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