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Bernice Claire (Bernice Jahnigen) was born on 27 January, 1906 in Oakland, California, USA, is an Actress, Soundtrack. Discover Bernice Claire's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of Bernice Claire networth?

Popular As Bernice Jahnigen
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 97 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 27 January, 1906
Birthday 27 January
Birthplace Oakland, California, USA
Date of death 17 January, 2003
Died Place Portland, Oregon, USA
Nationality United States

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Bernice Claire Height, Weight & Measurements

At 97 years old, Bernice Claire height is 5' 2½" (1.59 m) .

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Height 5' 2½" (1.59 m)
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Dating & Relationship status

She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Bernice Claire Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bernice Claire worth at the age of 97 years old? Bernice Claire’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Bernice Claire's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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2016

With her new dog, named "Jimmy Walker," she moved to a new apartment at 162 East 86th Street in the Upper East Side.

1967

Her apartment was located at number 2 West 67th Street, just off Central Park West.

1940

" Into the 1940s Bernice continued to play leading ladies in such crowd-pleasing shows as "Irene" and "The Firefly. "When her first husband died, she felt unable to continue her performing. She and her second husband, Douglas Morris, owned property in southern California, including convalescent homes.

1938

In October 1938, when Rodgers and Hart's "I Married an Angel" was produced in Sydney, Australia, Bernice Claire played the role of Countess Peggy, which was originated by Vivienne Segal on Broadway. She returned to Australia the next year to perform "The Waltz Dream. " Back in the U. S. A. she played Lorna Moon, opposite Eric Linden, in "Golden Boy.

1937

In 1937 she was elected "Miss Perfume for 1937" by delegates to the Perfume and Cosmetics Buyers Conference at the Hotel Roosevelt.

1935

In 1935 Claire co-starred in a British musical film Two Hearts in Harmony (1935), co-starring George Curzon.

On WABC she appeared with Frank Munn in 1935, accompanied by Gustave Haenschen's Orchestra. The following year she was on "Melodiana" for station WJZ. Instead of her being cover girl for the movie magazines, now she appeared on the covers of radio magazines, such as "Tower Radio. " Throughout the country, Claire starred in numerous revivals, such as "The Chocolate Soldier," "Naughty Marietta" (Grand Rapids Municipal Opera), "The Fortune Teller," "Robin Hood," "The Firefly," "The Pink Lady," and "Salute to Spring" by Richard Berger (St. Louis Municipal Stadium).

1934

In 1934 she co-starred in The Flame Song (1934) with J.

1933

" In 1933 she and Alexander Gray sang a duet in Universal's Moonlight and Pretzels (1933).

1932

By 1932 Claire returned to New York radio and appeared with many prestigious orchestras, including Rudy Vallee, Erno Rapee and others.

The Vitaphone Company continued to use Claire's talent in film shorts, such as The Red Shadow (1932), based on "The Desert Song," with Alexander Gray.

1931

Within little more than one year, Bernice Claire made the first screen versions of such hits as "Mlle Modiste" (released as Kiss Me Again (1931)), Spring Is Here (1930) (in which she sings "With a Song in My Heart"), The Song of the Flame (1930) and an original film musical Top Speed (1930) starring Joe E. Brown.

1930

As a singer of light opera, Bernice Claire could be called the trailblazer for Jeanette MacDonald. In the year 1930, Claire and Alexander Gray were "the" operetta duo of talking pictures.

Gray was signed to co-star with Marilyn Miller in "Sunny," and Claire was assigned the starring role in the first screen version of No, No, Nanette (1930). They both moved to Hollywood.

When the studios determined that musicals had lost their drawing power, Claire was given a very different role in the prison drama Numbered Men (1930), directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Her co-star was Conrad Nagel.

Harold Murray in an abbreviated version of The Song of the Flame (1930) (which she had made as a feature in 1930). She also toured in vaudeville and played roles in comedies and operettas, such as "Her Master's Voice.

In the 1930s, her days and nights were occupied with radio and special appearances, including the 1935 San Diego Exposition.

1929

" Around 1929 Mr. Gray asked her to accompany him to a screen test for First National-Vitaphone at the time the studios were hastily converting to sound, and bolstering their music departments. The producers liked the team so much, they were both signed.

1920

She moved to New York in the 1920s, where she met singer Alexander Gray, a veteran of the Ziegfeld Follies. Together they co-starred in operettas such as "The Desert Song.

1909

Bernice Claire Jahnigen was born March 22, 1909 in Oakland, California, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jahnigen (later mistranscribed as Jahnigan). Her distinguished Castlemont High Schoolteacher, Alice Eggers, favorably influenced Bernice. It was Eggers who persuaded Bernice to audition for orchestra leader Emil Polak, who led theatre and radio orchestras in San Francisco at that time. Claire's publicist would later fabricate a teacher-student relationship between Claire and opera great Maria Jeritza. She possessed a remarkably clear and pure coloratura voice and had no difficulty singing demanding roles such as Victor Herbert's "Mlle Modiste," in which she starred in a school production.