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- Birth nameEdilou Bailhe
- Ludi Claire was born on April 15, 1922 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Edge of Night (1956), Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) and The DuPont Show of the Month (1957). She was married to John Claire and Laurence Hugo. She died on July 4, 1990 in New York, New York, USA.
- SpousesJohn Claire(May 22, 1940 - ?)Laurence Hugo(? - July 3, 1990) (her death)
- She was the very first of a great many writers to work on the script of "Cleopatra" (1963), although producer Walter Wanger seems to have hired her (in 1958) to write a detailed treatment rather than a full screenplay.
- A close friend of Sir Alec Guinness and his wife. When Guinness first arrived in Hollywood (alone) to film "The Swan", she met him off the plane and was with him when, that evening, he accidentally met James Dean at a restaurant.
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