Claire Dodd

Claire Dodd was an American film actress.

Some confusion has led to Dodds birthplace being listed as Des Moines, Iowa. Early in her career, Dodd applied for a passport in preparation for a trip to Europe, and was reported as saying she only knew she was born in Iowa. Whether an attempted bit of publicity, she wound up with plenty in her home state. My early childhood is just a blur to me, she once said. I dont remember a thing about Iowa, Im sorry to say. I was so small when I left there. Dodd had numerous relatives who still lived in and around Baxter when her apparent memory lapse was reported in the Register amp Tribunes Iowa News Service on April 29, 1935. Locals were in an uproar for a time, spurred on by newspaper editorials taking the incident as an insult to a small town in rural Iowa. Deputy Jasper County Clerk John B. Norris quickly sent a copy of her birth certificate to Dodd by registered mail to end the question.

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