
Claire McDowell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1877
- Died
- October 23, 1966 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
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Filmography

MGM Parade
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Adventure
Movie · as Woman in Library (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie · as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)

Men on Her Mind
Movie · as Mother Goodwin

Keeper of the Flame
Movie

Hangmen Also Die!
Movie · as Counterwoman (uncredited)

This Land Is Mine
Movie · as Woman in Bathroom

Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie · as Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars
Movie · as Dowager

Whispers
Movie · as Gossip (uncredited)

Lady Scarface
Movie · as Mrs. Tuckerman

A Failure at Fifty
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)

Young Tom Edison
Movie · as Woman at Station

The Golden Fleecing
Movie · as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Movie · as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

Stand Up and Fight
Movie · as Woman

Idiot's Delight
Movie · as Crying Mother

Thunder Afloat
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

Miracles for Sale
Movie · as Jack of Diamonds Woman

Angel of Mercy
Movie · as Mother (uncredited)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Movie · as Gossiper

One Against the World
Movie · as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

Three Comrades
Movie · as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

Test Pilot
Movie · as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

Boys Town
Movie · as Nun (uncredited)

The Man on the Rock
Movie · as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

They're Always Caught
Movie · as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

A Night at the Movies
Movie · as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Sheriff
Movie · as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

Song of Revolt
Movie · as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

August Week End
Movie · as Alma Washburne

Small Town Girl
Movie · as Woman in Bed (uncredited)

Murder by Television
Movie · as Mrs. Houghland

Bedside
Movie · as Nurse

Two Heads on a Pillow
Movie · as Mrs. Helen Gorman

British Agent
Movie · as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

Journal of a Crime
Movie · as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

It Happened One Night
Movie · as Mother on Bus (uncredited)

Dr. Monica
Movie · as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

Imitation of Life
Movie · as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

Wild Boys of the Road
Movie · as Mrs. Smith

The Working Man
Movie · as Benjamin's Secretary

By Appointment Only
Movie · as Mrs. Mary Carroll

Central Airport
Movie · as Mrs. Blaine

The Phantom Express
Movie · as Ma Nolan

Under Eighteen
Movie · as Seamstress (uncredited)

The Famous Ferguson Case
Movie · as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

A Successful Calamity
Movie · as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

Lawyer Man
Movie · as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

Cornered
Movie · as Jane's Aunt

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Movie · as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

Union Depot
Movie · as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Manhattan Parade
Movie · as Nancy - the Maid

An American Tragedy
Movie · as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

The Big House
Movie · as Mrs. Marlowe

The Second Floor Mystery
Movie · as Aunt Hattie

Redemption
Movie · as Anna Pavlovna

Mothers Cry
Movie · as Mary's Mother

Young Desire
Movie · as Mrs. Spencer

Wild Company
Movie · as Mrs. Laura Grayson

Brothers
Movie · as Bess Naughton

The Quitter
Movie · as Mrs. Abbott

Silks and Saddles
Movie · as Mrs. Calhoun

The Flying Fleet
Movie · as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

When Dreams Come True
Movie · as Martha Shelby
Don't Marry
Movie · as Aunt Abigail Bowen

The Viking
Movie · as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

The Tragedy of Youth
Movie · as Mother

4 Devils
Movie · as Woman

Marriage by Contract
Movie · as Mother

Tillie the Toiler
Movie · as Ma Jones

The Black Diamond Express
Movie · as Martha Foster

Almost Human
Movie · as Mrs. Livingston

The Shield of Honor
Movie · as Mrs. MacDowell

A Little Journey
Movie · as Aunt Louise

The Auctioneer
Movie · as Mrs. Tim Eagan

The Taxi Dancer
Movie · as Aunt Mary
Winds of the Pampas
Movie · as Doña Maria Casandos

The Flaming Forest
Movie · as Mrs. McTavish

The Shamrock Handicap
Movie · as Molly O'Shea

The Devil's Circus
Movie · as Mrs. Peterson

The Unknown Soldier
Movie · as John Phillips' sister

The Dixie Merchant
Movie · as Josephine Fippany

The Show Off
Movie · as Mom Fisher

The Big Parade
Movie · as Mrs. Apperson

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · as Princess of Hur

The Midnight Flyer
Movie · as Liza Slater

The Tower of Lies
Movie · as Katrina
The Reckless Sex
Movie · as Concha

Waking Up the Town
Movie · as Mrs. Joyce

The End of the World
Movie · as Mrs. Joyce
The End of the World
Movie · as Mrs. Joyce

Dollar Down
Movie · as Mrs. Meadows

Judgment of the Storm
Movie · as Mrs. Heath

Secrets
Movie · as Elizabeth Channing

Those Who Dare
Movie · as Mrs. Rollins

Thy Name Is Woman
Movie · as Juan's Mother

Ponjola
Movie · as Mrs. Hope

Ashes of Vengeance
Movie · as Margot's Aunt

Michael O'Halloran
Movie · as Nancy Harding

Enemies of Children
Movie · as Godfrey sister

Human Wreckage
Movie · as Mrs. Brown

Circus Days
Movie · as Martha

The West~Bound Limited
Movie · as Mrs. Bill Buckley

Black Oxen
Movie · as Agnes Trevor

Rent Free
Movie · as Countess de Mourney

Quincy Adams Sawyer
Movie · as Mrs. Putnam

Nice People
Movie · as Margaret Rainsford

Penrod
Movie · as Mrs. Schofield

Heart's Haven
Movie · as May Caroline

The Ragged Heiress
Movie · as Sylvia Moreton

Prisoners of Love
Movie · as Her Mother

Midsummer Madness
Movie · as Mrs. Osborne

Love Never Dies
Movie · as Liz Trott

What Every Woman Knows
Movie · as Comtesse de la Brière

Wealth
Movie · as Mrs. Dominick

Mother o' Mine
Movie · as Mrs. Sheldon

The Mark of Zorro
Movie · as Dona Catalina Pulido

The Gift Supreme
Movie · as Lalia Graun

Something to Think About
Movie · as Housekeeper

The Jack-Knife Man
Movie · as Lize Merdin

The Woman in the Suitcase
Movie · as Mrs. James B. Moreland

Through Eyes of Men
Movie · as Mrs. Virginia All

Blind Youth
Movie · as Elizabeth Monnier

The Devil's Riddle
Movie · as Mrs. Potts

The Feud
Movie · as Mary Lynch

Heart o' the Hills
Movie · as Martha Hawn
Rosalind at Redgate
Movie

The Follies Girl
Movie · as Nina

Prudence on Broadway
Movie · as Miss Grayson

Chasing Rainbows
Movie · as Mrs. Walters

Captain of His Soul
Movie · as Annette

You Can't Believe Everything
Movie · as Grace Dardley

The Return of Mary
Movie · as Mrs. John Denby Sr.

Man Above the Law
Movie · as Natchah

The White Raven
Movie · as Daisy
The Empty Gun
Movie · as Mary
Avarice
Movie · as The Miserly Old Woman

The Clean-Up
Movie · as Vera Vincent

The Storm Woman
Movie

The Gates of Doom
Movie · as Indore / Agatha

The Bronze Bride
Movie · as A-Che-Chee

Fighting Back
Movie · as The Fury

The Right to Be Happy
Movie · as Mrs. Cratchit

A Stranger from Somewhere
Movie · as Olga

Mixed Blood
Movie · as Nita Valyez
The Sheriff's Dilemma
Movie · as Molly
The Miser's Legacy
Movie · as The Crook's Wife
The Gambler's I.O.U.
Movie · as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
A Day's Adventure
Movie · as Hogan's Moll

The Canceled Mortgage
Movie · as The Widowed Mother
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Movie · as Crook
Her Dormant Love
Movie · as The Discontented Wife
The Way Out
Movie · as The Young School Teacher
Her Convert
Movie · as The Old Inventor's Daughter
Old Offenders
Movie · as Joe's Wife
As It Happened
Movie · as The Ranchman's Daughter

The Heart of a Bandit
Movie · as Claire
Cupid Entangled
Movie · as The Actress
The Fatal Wedding
Movie

Concentration
Movie · as The Mother
Waifs
Movie
His Fireman's Conscience
Movie · as Mrs. Daily
A Nest Unfeathered
Movie · as Kate

Her Father's Silent Partner
Movie
Her Hand
Movie · as Olga
The Cracksman's Gratitude
Movie

Men and Women
Movie · as Mrs. Stephen Rodman

The Switchtower
Movie · as The Switchman's Wife
A Misappropriated Turkey
Movie · as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
The Wrong Bottle
Movie · as The Blind Sister

The Tenderfoot's Money
Movie · as The Prospector's Wife
The Stolen Loaf
Movie · as The Rich Woman
The Ranchero's Revenge
Movie · as The Schemer's Associate
The Well
Movie · as The Farmer's Wife
A Gamble with Death
Movie · as Kate
The Enemy's Baby
Movie · as Miller's Wife
A Gambler's Honor
Movie · as Beth
The Mirror
Movie · as Daisy
The Vengeance of Galora
Movie · as Galora
Under the Shadow of the Law
Movie · as John Haywood's Sister
I Was Meant for You
Movie · as Lavina
The Work Habit
Movie · as The Daughter in the City
The Crook and the Girl
Movie · as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
The Stolen Treaty
Movie · as Olga
The Law and His Son
Movie · as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
The Van Nostrand Tiara
Movie · as Kate
The Stopped Clock
Movie · as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
The Detective's Stratagem
Movie · as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
All for Science
Movie · as Detective
For Her Government
Movie
The Abandoned Well
Movie · as The Widow

The House of Discord
Movie · as The Sister-in-Law

The Strong Man's Burden
Movie · as Ida Glynn, The Nurse

The Unwelcome Guest
Movie · as The Wife

The Telephone Girl and the Lady
Movie · as The Lady

The Wanderer
Movie · as The Female Lover

Olaf—An Atom
Movie · as A Parent
The Stolen Bride
Movie · as The Wife

The House of Darkness
Movie · as The Doctor's Wife
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Movie · as Edith

The New York Hat
Movie · as The Main Gossip

The Baby and the Stork
Movie · as The Mother, The Workman
When the Fire-Bells Rang
Movie · as An Actress

The Sands of Dee
Movie · as Artist's fiancee

Two Daughters of Eve
Movie · as The Mother

In the Aisles of the Wild
Movie · as The Elder Daughter

A Cry for Help
Movie · as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient

The Massacre
Movie · as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

The Old Actor
Movie · as At Audition

The Sunbeam
Movie · as The Spinster

The School Teacher and the Waif
Movie · as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

Man's Genesis
Movie · as Cave Woman

Under Burning Skies
Movie · as The Friend

A Sailor’s Heart
Movie · as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

Billy's Stratagem
Movie · as Billy's Mother

The Female of the Species
Movie · as The Miner's Wife

Lena and the Geese
Movie · as Lena's Mother

A Temporary Truce
Movie · as Mexican Jim's Wife

So Near, Yet So Far
Movie · as Rich Woman in Other Town
The God Within
Movie · as The Woodsman's Wife

A String of Pearls
Movie · as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife

His Trust
Movie · as Col. Frazier's wife

What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Movie · as The Old Carpenter's Wife

A Country Cupid
Movie · as The Half-Wit's Mother

His Trust Fulfilled
Movie · as Mrs. Frazier

Swords and Hearts
Movie · as Irene Lambert

The Primal Call
Movie · as The Woman

The Manicure Lady
Movie · as Lunchroom Hostess
The Unveiling
Movie

A Decree of Destiny
Movie · as A Nun

The Long Road
Movie · as Ned's Wife

The Adventures of Billy
Movie · as Rich Woman

Fisher Folks
Movie · as At Fair

A Woman Scorned
Movie · as The Doctor's Wife

The Squaw's Love
Movie · as Silver Fawn

Fate's Turning
Movie · as At Hotel/At Wedding
The Spanish Gypsy
Movie · as Paula
The Broken Cross
Movie · as Kate's Mother
The Sorrowful Example
Movie · as The Wife

Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Movie · as One of the Sisters Frost
His New Lid
Movie

A Flash of Light
Movie · as At First Party

Rose o' Salem Town
Movie

Love Among the Roses
Movie

The Golden Supper
Movie · as Lady-in-Waiting

The Usurer
Movie · as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

Waiter No. 5
Movie · as The Chief of Police's Wife
A Mohawk's Way
Movie
The Iconoclast
Movie

Wilful Peggy
Movie · as Housemaid

The Oath and the Man
Movie · as Rebel
The Message of the Violin
Movie · as The Other Woman's Servant

The Devil
Movie

The Planter's Wife
Movie · as Mrs. John Holland

The Call of the Wild
Movie · as Party Guest

