Claire McDowell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945. Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films she appeared in numerous short & early feature films. She graduated to playing character and mother types. She can be seen to good advantage in Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 The Mark of Zorro. McDowell costarred in two of the biggest films of the silent era The Big Parade and Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ, both in which she played mothers. She was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California, aged 88. She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The happy couple appeared in numerous silent films together including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons Robert Mailes and Eugene Mailes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claire McDowell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Adventure | Woman in Library (uncredited) | 1945-12-28 |
| Movie | Men on Her Mind | Mother Goodwin | 1944-02-12 |
| Movie | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited) | 1944-05-04 |
| Movie | Keeper of the Flame | 1943-04-01 | |
| Movie | Hangmen Also Die! | Counterwoman (uncredited) | 1943-04-15 |
| Movie | This Land Is Mine | Woman in Bathroom | 1943-05-07 |
| Movie | Presenting Lily Mars | Dowager | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | Du Barry was a Lady | Subway Passenger | 1943-08-13 |
| Movie | Whispers | Gossip (uncredited) | 1941-02-08 |
| Movie | Lady Scarface | Mrs. Tuckerman | 1941-09-26 |
| Movie | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited) | 1940-09-06 |
| Movie | A Failure at Fifty | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1940-07-01 |
| Movie | Young Tom Edison | Woman at Station | 1940-03-15 |
| Movie | The Golden Fleecing | Pedestrian (uncredited) | 1940-08-16 |
| Movie | Idiot's Delight | Crying Mother | 1939-01-27 |
| Movie | Angel of Mercy | Mother (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| Movie | Stand Up and Fight | Woman | 1939-01-06 |
| Movie | Miracles for Sale | Jack of Diamonds Woman | 1939-08-10 |
| Movie | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Gossiper | 1939-12-01 |
| Movie | Thunder Afloat | Nurse (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
| Movie | Test Pilot | Funeral Home Associate (uncredited) | 1938-04-16 |
| Movie | Three Comrades | Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited) | 1938-06-02 |
| Movie | The Man on the Rock | Napoleon's Mother (uncredited) | 1938-09-03 |
| Movie | They're Always Caught | Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited) | 1938-07-03 |
| Movie | Boys Town | Nun (uncredited) | 1938-09-08 |
| Movie | Song of Revolt | Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited) | 1937-05-29 |
| Movie | A Night at the Movies | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1937-11-06 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted Sheriff | Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt | 1937-06-14 |
| Movie | August Week End | Alma Washburne | 1936-02-17 |
| Movie | Small Town Girl | Woman in Bed (uncredited) | 1936-04-10 |
| Movie | Murder by Television | Mrs. Houghland | 1935-10-01 |
| Movie | Journal of a Crime | Sister at Hospital (uncredited) | 1934-03-10 |
| Movie | It Happened One Night | Mother on Bus (uncredited) | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited) | 1934-06-23 |
| Movie | Bedside | Nurse | 1934-01-27 |
| Movie | British Agent | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) | 1934-09-15 |
| Movie | Imitation of Life | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Helen Gorman | 1934-10-02 |
| Movie | Central Airport | Mrs. Blaine | 1933-04-15 |
| Movie | The Working Man | Benjamin's Secretary | 1933-04-20 |
| Movie | Wild Boys of the Road | Mrs. Smith | 1933-10-07 |
| Movie | By Appointment Only | Mrs. Mary Carroll | 1933-07-06 |
| Movie | The Famous Ferguson Case | Brooks' Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-04-19 |
| Movie | Under Eighteen | Seamstress (uncredited) | 1932-01-02 |
| Movie | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited) | 1932-05-28 |
| Movie | Union Depot | Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) | 1932-01-14 |
| Movie | The Phantom Express | Ma Nolan | 1932-08-15 |
| Movie | Cornered | Jane's Aunt | 1932-08-05 |
| Movie | Lawyer Man | Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
| Movie | A Successful Calamity | Struthers' Secretary (uncredited) | 1932-09-17 |
| Movie | An American Tragedy | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths | 1931-08-22 |
| Movie | Manhattan Parade | Nancy - the Maid | 1931-12-24 |
| Movie | The Second Floor Mystery | Aunt Hattie | 1930-04-26 |
| Movie | Redemption | Anna Pavlovna | 1930-04-05 |
| Movie | Young Desire | Mrs. Spencer | 1930-06-08 |
| Movie | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother | 1930-12-04 |
| Movie | Wild Company | Mrs. Laura Grayson | 1930-07-05 |
| Movie | The Big House | Mrs. Marlowe | 1930-06-14 |
| Movie | The Flying Fleet | Mrs. Hastings (uncredited) | 1929-01-19 |
| Movie | The Quitter | Mrs. Abbott | 1929-04-01 |
| Movie | The Tragedy of Youth | Mother | 1928-03-01 |
| Movie | The Viking | Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell) | 1928-11-02 |
| Movie | A Little Journey | Aunt Louise | 1927-01-01 |
| Movie | The Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary | 1927-02-05 |
| Movie | The Auctioneer | Mrs. Tim Eagan | 1927-01-16 |
| Movie | The Shield of Honor | Mrs. MacDowell | 1927-12-10 |
| Movie | Almost Human | Mrs. Livingston | 1927-12-26 |
| Movie | The Unknown Soldier | John Phillips' sister | 1926-05-29 |
| Movie | The Devil's Circus | Mrs. Peterson | 1926-02-14 |
| Movie | The Shamrock Handicap | Molly O'Shea | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | The Show Off | Mom Fisher | 1926-08-16 |
| Movie | The Flaming Forest | Mrs. McTavish | 1926-11-21 |
| Movie | Waking Up the Town | Mrs. Joyce | 1925-03-30 |
| Movie | The Tower of Lies | Katrina | 1925-10-10 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Princess of Hur | 1925-12-25 |
| Movie | The Big Parade | Mrs. Apperson | 1925-11-05 |
| Movie | Thy Name Is Woman | Juan's Mother | 1924-02-04 |
| Movie | Secrets | Elizabeth Channing | 1924-03-24 |
| Movie | Human Wreckage | Mrs. Brown | 1923-06-17 |
| Movie | The West~Bound Limited | Mrs. Bill Buckley | 1923-04-14 |
| Movie | Ashes of Vengeance | Margot's Aunt | 1923-08-06 |
| Movie | Ponjola | Mrs. Hope | 1923-10-28 |
| Movie | Nice People | Margaret Rainsford | 1922-07-12 |
| Movie | Penrod | Mrs. Schofield | 1922-02-20 |
| Movie | Heart's Haven | May Caroline | 1922-08-08 |
| Movie | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Mrs. Putnam | 1922-12-04 |
| Movie | Midsummer Madness | Mrs. Osborne | 1921-01-23 |
| Movie | Love Never Dies | Liz Trott | 1921-11-11 |
| Movie | What Every Woman Knows | Comtesse de la Brière | 1921-04-24 |
| Movie | The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun | 1920-03-30 |
| Movie | The Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland | 1920-01-11 |
| Movie | The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin | 1920-07-31 |
| Movie | Something to Think About | Housekeeper | 1920-10-16 |
| Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido | 1920-12-05 |
| Movie | Rosalind at Redgate | 1919-01-11 | |
| Movie | Prudence on Broadway | Miss Grayson | 1919-07-06 |
| Movie | The Feud | Mary Lynch | 1919-12-07 |
| Movie | Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn | 1919-11-30 |
| Movie | You Can't Believe Everything | Grace Dardley | 1918-06-23 |
| Movie | The Gates of Doom | Indore / Agatha | 1917-03-05 |
| Movie | The Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee | 1917-04-02 |
| Movie | The Storm Woman | 1917-10-02 | |
| Movie | Mixed Blood | Nita Valyez | 1916-12-18 |
| Movie | The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit | 1916-12-25 |
| Movie | The Miser's Legacy | The Crook's Wife | 1915-04-09 |
| Movie | The Fatal Wedding | 1914-01-19 | |
| Movie | Concentration | The Mother | 1914-01-12 |
| Movie | Waifs | 1914-01-17 | |
| Movie | The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife | 1913-05-10 |
| Movie | The Wanderer | The Female Lover | 1913-05-02 |
| Movie | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady | 1913-01-06 |
| Movie | Olaf—An Atom | A Parent | 1913-05-19 |
| Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife | 1913-03-15 |
| Movie | For Her Government | 1913-12-22 | |
| Movie | The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse | 1913-09-05 |
| Movie | The Switchtower | The Switchman's Wife | 1913-06-15 |
| Movie | The Vengeance of Galora | Galora | 1913-07-28 |
| Movie | The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912-05-06 |
| Movie | A Temporary Truce | Mexican Jim's Wife | 1912-06-10 |
| Movie | The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife | 1912-04-15 |
| Movie | The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912-02-26 |
| Movie | The School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart | 1912-06-26 |
| Movie | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912-02-12 |
| Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912-06-17 |
| Movie | A Cry for Help | The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient | 1912-12-23 |
| Movie | The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | 1912-12-19 |
| Movie | A Sailor’s Heart | The Sailor's Third Sweetheart | 1912-11-25 |
| Movie | The New York Hat | The Main Gossip | 1912-12-05 |
| Movie | So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town | 1912-09-29 |
| Movie | Man's Genesis | Cave Woman | 1912-07-10 |
| Movie | What Shall We Do with Our Old? | The Old Carpenter's Wife | 1911-02-13 |
| Movie | A Decree of Destiny | A Nun | 1911-03-06 |
| Movie | Fisher Folks | At Fair | 1911-02-16 |
| Movie | His Trust | Col. Frazier's wife | 1911-01-16 |
| Movie | The Manicure Lady | Lunchroom Hostess | 1911-05-18 |
| Movie | His Trust Fulfilled | Mrs. Frazier | 1911-01-18 |
| Movie | Fate's Turning | At Hotel/At Wedding | 1911-01-22 |
| Movie | The Squaw's Love | Silver Fawn | 1911-09-13 |
| Movie | The Long Road | Ned's Wife | 1911-10-26 |
| Movie | The Primal Call | The Woman | 1911-06-21 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Billy | Rich Woman | 1911-10-18 |
| Movie | A Woman Scorned | The Doctor's Wife | 1911-11-30 |
| Movie | A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother | 1911-07-23 |
| Movie | Swords and Hearts | Irene Lambert | 1911-08-27 |
| Movie | Wilful Peggy | Housemaid | 1910-08-24 |
| Movie | The Usurer | Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors | 1910-08-15 |
| Movie | A Flash of Light | At First Party | 1910-07-17 |
| Movie | Muggsy Becomes a Hero | One of the Sisters Frost | 1910-09-01 |
| Movie | Love Among the Roses | 1910-05-08 | |
| Movie | Waiter No. 5 | The Chief of Police's Wife | 1910-11-03 |
| Movie | The Golden Supper | Lady-in-Waiting | 1910-12-12 |
| Movie | The Oath and the Man | Rebel | 1910-09-21 |
| Movie | His New Lid | 1910-11-24 | |
| Movie | Rose o' Salem Town | 1910-09-25 | |
| Movie | The Devil | 1908-10-02 |