Biography
Claire Mathis Anderson (May 8, 1891 β March 23, 1964), native of Detroit, was a silent film actress who worked with stars such as Constance Talmadge, Harry Carey, Thurston Hall, Tom Mix and Gloria Swanson. She was described as one of the original Sennett Bathing Beauties.Before she became an actress, Anderson worked as a telephone operator in Hudson's department store in Detroit.Anderson became the first documented double used in film in 1914 when she replaced Blanche Sweet in some scenes of The Escape while Sweet had scarlet fever. She also volunteered to replace a leading lady in a Sennett comedy who refused to enter a lion's cage. After Anderson entered the cage, she received a contract for $675 a week.Anderson also appeared in the 1944 production of Mexican Hayride at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
She was married to Harry H. Anderson, a "wealthy Hollywood automobile agent".
Filmography
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Movies 27
The Meddler (1925)
The Clean Up (1923)
The Road Demon (1921)
When We Were Twenty-One (1921)
The Path She Chose (1920)
The Girl in Number 29 (1920)
Rider of the Law (1919)
The Spitfire of Seville (1919)
The Blinding Trail (1919)
Who Cares? (1919)
The Grey Parasol (1918)
The Price of Applause (1918)
Did She Do Wrong? (1918)
A Sanitarium Scandal (1917)
Won By a Fowl (1917)
The Late Lamented (1917)
The Show Down (1917)
A Clever Dummy (1917)
The Bookworm Turns (1917)
Bath Tub Perils (1916)
His Bread and Butter (1916)
Cinders of Love (1916)
Dizzy Heights and Daring Hearts (1915)
Gussle's Wayward Path (1915)
The Craven (1915)
The Three Brothers (1915)
At Dawn (1914)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1895-05-08
Deathday1964-03-23 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesDetroit, United States of America
Also Known AsClaire Mathes, Cora Anderson, Betty Anderson, Claire Mathis Anderson
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