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Claire McDowell
Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

ActingBorn October 31, 1877Died October 23, 1966 (age 88)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

Filmography

1955
MGM Parade

as Self

TV
1945
Adventure

as Woman in Library (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Men on Her Mind

as Mother Goodwin

Movie
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady

as Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Movie
1943
This Land Is Mine

as Woman in Bathroom

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Hangmen Also Die!

as Counterwoman (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Lady Scarface

as Mrs. Tuckerman

Movie
1941
Whispers

as Gossip (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

Movie
1940
The Golden Fleecing

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Movie
1940
A Failure at Fifty

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Young Tom Edison

as Woman at Station

Movie
1939
Thunder Afloat

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1939
One Against the World

as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Miracles for Sale

as Jack of Diamonds Woman

Movie
1939
Angel of Mercy

as Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Idiot's Delight

as Crying Mother

Movie
1939Movie
1938
Boys Town

as Nun (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The Man on the Rock

as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1938
They're Always Caught

as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Three Comrades

as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Test Pilot

as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

Movie
1937
A Night at the Movies

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff

as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

Movie
1937
Song of Revolt

as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Small Town Girl

as Woman in Bed (uncredited)

Movie
1936
August Week End

as Alma Washburne

Movie
1935
Murder by Television

as Mrs. Houghland

Movie
1934
Imitation of Life

as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Two Heads on a Pillow

as Mrs. Helen Gorman

Movie
1934
British Agent

as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Dr. Monica

as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Journal of a Crime

as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

Movie
1934
It Happened One Night

as Mother on Bus (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Bedside

as Nurse

Movie
1933Movie
1933
By Appointment Only

as Mrs. Mary Carroll

Movie
1933
The Working Man

as Benjamin's Secretary

Movie
1933
Central Airport

as Mrs. Blaine

Movie
1932
Lawyer Man

as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1932
A Successful Calamity

as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Cornered

as Jane's Aunt

Movie
1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

Movie
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case

as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Union Depot

as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Under Eighteen

as Seamstress (uncredited)

Movie
1931
Manhattan Parade

as Nancy - the Maid

Movie
1931
An American Tragedy

as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

Movie
1930
Mothers Cry

as Mary's Mother

Movie
1930
Brothers

as Bess Naughton

Movie
1930
Wild Company

as Mrs. Laura Grayson

Movie
1930
The Big House

as Mrs. Marlowe

Movie
1930
Young Desire

as Mrs. Spencer

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Redemption

as Anna Pavlovna

Movie
1929
The Quitter

as Mrs. Abbott

Movie
1929
Silks and Saddles

as Mrs. Calhoun

Movie
1929
The Flying Fleet

as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

Movie
1929
When Dreams Come True

as Martha Shelby

Movie
1928Movie
1928
The Viking

as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

Movie
1928
4 Devils

as Woman

Movie
1928
Don't Marry

as Aunt Abigail Bowen

Movie
1928Movie
1927
Almost Human

as Mrs. Livingston

Movie
1927
The Shield of Honor

as Mrs. MacDowell

Movie
1927
Winds of the Pampas

as Doña Maria Casandos

Movie
1927Movie
1927Movie
1927
The Taxi Dancer

as Aunt Mary

Movie
1927
The Auctioneer

as Mrs. Tim Eagan

Movie
1927
A Little Journey

as Aunt Louise

Movie
1926
The Flaming Forest

as Mrs. McTavish

Movie
1926
The Show Off

as Mom Fisher

Movie
1926
The Unknown Soldier

as John Phillips' sister

Movie
1926
The Shamrock Handicap

as Molly O'Shea

Movie
1926
The Dixie Merchant

as Josephine Fippany

Movie
1926
The Devil's Circus

as Mrs. Peterson

Movie
1925Movie
1925
The Midnight Flyer

as Liza Slater

Movie
1925
The Big Parade

as Mrs. Apperson

Movie
1925Movie
1925
Dollar Down

as Mrs. Meadows

Movie
1925Movie
1925Movie
1925
Waking Up the Town

as Mrs. Joyce

Movie
1925Movie
1924
Those Who Dare

as Mrs. Rollins

Movie
1924
Secrets

as Elizabeth Channing

Movie
1924
Thy Name Is Woman

as Juan's Mother

Movie
1924Movie
1923
Black Oxen

as Agnes Trevor

Movie
1923
Enemies of Children

as Godfrey sister

Movie
1923
Ponjola

as Mrs. Hope

Movie
1923
Ashes of Vengeance

as Margot's Aunt

Movie
1923
Circus Days

as Martha

Movie
1923
Human Wreckage

as Mrs. Brown

Movie
1923
Michael O'Halloran

as Nancy Harding

Movie
1923
The West~Bound Limited

as Mrs. Bill Buckley

Movie
1922
Quincy Adams Sawyer

as Mrs. Putnam

Movie
1922
Heart's Haven

as May Caroline

Movie
1922
Nice People

as Margaret Rainsford

Movie
1922
The Ragged Heiress

as Sylvia Moreton

Movie
1922
Penrod

as Mrs. Schofield

Movie
1922
Rent Free

as Countess de Mourney

Movie
1921
Love Never Dies

as Liz Trott

Movie
1921
Wealth

as Mrs. Dominick

Movie
1921
Mother o' Mine

as Mrs. Sheldon

Movie
1921
What Every Woman Knows

as Comtesse de la Brière

Movie
1921
Midsummer Madness

as Mrs. Osborne

Movie
1921
Prisoners of Love

as Her Mother

Movie
1920
The Mark of Zorro

as Dona Catalina Pulido

Movie
1920Movie
1920
The Jack-Knife Man

as Lize Merdin

Movie
1920
Through Eyes of Men

as Mrs. Virginia All

Movie
1920
The Gift Supreme

as Lalia Graun

Movie
1920
Blind Youth

as Elizabeth Monnier

Movie
1920
The Devil's Riddle

as Mrs. Potts

Movie
1920
The Woman in the Suitcase

as Mrs. James B. Moreland

Movie
1919
The Feud

as Mary Lynch

Movie
1919
Heart o' the Hills

as Martha Hawn

Movie
1919
Chasing Rainbows

as Mrs. Walters

Movie
1919
Prudence on Broadway

as Miss Grayson

Movie
1919Movie
1918
The Return of Mary

as Mrs. John Denby Sr.

Movie
1918Movie
1918Movie
1917Movie
1917
The Clean-Up

as Vera Vincent

Movie
1917
The Bronze Bride

as A-Che-Chee

Movie
1917
The Gates of Doom

as Indore / Agatha

Movie
1917
Avarice

as The Miserly Old Woman

Movie
1917Movie
1916
The Right to Be Happy

as Mrs. Cratchit

Movie
1916
Mixed Blood

as Nita Valyez

Movie
1915
As It Happened

as The Ranchman's Daughter

Movie
1915
Old Offenders

as Joe's Wife

Movie
1915
Her Convert

as The Old Inventor's Daughter

Movie
1915
The Way Out

as The Young School Teacher

Movie
1915
Her Dormant Love

as The Discontented Wife

Movie
1915
The Canceled Mortgage

as The Widowed Mother

Movie
1915
A Day's Adventure

as Hogan's Moll

Movie
1915
The Gambler's I.O.U.

as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter

Movie
1915
The Miser's Legacy

as The Crook's Wife

Movie
1915Movie
1915Movie
1914
Men and Women

as Mrs. Stephen Rodman

Movie
1914
Her Hand

as Olga

Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914
Concentration

as The Mother

Movie
1913
The Abandoned Well

as The Widow

Movie
1913
The House of Discord

as The Sister-in-Law

Movie
1913
All for Science

as Detective

Movie
1913
The Detective's Stratagem

as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart

Movie
1913
The Stopped Clock

as The Antique Dealer's Daughter

Movie
1913Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Law and His Son

as Marguerite, Manning's Sister

Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Strong Man's Burden

as Ida Glynn, The Nurse

Movie
1913
The Crook and the Girl

as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter

Movie
1913
The Work Habit

as The Daughter in the City

Movie
1913
Under the Shadow of the Law

as John Haywood's Sister

Movie
1913Movie
1913Movie
1913
A Misappropriated Turkey

as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan

Movie
1913
The Mirror

as Daisy

Movie
1913Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Switchtower

as The Switchman's Wife

Movie
1913
The Well

as The Farmer's Wife

Movie
1913
The Enemy's Baby

as Miller's Wife

Movie
1913
The Ranchero's Revenge

as The Schemer's Associate

Movie
1913
Olaf—An Atom

as A Parent

Movie
1913
The Stolen Loaf

as The Rich Woman

Movie
1913
The House of Darkness

as The Doctor's Wife

Movie
1913
The Tenderfoot's Money

as The Prospector's Wife

Movie
1913
The Wanderer

as The Female Lover

Movie
1913
The Stolen Bride

as The Wife

Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Wrong Bottle

as The Blind Sister

Movie
1912
The God Within

as The Woodsman's Wife

Movie
1912
A Cry for Help

as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient

Movie
1912
The Massacre

as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

Movie
1912
The New York Hat

as The Main Gossip

Movie
1912
A Sailor’s Heart

as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

Movie
1912
In the Aisles of the Wild

as The Elder Daughter

Movie
1912
So Near, Yet So Far

as Rich Woman in Other Town

Movie
1912Movie
1912
Man's Genesis

as Cave Woman

Movie
1912
The School Teacher and the Waif

as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

Movie
1912
Lena and the Geese

as Lena's Mother

Movie
1912
A Temporary Truce

as Mexican Jim's Wife

Movie
1912Movie
1912
The Old Actor

as At Audition

Movie
1912
The Female of the Species

as The Miner's Wife

Movie
1912
A String of Pearls

as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife

Movie
1912
The Sunbeam

as The Spinster

Movie
1912
The Sands of Dee

as Artist's fiancee

Movie
1912
Under Burning Skies

as The Friend

Movie
1912
Billy's Stratagem

as Billy's Mother

Movie
1912Movie
1912Movie
1911
A Woman Scorned

as The Doctor's Wife

Movie
1911
The Long Road

as Ned's Wife

Movie
1911Movie
1911Movie
1911
The Squaw's Love

as Silver Fawn

Movie
1911
Swords and Hearts

as Irene Lambert

Movie
1911Movie
1911
A Country Cupid

as The Half-Wit's Mother

Movie
1911
The Primal Call

as The Woman

Movie
1911
The Manicure Lady

as Lunchroom Hostess

Movie
1911
The Broken Cross

as Kate's Mother

Movie
1911Movie
1911Movie
1911
Fisher Folks

as At Fair

Movie
1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?

as The Old Carpenter's Wife

Movie
1911
Fate's Turning

as At Hotel/At Wedding

Movie
1911
His Trust Fulfilled

as Mrs. Frazier

Movie
1911
His Trust

as Col. Frazier's wife

Movie
1910
The Golden Supper

as Lady-in-Waiting

Movie
1910Movie
1910
Waiter No. 5

as The Chief of Police's Wife

Movie
1910
The Message of the Violin

as The Other Woman's Servant

Movie
1910Movie
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero

as One of the Sisters Frost

Movie
1910
Wilful Peggy

as Housemaid

Movie
1910
The Usurer

as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

Movie
1910
A Flash of Light

as At First Party

Movie
1908
The Call of the Wild

as Party Guest

Movie
1908
The Planter's Wife

as Mrs. John Holland

Movie
1908Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 31, 1877
Day of DeathOctober 23, 1966
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
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