Claire Anderson (actress)

Claire Mathis Anderson (May 8, 1891 – March 23, 1964), native of Detroit,[1] was a silent film actress who worked with stars such as Constance Talmadge, Harry Carey, Thurston Hall, Tom Mix and Gloria Swanson.

[1] Before she became an actress, Anderson worked as a telephone operator at Hudson's department store in Detroit.

[3] She also volunteered to replace a leading lady in a Sennett comedy who refused to enter a lion's cage.

[1] Anderson also appeared in the 1944 production of Mexican Hayride at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.

She was married to Harry H. Anderson, a "wealthy Hollywood automobile agent".