Claire de Lorez: Difference between revisions

Claire de Lorez was born in San Francisco in 1889.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Actress Robbed Of $25,000 by Paris Trio |url=https://www-.newspapers-.com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/868177032/?match=1&terms=%22Claire%20Delorez%22 |access-date=October 13, 2024 |work=Evening Star |agency=Associated Press |date=March 5, 1949 |location=District of Columbia, Washington |page=2|via = [[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Also known as Claire DeLorez, she had a sister, Thelma DeLorez, who was a dancer.<ref name="sjnp">{{cite news |title=Actress fights for life |url=https://www-.newspapers-.com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/559210437/?match=1&terms=%22Claire%20Delorez%22 |access-date=October 13, 2024 |work=St. Joseph News-Press |date=September 28, 1932 |page=13|via = [[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Specializing in [[Femme fatale|vamp]] roles, de Lorez was active in Hollywood films from 1920 to 1925, after which she went to Paris and performed on stage there<ref name="t" /> in addition to starring in at least five films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stage and Screen |url=https://www-.newspapers-.com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/344816900/?match=1&terms=%22Claire%20de%20Lorez%22 |access-date=October 13, 2024 |work=The Evening Sentinel |date=May 16, 1927 |location=Pennsylvania, Carlisle |page=7|via = [[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

During World War I de Lorez served with an American ambulance unit; in World War II she was interned by Germans at Vittel. She married a man from a wealthy Greek family and became known as Claire Typaldon-Bassian. In 1949 she was secretary of an American Legion post's women's auxiliary in Paris.<ref>{{cite news |title=A $25,000 Jewel Theft |url=https://www-.newspapers-.com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/655895151/?match=1&terms=%22Claire%20de%20Lorez%22 |access-date=October 13, 2024 |work=The Kansas City Star |date=March 5, 1949 |page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In September 1932 de Lorez swallowed pills in a cafe in Paris in an attempt to kill herself. A waiter who saw the act prevented her from drinking water, hoping that would slow the spread of the poison. The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that de Lorez was "suddenly desperate because of her socially and politcally distinguished fiance's declaration that he would not marry her".<ref name="t">{{cite news |title=Actress takes lethal potion |url=https://www-.newspapers-.com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/380466229/?match=1&terms=%22Claire%20Delorez%22 |access-date=October 13, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 27, 1932 |page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref>