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- Died
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Claire Adams was born in Winnipeg, Canada (her brother was prolific screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams), and after her education in that country she was sent to a private school in England, where she studied drama. At the outbreak of World War I, however, she joined the nursing corps and spent the war years as a nurse. At war's end she returned to Canada, but soon left for California to break into films. She made quite a few pictures for producer Benjamin B. Hampton, whom she later married. She had a long career in silents, appearing with such major stars as John Gilbert, Tom Mix and Lon Chaney, but when sound came along she made one picture in 1934, What a Mother-in-Law! (1934), and then retired (Hampton had died in 1932).
She died in Melbourne, Australia, on September 25, 1978.- IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpousesDonald John Scobie Mackinnon(April 1, 1937 - December 22, 1974) (his death)Benjamin B. Hampton(September 18, 1924 - January 31, 1932) (his death)
- Sister of screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams
- Died the day after her 82nd birthday.
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