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