# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clare-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:32:37.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clare-west"
name: "Clare West"
slug: "clare-west"
description: "Clare West born Clara Belle Smith was one of the first costume designers in Hollywood. She did notable work in the films of D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Recognising the importance of film costume in haute couture, some regard her as a predecessor in the American Look."
tagline: "American costume designer (1879-1961)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Affairs_of_Anatol_cast.jpg/330px-Affairs_of_Anatol_cast.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1879-01-30"
deathDate: "1961-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.86
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.468682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921994/"
    handle:    "nm0921994"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_West_(costume_designer)"
    title: "Clare West (costume designer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "كلير ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "كلير ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_West"
    title: "Clare West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_West"
    title: "Clare West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3679102"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8826"
    title: "Clare West"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump