Claire Adams

1898-09-24 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Five Stars		2009-03-13
	What a Mother-in-Law!	Frances	1934-09-07
	Married Alive	Viola Helmesley Duxbury	1927-07-17
	Yellow Fingers	Nona Deering	1926-03-21
	The Sea Wolf	Maud Brewster	1926-07-26
	The Kiss Barrier	Marion Weston	1925-05-31
	The Big Parade	Justyn Reed	1925-11-05
	Souls for Sables	Helen Ralston	1925-01-01
	Men and Women	Agnes Prescott	1925-03-23
	The Devil's Cargo	Martha Joyce	1925-02-02
	The Night Hawk	Clia Milton	1924-02-17
	The Painted Flapper	Eunice Whitney	1924-10-15
	Honor Among Men	Patricia Carson	1924-09-08
	The Girl in the Limousine	The Girl	1924-07-20
	The Brass Bowl	Sylvia	1924-11-06
	The Fast Set	Fay Collen	1924-10-20
	Oh, You Tony!	Betty Faine	1924-09-21
	Daddies	Bobette Audrey	1924-02-09
	Brass Commandments	Ellen Bosworth	1923-01-28
	Legally Dead	Minnie O'Reilly	1923-07-30
	Where the North Begins	Felice McTavish	1923-07-01
	Stepping Fast	Helen Durant	1923-05-13
	The Scarlet Car	Beatrice Forbes	1923-01-15
	The Clean Up	Phyllis Andrews	1923-09-24
	Heart's Haven	Vivian Breed	1922-08-08
	Do and Dare	Juanita Sánchez	1922-10-01
	Golden Dreams	Mercedes McDonald	1922-06-11
	When Romance Rides	Lucy Bostil	1922-03-16
	Just Tony	Marianne Jordan	1922-08-19
	The Man Of The Forest	Helen Raynor	1921-06-01
	The Mysterious Rider	Columbine	1921-10-23
	A Certain Rich Man	Molly Culpepper	1921-05-28
	The Lure of Egypt	Margaret Lampton	1921-05-15
	The Killer	Ruth Emory	1921-01-30
	The Dwelling Place of Light	Janet Butler	1920-09-12
	The Penalty	Barbara Ferris	1920-08-15
	The Key to Power		1920-01-01
	The Money Changers	Lucy Hegan	1920-10-31
	The Great Lover	Ethel	1920-11-15
	Riders of the Dawn	Lenore Anderson	1920-05-01
	The Invisible Bond	Leila Templeton	1919-11-23
	A Misfit Earl	Phyllis Burton	1919-11-16
	Speedy Meade	Alice Hall	1919-03-23
	The End of the Road	Mary Lee	1919-02-16
	Romance and Brass Tacks		1918-09-29
	Chris and His Wonderful Lamp	Betty	1917-07-14
	Barnaby Lee	Dorothy Van Swringen	1917-08-10
	Revenge Is Sweet	One of the Office Girls	1912-07-16