rin Tin Tin was her "favourite leading man". Her best known film was The Big Parade, the second largest grossing silent film in cinematic history. It was directed by King Vidor and Adams starred alongside John Gilbert. Perhaps her most memorable role came in 1920 as Barbara, the artist who helps humanize the crippled crime boss played by Lon Chaney in The Penalty. She married film producer Benjamin B. Hampton in Hollywood on September 18, 1924. They had no children. He died in 1932 leaving her very wealthy. Later that year Adams met Scobie Mackinnon, the second son of L.K.S. Mackinnon, at a party in London and three weeks later they married on April 1 in Mayfair. They remained childless. After a protracted honeymoon, in March 1938, Mackinnon brought Adams to Victoria, Australia. On his death in 1974, Scobie Mackinnon's estate was worth A$2,111, 729, which was left entirely to Adams. She died on September 25, 1978, in Windsor, Victoria and was cremated.Read more

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What a Mother-in-Law!
10.0
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What a Mother-in-Law!

1934 · Movie

Married Alive10.0
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Married Alive

1927 · Movie

The Brass Bowl10.0
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The Brass Bowl

1924 · Movie

The Fast Set10.0
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The Fast Set

1924 · Movie

The Clean Up10.0
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The Clean Up

1923 · Movie

Golden Dreams10.0
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Golden Dreams

1922 · Movie

A Certain Rich Man10.0
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A Certain Rich Man

1921 · Movie

The Money Changers10.0
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The Money Changers

1920 · Movie

Speedy Meade10.0
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Speedy Meade

1919 · Movie

A Misfit Earl10.0
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A Misfit Earl

1919 · Movie

The Devil's Cargo9.0
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The Devil's Cargo

1925 · Movie

The Kiss Barrier9.0
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The Kiss Barrier

1925 · Movie

Just Tony9.0
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Just Tony

1922 · Movie

The Man Of The Forest9.0
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The Man Of The Forest

1921 · Movie

The Lure of Egypt9.0
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The Lure of Egypt

1921 · Movie

Riders of the Dawn9.0
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Riders of the Dawn

1920 · Movie

The Invisible Bond9.0
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The Invisible Bond

1919 · Movie

Yellow Fingers8.0
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Yellow Fingers

1926 · Movie

Men and Women8.0
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Men and Women

1925 · Movie

Souls for Sables8.0
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Souls for Sables

1925 · Movie

Oh, You Tony!8.0
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Oh, You Tony!

1924 · Movie

The Night Hawk8.0
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The Night Hawk

1924 · Movie

Honor Among Men8.0
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Honor Among Men

1924 · Movie

The Painted Flapper8.0
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The Painted Flapper

1924 · Movie

Brass Commandments8.0
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Brass Commandments

1923 · Movie

Legally Dead
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Legally Dead

1923 · Movie

The Scarlet Car8.0
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The Scarlet Car

1923 · Movie

Do and Dare8.0
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Do and Dare

1922 · Movie

The Mysterious Rider8.0
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The Mysterious Rider

1921 · Movie

The Killer8.0
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The Killer

1921 · Movie

The Great Lover8.0
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The Great Lover

1920 · Movie

The End of the Road8.0
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The End of the Road

1919 · Movie

Chris and His Wonderful Lamp8.0
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Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

1917 · Movie

Barnaby Lee
8.0
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Barnaby Lee

1917 · Movie

The Big Parade7.6
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The Big Parade

1925 · Movie

Stepping Fast7.0
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Stepping Fast

1923 · Movie

When Romance Rides7.0
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When Romance Rides

1922 · Movie

Heart's Haven7.0
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Heart's Haven

1922 · Movie

The Penalty7.0
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The Penalty

1920 · Movie

The Dwelling Place of Light7.0
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The Dwelling Place of Light

1920 · Movie

The Girl in the Limousine6.5
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The Girl in the Limousine

1924 · Movie

The Sea Wolf6.0
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The Sea Wolf

1926 · Movie

Daddies6.0
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Daddies

1924 · Movie

Revenge Is Sweet5.7
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Revenge Is Sweet

1912 · Movie

Where the North Begins5.3
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Where the North Begins

1923 · Movie

Five Stars3.0
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Five Stars

2009 · Movie

The Key to Power
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The Key to Power

1920 · Movie

Romance and Brass Tacks
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Romance and Brass Tacks

1918 · Movie