Ina Claire

Ina Claire was born on Oct 15, 1893 in USA. Ina Claire's big-screen debut came with The Royal Family of Broadway directed by George Cukor in 1930. Ina Claire is known for Ninotchka directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Greta Garbo stars as Ninotchka and Melvyn Douglas as Leon. The most recent award Ina Claire achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Ina Claire plays is Stage Door Canteen which will be released on Nov 22, 1943.

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