Claire Adams

For other people named Claire Adams, see Claire Adams (disambiguation).

Claire Adams
Adams in 1920
Born
Beryl Vere Nassau Adams

(1898-09-24)24 September 1898
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died25 September 1978(1978-09-25) (aged 80)
Melbourne, Australia
Years active1912–1963
Spouses
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    (m. 1924; died 1932)​
  • Donald John Scobie Mackinnon
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    (m. 1932; died 1974)​

Claire Adams (née Beryl Vere Nassau Adams; 24 September 1898 – 25 September 1978) was a silent film actress and benefactor. She was born in Canada, studied there and in England, and developed a movie career in Hollywood. She spent the second half of her life in Australia.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Actress Plays Reuniting Role". Oakland Tribune. California, Oakland. 7 July 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Among the Movie Stars". The Salina Evening Journal. Kansas, Salina. 25 December 1920. p. 14. Retrieved 3 September 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ McCallum, Bonnie (1978). ales Untold: Memoirs of an ABC Publicity Officer. Melbourne: Hawthorn Press. p. 32.
  4. ^ Maxwell, Virginia. "Mackinnon, Donald John Scobie (1906–1974)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 November 2018.