Clare Greet

English actress

Clare Greet

Born	Clara Greet (1871-06-14)14 June 1871 Leicestershire, England
Died	14 February 1939(1939-02-14) (aged 67) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1921–1939

Clare Greet (14 June 1871 – 14 February 1939) was an English stage and film actress.^[1]^[2] She began on stage in Shakespeare with the Ben Greet Company.^[3] She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1939, including seven films directed by (and one produced by) Alfred Hitchcock.^[4] She was born in Leicestershire and died in London.^[4]

Partial filmography

The Rotters (1921) as Mrs. Clugson
Love at the Wheel (1921) as Martha
Three Live Ghosts (1922) as Mrs. Gubbins
Number 13 (1922) as Mrs. Peabody
The Farmer from Texas (1925) as Frau Appelboom
The Ring (1927) as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
The Rising Generation (1928) as Cook
The Manxman (1929) as Mrs. Cregeen
Murder! (1930) as Member of the Jury
Third Time Lucky (1931) as Mrs. Scratton
Alibi (1931)
Many Waters (1931) as Registry Office Cleaner (uncredited)
Lord Babs (1932) as Mrs. Parker
The Sign of Four (1932) as Mrs. Hudson (uncredited)
White Face (1932) as Mrs. Albert
Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) as Peach
Channel Crossing (1933) as Anxious Passenger
Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933) as Mrs. Bulsom-Porter
The Pointing Finger (1933) as Landlady
Little Friend (1934) as Mrs. Parry
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) as Mrs. Brockett (uncredited)
Emil and the Detectives (1935) as Grandma
Maria Marten (1936) as Mrs. Marten
Royal Eagle (1936)
Sabotage (1936) as Mrs. Jones, Cook (uncredited)
St. Martin's Lane (1938) as Old Maud
Jamaica Inn (1939) as Granny Tremarney, Sir Humphrey's Tenant

References

^ "Clare Greet - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Clare Greet". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "DEATH OF CLARE GREET". Sydney Morning Herald. 16 February 1939. p. 10 – via Trove.
^ ^a ^b Whitty, Stephen (9 June 2016). The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442251601.