Claire McDowell
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Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945. Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films, McDowell appeared in numerous films, eventually graduating to playing character and mother types. She can be seen to good advantage in Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 The Mark of Zorro. McDowell appeared in two of the biggest films of the silent era, The Big Parade (1925) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), both in which she played mothers. She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The couple appeared in numerous silent films together, including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert Mailes and Eugene Mailes. Claire McDowell died, aged 88, in Hollywood, California. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Credits
It Happened One Night (1934)
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Princess of Hur
British Agent (1934)
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
Dollar Down (1925)
as Mrs. Meadows
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
The Big Parade (1925)
as Mrs. Apperson
Wealth (1921)
as Mrs. Dominick
Boys Town (1938)
as Nun (uncredited)
The Mark of Zorro (1920)
as Dona Catalina Pulido
Young Tom Edison (1940)
as Woman at Station
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
Central Airport (1933)
as Mrs. Blaine
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
as Dowager
This Land Is Mine (1943)
as Woman in Bathroom
Blind Youth (1920)
as Elizabeth Monnier
The Female of the Species (1912)
as The Miner's Wife
Young Desire (1930)
as Mrs. Spencer
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
Men on Her Mind (1944)
as Mother Goodwin
Cornered (1932)
as Jane's Aunt
Test Pilot (1938)
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
Mother o' Mine (1921)
as Mrs. Sheldon
The Broken Cross (1911)
as Kate's Mother
They're Always Caught (1938)
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
Imitation of Life (1934)
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
A Decree of Destiny (1911)
as A Nun
The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
The House of Discord (1913)
as The Sister-in-Law
The End of the World (1925)
as Mrs. Joyce
The Mirror (1913)
as Daisy
When Dreams Come True (1929)
as Martha Shelby
The Return of Mary (1918)
as Mrs. John Denby Sr.
Adventure (1945)
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
You Can't Believe Everything (1918)
as Grace Dardley
The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
as Paula
Cupid Entangled (1915)
as The Actress
Silks and Saddles (1929)
as Mrs. Calhoun
The Devil's Riddle (1920)
as Mrs. Potts
The Big House (1930)
as Mrs. Marlowe
The Unknown Soldier (1926)
as John Phillips' sister
The Baby and the Stork (1912)
as The Mother
Penrod (1922)
as Mrs. Schofield
In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
as The Elder Daughter
Men and Women (1914)
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
The Flaming Forest (1926)
as Mrs. McTavish
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
as Mrs. Putnam
Concentration (1914)
as The Mother
Tillie the Toiler (1927)
as Ma Jones
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
as Mrs. Smith
Keeper of the Flame (1943)
Actor
A Successful Calamity (1932)
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
An American Tragedy (1931)
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Captain of His Soul (1918)
as Annette
The Follies Girl (1919)
as Nina
Old Offenders (1915)
as Joe's Wife
The Working Man (1933)
as Benjamin's Secretary
I Was Meant for You (1913)
as Lavina
The Devil's Circus (1926)
as Mrs. Peterson
Her Father's Silent Partner (1914)
Actor
Something to Think About (1920)
as Housekeeper
What Every Woman Knows (1921)
as Comtesse de la Brière
The Squaw's Love (1911)
as Silver Fawn
Lady Scarface (1941)
as Mrs. Tuckerman
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
Three Comrades (1938)
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
Love Among the Roses (1910)
Actor
Union Depot (1932)
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
A Mohawk's Way (1910)
Actor
The Crook and the Girl (1913)
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Crying Mother
The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
as Aunt Hattie
The Adventures of Billy (1911)
as Rich Woman
The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
as The Schemer's Associate
The Empty Gun (1917)
as Mary
A Country Cupid (1911)
as The Half-Wit's Mother
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Woman
Ashes of Vengeance (1923)
as Margot's Aunt
The Stolen Bride (1913)
as The Wife
Truth Stranger Than Fiction (1915)
as Crook
The Oath and the Man (1910)
as Rebel
The Vengeance of Galora (1913)
as Galora
Her Convert (1915)
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
The Gates of Doom (1917)
as Indore / Agatha
The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913)
as Kate
Her Hand (1914)
as Olga
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913)
as Edith
The Gift Supreme (1920)
as Lalia Graun
Judgment of the Storm (1924)
as Mrs. Heath
When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912)
as An Actress
Don't Marry (1928)
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937)
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
The Show Off (1926)
as Mom Fisher
The Enemy's Baby (1913)
as Miller's Wife
A Gamble with Death (1913)
as Kate
The Shield of Honor (1927)
as Mrs. MacDowell
Chasing Rainbows (1919)
as Mrs. Walters
Black Oxen (1923)
as Agnes Trevor
The Tenderfoot's Money (1913)
as The Prospector's Wife
What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
The Call of the Wild (1908)
as Party Guest
Wilful Peggy (1910)
as Housemaid
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
The Reckless Sex (1925)
as Concha
The Ragged Heiress (1922)
as Sylvia Moreton
A Flash of Light (1910)
as At First Party
The Viking (1928)
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
Journal of a Crime (1934)
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
The Law and His Son (1913)
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
The Taxi Dancer (1927)
as Aunt Mary
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
as Rich Woman in Other Town
Lawyer Man (1932)
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
The Wrong Bottle (1913)
as The Blind Sister
The New York Hat (1912)
as The Main Gossip
The God Within (1912)
as The Woodsman's Wife
Michael O'Halloran (1923)
as Nancy Harding
Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
The Stolen Treaty (1913)
as Olga
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
as One of the Sisters Frost
The Well (1913)
as The Farmer's Wife
A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
as Kate
The Sheriff's Dilemma (1915)
as Molly
The Detective's Stratagem (1913)
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
A Gambler's Honor (1913)
as Beth
Under Eighteen (1932)
as Seamstress (uncredited)
The Heart of a Bandit (1915)
as Claire
A Woman Scorned (1911)
as The Doctor's Wife
Waking Up the Town (1925)
as Mrs. Joyce
The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
as Molly O'Shea
Midsummer Madness (1921)
as Mrs. Osborne
A Stranger from Somewhere (1916)
as Olga
A String of Pearls (1912)
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
Miracles for Sale (1939)
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
as Gossiper
The Tragedy of Youth (1928)
as Mother
Olaf—An Atom (1913)
as A Parent
A Cry for Help (1912)
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
The Fatal Wedding (1914)
Actor
Ponjola (1923)
as Mrs. Hope
The Way Out (1915)
as The Young School Teacher
The West~Bound Limited (1923)
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
The Manicure Lady (1911)
as Lunchroom Hostess
The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
as Lize Merdin
4 Devils (1928)
as Woman
Prisoners of Love (1921)
as Her Mother
The Golden Supper (1910)
as Lady-in-Waiting
The Storm Woman (1917)
Actor
The Cracksman's Gratitude (1914)
Actor
Lena and the Geese (1912)
as Lena's Mother
Dr. Monica (1934)
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
Heart o' the Hills (1919)
as Martha Hawn
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
Man's Genesis (1912)
as Cave Woman
The House of Darkness (1913)
as The Doctor's Wife
The Quitter (1929)
as Mrs. Abbott
Mothers Cry (1930)
as Mary's Mother
A Night at the Movies (1937)
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Avarice (1917)
as The Miserly Old Woman
Redemption (1930)
as Anna Pavlovna
The Sands of Dee (1912)
as Artist's fiancee
Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)
as John Haywood's Sister
The Old Actor (1912)
as At Audition
Mixed Blood (1916)
as Nita Valyez
The Tower of Lies (1925)
as Katrina
Wild Company (1930)
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
The Sorrowful Example (1911)
as The Wife
Human Wreckage (1923)
as Mrs. Brown
The Feud (1919)
as Mary Lynch
The Gambler's I.O.U. (1915)
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
as Juan's Mother
Enemies of Children (1923)
as Godfrey sister
A Failure at Fifty (1940)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
The Planter's Wife (1908)
as Mrs. John Holland
The Man on the Rock (1938)
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
Whispers (1941)
as Gossip (uncredited)
His Fireman's Conscience (1914)
as Mrs. Daily
The Long Road (1911)
as Ned's Wife
The Massacre (1912)
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
as The Mother
The Canceled Mortgage (1915)
as The Widowed Mother
Manhattan Parade (1931)
as Nancy - the Maid
Nice People (1922)
as Margaret Rainsford
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
as The Lady
The Wanderer (1913)
as The Female Lover
Through Eyes of Men (1920)
as Mrs. Virginia All
One Against the World (1939)
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
The Message of the Violin (1910)
as The Other Woman's Servant
The Miser's Legacy (1915)
as The Crook's Wife
The End of the World (1925)
as Mrs. Joyce
Waiter No. 5 (1910)
as The Chief of Police's Wife
Murder by Television (1935)
as Mrs. Houghland
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Love Never Dies (1921)
as Liz Trott
For Her Government (1913)
Actor
Marriage by Contract (1928)
as Mother
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
as The Wife
All for Science (1913)
as Detective
Fate's Turning (1911)
as At Hotel/At Wedding
The Abandoned Well (1913)
as The Widow
A Sailor’s Heart (1912)
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
Actor
The Stopped Clock (1913)
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
His Trust (1911)
as Col. Frazier's wife
As It Happened (1915)
as The Ranchman's Daughter
A Day's Adventure (1915)
as Hogan's Moll
The Switchtower (1913)
as The Switchman's Wife
Almost Human (1927)
as Mrs. Livingston
The Flying Fleet (1929)
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
August Week End (1936)
as Alma Washburne
Angel of Mercy (1939)
as Mother (uncredited)
The Black Diamond Express (1927)
as Martha Foster
Brothers (1930)
as Bess Naughton
The Primal Call (1911)
as The Woman
A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
Winds of the Pampas (1927)
as Doña Maria Casandos
Circus Days (1923)
as Martha
Rent Free (1922)
as Countess de Mourney
Secrets (1924)
as Elizabeth Channing
The Bronze Bride (1917)
as A-Che-Chee
The Auctioneer (1927)
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
Waifs (1914)
Actor
Heart's Haven (1922)
as May Caroline
Rosalind at Redgate (1919)
Actor
The Iconoclast (1910)
Actor
A Temporary Truce (1912)
as Mexican Jim's Wife
Swords and Hearts (1911)
as Irene Lambert
The Usurer (1910)
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
The Dixie Merchant (1926)
as Josephine Fippany
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
as The Rich Woman
The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
Prudence on Broadway (1919)
as Miss Grayson
The Work Habit (1913)
as The Daughter in the City
The Right to Be Happy (1916)
as Mrs. Cratchit
Those Who Dare (1924)
as Mrs. Rollins
His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
as Mrs. Frazier
The Unveiling (1911)
Actor
The Midnight Flyer (1925)
as Liza Slater
Bedside (1934)
as Nurse
Fisher Folks (1911)
as At Fair
Song of Revolt (1937)
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
The Phantom Express (1932)
as Ma Nolan
By Appointment Only (1933)
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
His New Lid (1910)
Actor
The Clean-Up (1917)
as Vera Vincent
The White Raven (1917)
as Daisy
Under Burning Skies (1912)
as The Friend
The Devil (1908)
Actor
Billy's Stratagem (1912)
as Billy's Mother
A Little Journey (1927)
as Aunt Louise
The Sunbeam (1912)
as The Spinster
Her Dormant Love (1915)
as The Discontented Wife