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