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Claire Carleton (September 28, 1913 - December 11, 1979) was an American actress whose career spanned four decades from the 1930s through the 1960s. She appeared in over a hundred films, the majority of them features, and on numerous television shows, including several recurring roles. In addition to her screen acting, she also had a successful stage career. ==Life and career== Carleton was born in New York City. She began acting on the stage, eventually making it to Broadway, where she made her debut as Lucy in the short-lived play, ''Blue Monday'' in June, 1932.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 Although she made her film debut in a small role in a 1933 film short, ''Seasoned Greetings'', and continued to occasionally make shorts for the remainder of the decade, she concentrated on her stage career during the 1930s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 She made her first appearance in a feature film in 1940's ''Millionaire Playboy'', starring Joe Penner, Linda Hayes, and Russ Brown.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Broadway Database )〕 During her film career she was often cast as the "other woman", or in a sexually promiscuous role. Her career ran the gamut of roles, from small, un-credited, unnamed roles, such as a nightclub patron in the 1949 musical, ''On the Town'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=On the Town: Detail View )〕 to small supporting roles like Vicki Vale in 1948's ''If You Knew Susie'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=If You Knew Susie: Detail View )〕 to small featured roles like Miss Francis in the classic drama, ''Death of a Salesman'' (1951),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Death of a Salesman: Detail View )〕 and leading roles such as in ''Gildersleeve on Broadway'' (1943), where she played Francine Gray.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gildersleeve on Broadway: Detail View )〕 She had featured supporting roles in numerous films, among the most notable being: the lead of Kay Stevens in the 1941 western mystery ''The Great Train Robbery'';〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Great Train Robbery: Detail View )〕 as Ruby LaRue in ''A Night of Adventure'' (1944), starring Tom Conway;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A Night of Adventure: Detail View )〕 as Belle Townley in the 1946 western, ''Gun Town'', starring Kirby Grant;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gun Town: Detail View )〕 in one of The Shadow films, ''The Missing Lady'' (1946), in the role of Rose Dawson;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Missing Lady: Detail View )〕 and Grace in 1949's ''It's a Great Feeling'', starring Doris Day, Jack Carson, and Dennis Morgan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=It's a Great Feeling: Detail View )〕 During the mid-1940s she also starred in a series of two-reelers with Leon Errol, such as 1946's ''Poppa Knows Worst''.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Movie Database )〕 Other notable films in which she appeared include: ''Rookies in Burma'' (1943), starring the comedy duo of Wally Brown and Alan Carney, in which she had the featured role of Connie;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Rookies in Burma: Detail View )〕 the 1944 musical ''Show Business'', starring Eddie Cantor and George Murphy;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Show Business: Detail View )〕 the 1947 comedy ''The Senator Was Indiscreet'', starring William Powell; in George Cukor's ''A Double Life'' (1947), starring Ronald Colman;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A Double Life: Detail View )〕 the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical, ''The Barkleys of Broadway'' (1949);〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Barkleys of Broadway: Detail View )〕 in another Cukor film, ''Born Yesterday'', starring Judy Holliday (in an Oscar-winning performance), William Holden, and Broderick Crawford;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Born Yesterday: Detail View )〕 the 1954 suspense drama, ''Witness to Murder'', starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, and Gary Merrill;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Witness to Murder: Detail View )〕 and the biopic, ''The Buster Keaton Story'' (1957), starring Donald O'Connor, Ann Blyth, and Rhonda Fleming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Buster Keaton Story: Detail View )〕 With the advent of television, Carleton transitioned to the small screen in the 1950s, and by the 1960s she worked almost solely in that medium. Her final big screen appearance was in 1961's ''The Devil's Partner'', in the featured role of Ida.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Devil's Partner: Detail View )〕 Carleton's television debut was on the DuMont Television Network's crime drama series ''Front Page Detective'' in 1951, in which she had a starring guest appearance in the episode titled, "Frame for Murder".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Movie Database )〕 In 1954-5 she co-starred as Nell Mulligan, Mickey Rooney's mother, on the ''The Mickey Rooney Show'' though she was only seven years older than Rooney.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Claire Carleton (1913–1979) )〕 She had other recurring roles on television, including that of Alice Purdy on ''Cimarron City'', which starred George Montgomery. She appeared as a guest on dozens of other television shows, including ''Hopalong Cassidy'' (1952), ''The Abbott and Costello Show'' (1953), ''Mr. & Mrs. North'' (1953), ''The Gene Autry Show'' (1954), ''Treasury Men in Action'' (1954-5), ''Studio 57'', ''The Millionaire'' (1955-6), ''The Lone Ranger'', several appearances on ''Schlitz Playhouse'', ''Maverick'' (1958), ''Perry Mason'' (1959), several appearances on ''M Squad'' (1959), ''Leave It to Beaver'' (1959), ''Make Room for Daddy'' (later known as ''The Danny Thomas Show'' - 1958 & 1960), several appearances on ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' from 1956-61, ''77 Sunset Strip'' (1962), ''Hazel'' (1962-3), several performances from 1960-5 on ''Wagon Train'', and ''The Munsters'' (1964).〔 Her final acting performance was in a small role as a store clerk during the eighth season of the television series ''The Virginian'' in 1969.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Internet Movie Database )〕 Carleton married Fred E. Sherman, who she remained married to until his death in 1969. She died from cancer on December 11, 1979 in Northridge, California, and was interred next to her husband at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=Find a Grave )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claire Carleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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