Biography
A professional from age 16 onward, British actress Mary Clare seemed most at home in costume roles. She played Lady Caroline Lamb in The Life of Lord Byron (1922), Queen Eleanor in
Becket (1923), Mrs. Corney in
Oliver Twist (1948), Mme. Loubet in
Moulin Rouge (1952) and Mrs. Peachum in
The Beggar's Opera (1953). Clare's "contemporary" film assignments included the sinister baroness in Hitchcock's
The Lady Vanishes (1938). In 1942, Mary Clare enjoyed a rare top-billed role in the enjoyable detective comedy-drama Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide