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Ina Claire (Ina Fagan Claire) was born on 15 October, 1893 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, is an actress. Discover Ina Claire's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Ina Fagan Claire
Occupation actress
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 15 October, 1893
Birthday 15 October
Birthplace Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Date of death 21 February, 1985
Died Place San Francisco, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Ina Claire Height, Weight & Measurements

At 91 years old, Ina Claire height is 5' 4" (1.63 m) .

Physical Status
Height 5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Who Is Ina Claire's Husband?

Her husband is William Rose Wallace, Jr. (16 March 1939 - 28 February 1976) ( his death), John Gilbert (9 May 1929 - 5 August 1931) ( divorced), James Whittaker (19 July 1919 - 19 October 1925) ( divorced)

Family
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Husband William Rose Wallace, Jr. (16 March 1939 - 28 February 1976) ( his death), John Gilbert (9 May 1929 - 5 August 1931) ( divorced), James Whittaker (19 July 1919 - 19 October 1925) ( divorced)
Sibling Not Available
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Ina Claire Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ina Claire worth at the age of 91 years old? Ina Claire’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Ina Claire's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
Salary in 2023 Under Review
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Source of Income Actress

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1893

Born Ina Fagan, of Irish descent, she lost her father in a car accident four months before she was born (a CAR ACCIDENT in October 1893?!) Without a breadwinner in the family, she was forced to live in a boarding house with her mother. From earliest childhood, she displayed a precocious talent for impersonating other people, which eventually led to her abandonment of school (Holy Cross Academy) at age 17 and her entry into the world of vaudeville. Performing under her mother's maiden name as an imitator of established stage performers made her a popular name in revues on both sides of the Atlantic.

1911

Ina's first extended run on the stage (more than a year) was as Prudence in the 1911 musical "The Quaker Girl", where a very young F. Scott Fitzgerald became enamoured with her.

1915

In 1915, she appeared in the Ziegfeld Folies, and in the following year, had her first major hit as the titular heroine in the comedy "Polly With a Past" at the Belasco Theatre.

1919

Between 1919 and 1928, Ina Claire was almost continuously employed in one theatrical success after another in comedic plays penned by the likes of S. N. Behrman, W. Somerset Maugham, Anthony Trollope and T. S. Eliot. She had huge hits in the title role of "The Last of Mrs.

1920

Effervescent, blond star of sophisticated Broadway comedy in the 1920s.

1922

She reprised the role she had originated on Broadway in 1922 in her first talking picture The Awful Truth (1929), but, like many other early talkies, the film turned out decidedly static and ponderous.

1925

Cheyney" (1925) and, as Lady Grayston, in "Our Betters" (1928).

1930

Paramount picked up the option of signing her for The Royal Family of Broadway (1930), spoofing the private lives of the Barrymore dynasty. Claire essayed a very good likeness of Ethel Barrymore - in fact, it annoyed the real Ethel enough to threaten legal action against Paramount.

1932

John Mason Brown, writing for the New York Post (December 13, 1932) called her "the ablest comedienne our theatre knows". Immensely popular with audiences and critics alike, she was noted for her deft delivery, her wit and charisma and for her elegant, stylish costumes and coiffure. She also had the ability to carefully select her roles to suit her special talent for sophisticated high comedy (though in later years blaming producers for typecasting her and not allowing her the opportunity to shine in dramatic parts). Regardless, Ina Claire has long since been inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Her screen career, brief as it was, seemed desultory - possibly because Claire regarded film making as 'a director's art'.

1937

It was successfully remade by Leo McCarey in 1937 with Irene Dunne in the Claire role. Ina was then slated to play the lead in "Holiday" , an adaptation of a play by Philip Barry, but the nine months remaining of her contract with Pathe proved insufficient and Ina was paid $55,000 instead to settle the contract.

1939

Another eight years elapsed until Ina offered a glimpse of her Broadway panache in the classic comedy Ninotchka (1939) as Greta Garbo's elegant nemesis, the Duchess Swana.

1943

Her last film role was as the mother of movie debutante Dorothy McGuire in the domestic comedy Claudia (1943). An intensely private person, Ina Claire successfully shunned the limelight, except for the duration of her much-publicised, and brief, marriage to fading star John Gilbert (on the rebound from Garbo).

1954

Her curtain call was as the star of "The Confidential Clerk" in 1954, at the Morosco Theatre.

1960

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6150 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.