Claire McDowell
Acting
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
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tvMGM Parade
1955
Self
movieAdventure
1945
Woman in Library (uncredited)
movieAndy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
movieMen on Her Mind
1944
Mother Goodwin
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
movieThis Land Is Mine
1943
Woman in Bathroom
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943
Counterwoman (uncredited)
movieLady Scarface
1941
Mrs. Tuckerman
movieWhispers
1941
Gossip (uncredited)
movieDr. Kildare Goes Home
1940
Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
movieThe Golden Fleecing
1940
Pedestrian (uncredited)
movieA Failure at Fifty
1940
Minor Role (uncredited)
movieYoung Tom Edison
1940
Woman at Station
movieThunder Afloat
1939
Nurse (uncredited)
movieOne Against the World
1939
Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
movieMiracles for Sale
1939
Jack of Diamonds Woman
movieAngel of Mercy
1939
Mother (uncredited)
movieIdiot's Delight
1939
Crying Mother
movieBoys Town
1938
Nun (uncredited)
movieThe Man on the Rock
1938
Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
movieThey're Always Caught
1938
Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
movieThree Comrades
1938
Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
movieTest Pilot
1938
Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
movieA Night at the Movies
1937
Movie Patron (uncredited)
movieTwo-Fisted Sheriff
1937
Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
movieSong of Revolt
1937
Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
movieSmall Town Girl
1936
Woman in Bed (uncredited)
movieAugust Week End
1936
Alma Washburne
movieMurder by Television
1935
Mrs. Houghland
movieImitation of Life
1934
Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
movieTwo Heads on a Pillow
1934
Mrs. Helen Gorman
movieBritish Agent
1934
Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
movieDr. Monica
1934
Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
movieJournal of a Crime
1934
Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
movieIt Happened One Night
1934
Mother on Bus (uncredited)
movieBedside
1934
Nurse
movieWild Boys of the Road
1933
Mrs. Smith
movieBy Appointment Only
1933
Mrs. Mary Carroll
movieThe Working Man
1933
Benjamin's Secretary
movieCentral Airport
1933
Mrs. Blaine
movieLawyer Man
1932
Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
movieA Successful Calamity
1932
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
movieThe Phantom Express
1932
Ma Nolan
movieCornered
1932
Jane's Aunt
movieThe Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932
Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
movieThe Famous Ferguson Case
1932
Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
movieUnion Depot
1932
Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
movieUnder Eighteen
1932
Seamstress (uncredited)
movieManhattan Parade
1931
Nancy - the Maid
movieAn American Tragedy
1931
Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
movieMothers Cry
1930
Mary's Mother
movieBrothers
1930
Bess Naughton
movieWild Company
1930
Mrs. Laura Grayson
movieThe Big House
1930
Mrs. Marlowe
movieYoung Desire
1930
Mrs. Spencer
movieThe Second Floor Mystery
1930
Aunt Hattie
movieRedemption
1930
Anna Pavlovna
movieThe Quitter
1929
Mrs. Abbott
movieSilks and Saddles
1929
Mrs. Calhoun
movieThe Flying Fleet
1929
Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
movieWhen Dreams Come True
1929
Martha Shelby
movieThe Viking
1928
Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
movie4 Devils
1928
Woman
Don't Marry
1928
Aunt Abigail Bowen
movieAlmost Human
1927
Mrs. Livingston
movieThe Shield of Honor
1927
Mrs. MacDowell
Winds of the Pampas
1927
Doña Maria Casandos
movieTillie the Toiler
1927
Ma Jones
movieThe Black Diamond Express
1927
Martha Foster
movieThe Taxi Dancer
1927
Aunt Mary
movieThe Auctioneer
1927
Mrs. Tim Eagan
movieA Little Journey
1927
Aunt Louise
movieThe Flaming Forest
1926
Mrs. McTavish
movieThe Show Off
1926
Mom Fisher
movieThe Unknown Soldier
1926
John Phillips' sister
movieThe Shamrock Handicap
1926
Molly O'Shea
movieThe Dixie Merchant
1926
Josephine Fippany
movieThe Devil's Circus
1926
Mrs. Peterson
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Princess of Hur
movieThe Midnight Flyer
1925
Liza Slater
movieThe Big Parade
1925
Mrs. Apperson
movieThe Tower of Lies
1925
Katrina
movieDollar Down
1925
Mrs. Meadows
movieThe End of the World
1925
Mrs. Joyce
movieWaking Up the Town
1925
Mrs. Joyce
movieThose Who Dare
1924
Mrs. Rollins
movieSecrets
1924
Elizabeth Channing
movieThy Name Is Woman
1924
Juan's Mother
movieJudgment of the Storm
1924
Mrs. Heath
movieBlack Oxen
1923
Agnes Trevor
movieEnemies of Children
1923
Godfrey sister
moviePonjola
1923
Mrs. Hope
movieAshes of Vengeance
1923
Margot's Aunt
movieCircus Days
1923
Martha
movieHuman Wreckage
1923
Mrs. Brown
movieMichael O'Halloran
1923
Nancy Harding
movieThe West~Bound Limited
1923
Mrs. Bill Buckley
movieQuincy Adams Sawyer
1922
Mrs. Putnam
movieHeart's Haven
1922
May Caroline
movieNice People
1922
Margaret Rainsford
movieThe Ragged Heiress
1922
Sylvia Moreton
moviePenrod
1922
Mrs. Schofield
movieRent Free
1922
Countess de Mourney
movieLove Never Dies
1921
Liz Trott
movieWealth
1921
Mrs. Dominick
movieMother o' Mine
1921
Mrs. Sheldon
movieWhat Every Woman Knows
1921
Comtesse de la Brière
movieMidsummer Madness
1921
Mrs. Osborne
moviePrisoners of Love
1921
Her Mother
movieThe Mark of Zorro
1920
Dona Catalina Pulido
movieSomething to Think About
1920
Housekeeper
movieThe Jack-Knife Man
1920
Lize Merdin
movieThrough Eyes of Men
1920
Mrs. Virginia All
movieThe Gift Supreme
1920
Lalia Graun
movieBlind Youth
1920
Elizabeth Monnier
movieThe Devil's Riddle
1920
Mrs. Potts
movieThe Woman in the Suitcase
1920
Mrs. James B. Moreland
movieThe Feud
1919
Mary Lynch
movieHeart o' the Hills
1919
Martha Hawn
movieChasing Rainbows
1919
Mrs. Walters
moviePrudence on Broadway
1919
Miss Grayson
movieThe Return of Mary
1918
Mrs. John Denby Sr.
movieYou Can't Believe Everything
1918
Grace Dardley
movieCaptain of His Soul
1918
Annette
movieThe Clean-Up
1917
Vera Vincent
movieThe Bronze Bride
1917
A-Che-Chee
movieThe Gates of Doom
1917
Indore / Agatha
Avarice
1917
The Miserly Old Woman
movieThe Right to Be Happy
1916
Mrs. Cratchit
movieMixed Blood
1916
Nita Valyez
As It Happened
1915
The Ranchman's Daughter
Old Offenders
1915
Joe's Wife
Her Convert
1915
The Old Inventor's Daughter
The Way Out
1915
The Young School Teacher
Her Dormant Love
1915
The Discontented Wife
movieThe Canceled Mortgage
1915
The Widowed Mother
A Day's Adventure
1915
Hogan's Moll
The Gambler's I.O.U.
1915
Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
The Miser's Legacy
1915
The Crook's Wife
movieMen and Women
1914
Mrs. Stephen Rodman
movieConcentration
1914
The Mother
movieThe House of Discord
1913
The Sister-in-Law
The Detective's Stratagem
1913
Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
The Stopped Clock
1913
The Antique Dealer's Daughter
The Law and His Son
1913
Marguerite, Manning's Sister
movieThe Strong Man's Burden
1913
Ida Glynn, The Nurse
The Crook and the Girl
1913
The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
The Work Habit
1913
The Daughter in the City
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913
John Haywood's Sister
A Misappropriated Turkey
1913
Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
movieThe Switchtower
1913
The Switchman's Wife
The Well
1913
The Farmer's Wife
The Enemy's Baby
1913
Miller's Wife
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913
The Schemer's Associate
movieOlaf—An Atom
1913
A Parent
The Stolen Loaf
1913
The Rich Woman
movieThe House of Darkness
1913
The Doctor's Wife
movieThe Tenderfoot's Money
1913
The Prospector's Wife
movieThe Wanderer
1913
The Female Lover
movieThe Unwelcome Guest
1913
The Wife
The Wrong Bottle
1913
The Blind Sister
The God Within
1912
The Woodsman's Wife
movieA Cry for Help
1912
The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
movieThe Massacre
1912
Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
movieThe New York Hat
1912
The Main Gossip
movieA Sailor’s Heart
1912
The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
movieIn the Aisles of the Wild
1912
The Elder Daughter
movieSo Near, Yet So Far
1912
Rich Woman in Other Town
movieTwo Daughters of Eve
1912
The Mother
movieMan's Genesis
1912
Cave Woman
movieThe School Teacher and the Waif
1912
The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
movieLena and the Geese
1912
Lena's Mother
movieA Temporary Truce
1912
Mexican Jim's Wife
movieThe Old Actor
1912
At Audition
movieThe Female of the Species
1912
The Miner's Wife
movieA String of Pearls
1912
The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
movieThe Sunbeam
1912
The Spinster
movieThe Sands of Dee
1912
Artist's fiancee
movieUnder Burning Skies
1912
The Friend
movieBilly's Stratagem
1912
Billy's Mother
movieThe Baby and the Stork
1912
The Mother / The Workman
movieA Woman Scorned
1911
The Doctor's Wife
movieThe Long Road
1911
Ned's Wife
movieThe Adventures of Billy
1911
Rich Woman
movieThe Squaw's Love
1911
Silver Fawn
movieSwords and Hearts
1911
Irene Lambert
movieA Country Cupid
1911
The Half-Wit's Mother
movieThe Primal Call
1911
The Woman
movieThe Manicure Lady
1911
Lunchroom Hostess
The Broken Cross
1911
Kate's Mother
movieFisher Folks
1911
At Fair
movieWhat Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911
The Old Carpenter's Wife
movieFate's Turning
1911
At Hotel/At Wedding
movieHis Trust Fulfilled
1911
Mrs. Frazier
movieHis Trust
1911
Col. Frazier's wife
movieThe Golden Supper
1910
Lady-in-Waiting
movieWaiter No. 5
1910
The Chief of Police's Wife
The Message of the Violin
1910
The Other Woman's Servant
movieMuggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
One of the Sisters Frost
movieWilful Peggy
1910
Housemaid
movieThe Usurer
1910
Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
movieA Flash of Light
1910
At First Party
movieThe Call of the Wild
1908
Party Guest
movieThe Planter's Wife
1908
Mrs. John Holland
