Claire Maynard

Claire Maynard was born on Mar 22, 1912 in USA. Claire Maynard's big-screen debut came with Over the Hill directed by Henry King in 1931.

Claire Maynard was born Marie J. MacCarthy on March 22, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, James MacCarthy, was head of New York City's board of transportation and her grandfather, M.J. Coffey, was a State Senator. When Claire was a teenager she started modeling for a local dress shop. A 20th Century Fox talent scout saw her and signed her to a contract in the Summer of 1931. She made her film debut in the drama Over The Hill. Claire made four more films at Fox including Good Sport and Dance Team. Unfortunately after six moths they decided to drop her contract. She was signed by Universal in 1932 and made two comedy shorts with Slim Summerville. Claire had a brief romance with writer Jack Kirkland, ex-husband of Nancy Carroll.