Clare Greet (14 June 1871 – 14 February 1939) was an English stage and film actress. She began on stage in Shakespeare with the Ben Greet Company. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1939, including seven films directed by (and one produced by)

Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...

. She was born in

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

and died in London.

Partial filmography

* '' The Rotters'' (1921) as Mrs. Clugson * '' Love at the Wheel'' (1921) as Martha * '' Three Live Ghosts'' (1922) as Mrs. Gubbins * '' Number 13'' (1922) as Mrs. Peabody * '' The Farmer from Texas'' (1925) as Frau Appelboom * '' The Ring'' (1927) as Fortune Teller (uncredited) * '' The Rising Generation'' (1928) as Cook * '' The Manxman'' (1929) as Mrs. Cregeen * '' Murder!'' (1930) as Member of the Jury * '' Third Time Lucky'' (1931) as Mrs. Scratton * ''

Alibi An alibi (, from the Latin, '' alibī'', meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person under suspicion in a crime that they were in a different place when the offence was committed. During a police investigation, all suspects are usually a ...

'' (1931) * '' Many Waters'' (1931) as Registry Office Cleaner (uncredited) * '' Lord Babs'' (1932) as Mrs. Parker * '' The Sign of Four'' (1932) as Mrs. Hudson (uncredited) * '' White Face'' (1932) as Mrs. Albert * ''

Lord Camber's Ladies ''Lord Camber's Ladies'' (1932) is a British drama film directed by Benn W. Levy, produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Gerald du Maurier, Gertrude Lawrence, Benita Hume, and Nigel Bruce. Plot An aristocrat marries a singer, but then tr ...

'' (1932) as Peach * '' Channel Crossing'' (1933) as Anxious Passenger * '' Mrs. Dane's Defence'' (1933) as Mrs. Bulsom-Porter * '' The Pointing Finger'' (1933) as Landlady * '' Little Friend'' (1934) as Mrs. Parry * '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1934) as Mrs. Brockett (uncredited) * ''

Emil and the Detectives ''Emil and the Detectives'' () is a 1929 novel set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner and illustrated by Walter Trier. It was Kästner's first major success and the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship. The ...

'' (1935) as Grandma * '' Maria Marten'' (1936) as Mrs. Marten * '' Royal Eagle'' (1936) * ''

Sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization (warfare), demoralization, destabilization, divide and rule, division, social disruption, disrupti ...

'' (1936) as Mrs. Jones, Cook (uncredited) * '' St. Martin's Lane'' (1938) as Old Maud * '' Jamaica Inn'' (1939) as Granny Tremarney, Sir Humphrey's Tenant

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* 1871 births 1939 deaths English stage actresses English film actresses English silent film actresses Actresses from Leicestershire 20th-century English actresses {{England-film-actor-stub