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Mary Clare

Mary Clare

Actor · Died August 29, 1970, aged 78 · Lambeth, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Clare (17 July 1892 – 29 August 1970) was a British actress of stage, film and television. In films, she was mainly a character actress, in later life often portraying mature ladies who had strength of character or were autocratic. She appeared in two of the British-made Alfred Hitchcock films, Young and Innocent (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 16, 1892
Died
August 29, 1970 (aged 78)
From
Lambeth, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 7% in 30 days

What are Mary Clare's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
31%
Morality
28%
Self
19%
Power
11%
Ideas
11%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFate2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Melancholic
3
Romantic
3
Contemplative
2
Bittersweet
2
Other
8

How their films linger

Feel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mary Clare's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Mary Clare's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

57 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Price of Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Mrs. West

  • Colonel March of Scotland Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Wrigley

  • Mambo(1954)

    as Contessa Marisoni

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Beggar's Opera(1953)

    as Mrs. Peachum

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Hindle Wakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Mrs. Martha Jeffcote

  • Moulin Rouge(1952)

    as Madame Loubet

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Penny Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Maria

  • Portrait of Clare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Lady Hingston

  • The Black Rose(1950)

    as Countess Eleanor of Lessford

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Cardboard Cavalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Milady Doverhouse

  • Esther Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Mrs. Latch

  • Oliver Twist(1948)

    as Mrs. Corney

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Three Weird Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Maude Morgan-Vaughan

  • My Brother Jonathan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Mrs. Dakers

  • Mrs. Fitzherbert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Duchess of Devonshire

  • London Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Mrs. Gates

  • One Exciting Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Mrs. Trout

  • Fiddlers Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Volumnia

  • The Hundred Pound Window (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Millie Draper

  • The Next of Kin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Mrs. Webster

  • The Night Has Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Mrs. Ranger

  • The Patient Vanishes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Matron

  • Old Bill and Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Maggie

  • The Briggs Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Briggs

  • Miss Grant Goes to the Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Caroline

  • Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs Pym

  • The Fugitive(1939)

    as Lizzie Crane

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • A Girl Must Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Wallis

  • There Ain't No Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Ma Mutch

  • Climbing High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Lady Emily Westaker

  • The Citadel(1938)

    as Mrs. Orlando

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Lady Vanishes(1938)

    as Baroness Isabel Nisatona

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Challenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as His Mother

  • The Rat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Mere Colline

  • Young and Innocent(1937)

    as Erica's Aunt Margaret

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Mill on the Floss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Mrs. Moss

  • The Guv'nor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mme. Barsac

  • The Passing of the Third Floor Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Sharpe

  • The Clairvoyant(1935)

    as Mother

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Lorna Doone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mistress Sara Ridd

  • Say It with Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Kate Bishop

  • The Constant Nymph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Linda Sanger

  • Keepers of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Venner

  • Bill's Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Smithers

  • Many Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Rosel

  • Gipsy Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Factory Girl

  • Hindle Wakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Jeffcote

  • The Outsider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Coates

  • Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Lily

  • The Feather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Mrs Dalton

  • The Constant Nymph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Linda Sanger

  • Becket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine

  • Lights of London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Hetty Preene

  • A Gipsy Cavalier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Janet

  • A Prince of Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Lady Caroline Lamb

  • The Skin Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Chloe Hornblower

  • The Black Spider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Angela Brentwood

Career shape

Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 57 titles from 1920 to 1959.

Biggest box office

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

$128K worldwide

Highest rated

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Oliver Twist (1948)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting57 of 57: 57 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

By decade

1920s8 · acting1930s23 · acting1940s17 · acting1950s9 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Mary Clare's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Mary Clare work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mary Clare's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Louis Levy shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles