On This Day in History, March 8: ‘Dead End’ No Dead End for Brooklyn Actress
Clair Trevor was born Claire Wernlinger in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, on March 8, 1909.
Trevor appeared in many films between Life in the Raw (’33) and How to Murder Your Wife (’65), after which she retired almost completely from show biz.
She won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in Key Largo (’48). She was nominated as Best Supporting Actress in Dead End (’37) and again for The High and the Mighty (’54).