Whipple debuted in Pittsburgh June 1913 with the Harry Davis Players[a] at the Grand Opera House in a production of The Christian, by Hall Caine.

"[6] Patch's mission was to offer new and original plays, as well as encourage native, and above all, Pittsburgh playwrights.

She co-starred in the film The Prima Donna's Husband (1916), a crime drama directed by William A. Brady, Julius Steger (es), and Joseph A.

Robert Warwick played the role of Hale, and Gail Kane performed the part of Alice Adams, his girlfriend.

The theme of the American Revolution was made more true-to-life with the inclusion of Charles Jackson as Thomas Jefferson.

[11] Clara's first and middle names are drawn from those of her great-grandmother Clarissa Whipple (née Brimmer; 1783–1835)[12] and her aunt, Clarissa Brimmer Whipple (1850–1914), who was twice married, first on February 6, 1881, in Manhattan, New York, to Frederick H. Prentiss (born 1856) (divorced between 1897 and 1900), then on March 2, 1900, in Pittsburgh to Burcham Harding (1852–1930).

From that marriage, Clara gained a half-sister, Frances Jane Whipple (born 1925), who in 1943, married Joseph John Kerchner (1920–2000).

On April 10, 1919, Whipple married motion picture director James Young Jr., at the Mission Inn, Riverside, California.

Jack Pickford, Thomas J. Moore, Texas Guinan, and Doris Pawn were named in Young's preliminary moves.

[17] On October 12, 1922, a day before Whipple became entitled to her divorce decree, Young filed a $50,000 slander suit against her.

The legal action came in response to Whipple's accusations that Young threatened her, pointed guns at her, and offered her $2,000 to return his Ku Klux Klan membership paper and bundles of correspondence he had received from women.

Her residence at the time of her death was 180 Claremont Avenue, where her brother James lived, in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan – less than 2 blocks north of where Juilliard had been located from 1910 to 1969.

Adelbert George Volck, who worked in the film industry, rented Whipple's Holly Drive home.

Whipple filed suit for the collection of a promissory note from motion picture producer Dale Hanshaw[b] in October 1925.

[23][24] Clara Whipple (story) Frances Guihan (screenwriter) William Worthington (director) Haworth Pictures Corporation (production company) The Harry Davis Players By Hall Caine The Grande Opera House (June 1913) The Pitt Players Other productions Henry Miller Mutual Film Corporation By Carolyn Wells Connes-Till Film Company, Toronto[26][27] B C Feature Film Company (distributor) George Brownridge (general manager) Equitable Motion Picture Corporation (production company) Charles M. Seay (director) (released November 22, 1915) Other films Based on the play by Wildbrandt Screen version by Edna Goldsmith Riley (1880–1962) Julius Steger (es) & Joseph A.