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