Hollywood character actress probably best known for her role as Miles Archer's wife in 'The Maltese Falcon'.
Daughter of Sir Arthur Evans Clare (c.1865-1939). Her father won his knighthood for service in India with the British army. He died in Hollywood several months after being injured in an automobile accident.
Her mother, Lady Clare (Alice), passed away in Hollywood at the age of 71.
Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
