Renee Clama

{{Short description|British actress (1910–1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Renee Clama | image = Renee_Clama.jpg | image_size = | caption = Publicity still, 1929 | birth_name = Irene Carolina Emma Clama<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/irene-renee-carolina-emma-clama-24-6jf0x8 Profile], ancestry.com. Accessed 20 July 2023.</ref> | birth_date = 4 July 1910<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160528165054/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1eddbfa Profile], bfi.org.uk. Accessed 20 July 2023.</ref> | birth_place = London, <br /> United Kingdom | death_date = 30 June 1990 (aged 79)<ref name="probate">''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995''</ref> | death_place = Bracknell, <br /> Berkshire <br /> United Kingdom | other_names = | spouse = Maurice Ostrer | children = 2 | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1928-1931 (film) }}

'''Irene''' "'''Renee'''" '''Carolina Emma Clama''' (4 July 1910 – 30 June 1990) was a British actress of paternal Italian parentage.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&q=renee+clama+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA2-PA1908|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=May 16, 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref> She appeared, often in leading roles, in eleven British films of late 1920s and early 1930s including ''The Great Game'' (1930)<ref>Low p.326</ref> and ''Never Trouble Trouble'' (1931)<ref>Low p. 362</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1eddbfa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528165054/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1eddbfa|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2016|title=Renee Clama|website=BFI|accessdate=20 July 2023}}</ref> Many of her films were made by Gainsborough Pictures. She was married to British film executive Maurice Ostrer ({{ne}} Morris Ostravitch), with whom she had two sons, Darryl (1934-2012) and Nigel (born 1935).<ref>[https://www.bairdtelevision.com/Ostrer.html Maurice Ostrer profile], bairdtelevision.com. Accessed 20 July 2023.</ref>

==Filmography== * ''Adventurous Youth'' (1928) * ''Taxi for Two'' (1929) * ''The Devil's Maze'' (1929) * ''The Great Game'' (1930) * ''Greek Street'' (1930) * ''Symphony in Two Flats'' (1930) * ''No Lady'' (1931) * ''The Stronger Sex'' (1931) * ''Never Trouble Trouble'' (1931) * ''The Sport of Kings'' (1931) * ''The Man They Couldn't Arrest'' (1931)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0163310}}

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