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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.
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 | Bedside | Nurse | 1934-01-27 |
Movie | Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited) | 1934-06-23 |
Movie | It Happened One Night | Mother on Bus (uncredited) | 1934-02-22 |
Movie | British Agent | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) | 1934-09-15 |
Movie | Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Helen Gorman | 1934-10-02 |
Movie | Imitation of Life | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | Central Airport | Mrs. Blaine | 1933-04-15 |
Movie | The Working Man | Benjamin's Secretary | 1933-04-20 |
Movie | By Appointment Only | Mrs. Mary Carroll | 1933-07-06 |
Movie | Wild Boys of the Road | Mrs. Smith | 1933-10-07 |
Movie | The Famous Ferguson Case | Brooks' Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-04-19 |
Movie | Union Depot | Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) | 1932-01-14 |
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 | The Phantom Express | Ma Nolan | 1932-08-15 |
Movie | Cornered | Jane's Aunt | 1932-08-05 |
Movie | A Successful Calamity | Struthers' Secretary (uncredited) | 1932-09-17 |
Movie | Lawyer Man | Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
Movie | An American Tragedy | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths | 1931-08-22 |
Movie | Manhattan Parade | Nancy - the Maid | 1931-12-24 |
Movie | Young Desire | Mrs. Spencer | 1930-06-08 |
Movie | The Second Floor Mystery | Aunt Hattie | 1930-04-26 |
Movie | Redemption | Anna Pavlovna | 1930-04-05 |
Movie | The Big House | Mrs. Marlowe | 1930-06-14 |
Movie | Wild Company | Mrs. Laura Grayson | 1930-07-05 |
Movie | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother | 1930-12-04 |
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 | The Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary | 1927-02-05 |
Movie | The Auctioneer | Mrs. Tim Eagan | 1927-01-16 |
Movie | A Little Journey | Aunt Louise | 1927-01-01 |
Movie | Tillie the Toiler | Ma Jones | 1927-06-05 |
Movie | The Shield of Honor | Mrs. MacDowell | 1927-12-10 |
Movie | Almost Human | Mrs. Livingston | 1927-12-26 |
Movie | The Shamrock Handicap | Molly O'Shea | 1926-05-02 |
Movie | The Devil's Circus | Mrs. Peterson | 1926-02-14 |
Movie | The Show Off | Mom Fisher | 1926-08-16 |
Movie | The Unknown Soldier | John Phillips' sister | 1926-05-29 |
Movie | The Flaming Forest | Mrs. McTavish | 1926-11-21 |
Movie | The Tower of Lies | Katrina | 1925-10-10 |
Movie | Waking Up the Town | Mrs. Joyce | 1925-03-30 |
Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Princess of Hur | 1925-12-25 |
Movie | The Big Parade | Mrs. Apperson | 1925-11-05 |
Movie | Secrets | Elizabeth Channing | 1924-03-24 |
Movie | The West~Bound Limited | Mrs. Bill Buckley | 1923-04-14 |
Movie | Human Wreckage | Mrs. Brown | 1923-06-17 |
Movie | Ashes of Vengeance | Margot's Aunt | 1923-08-06 |
Movie | Ponjola | Mrs. Hope | 1923-10-28 |
Movie | Penrod | Mrs. Schofield | 1922-02-20 |
Movie | Nice People | Margaret Rainsford | 1922-07-12 |
Movie | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Mrs. Putnam | 1922-12-04 |
Movie | Heart's Haven | May Caroline | 1922-08-08 |
Movie | Midsummer Madness | Mrs. Osborne | 1921-01-23 |
Movie | What Every Woman Knows | Comtesse de la Brière | 1921-04-24 |
Movie | Love Never Dies | Liz Trott | 1921-11-11 |
Movie | The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun | 1920-03-30 |
Movie | The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin | 1920-07-31 |
Movie | The Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland | 1920-01-11 |
Movie | Something to Think About | Housekeeper | 1920-10-16 |
Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido | 1920-12-05 |
Movie | Prudence on Broadway | Miss Grayson | 1919-07-06 |
Movie | Rosalind at Redgate | 1919-01-11 | |
Movie | Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn | 1919-11-30 |
Movie | The Feud | Mary Lynch | 1919-12-07 |
Movie | You Can't Believe Everything | Grace Dardley | 1918-06-23 |
Movie | The White Raven | Daisy | 1917-01-14 |
Movie | The Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee | 1917-04-02 |
Movie | The Clean-Up | Vera Vincent | 1917-08-06 |
Movie | The Storm Woman | 1917-10-02 | |
Movie | A Stranger from Somewhere | Olga | 1916-11-13 |
Movie | The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit | 1916-12-25 |
Movie | Mixed Blood | Nita Valyez | 1916-12-18 |
Movie | The Miser's Legacy | The Crook's Wife | 1915-04-09 |
Movie | Men and Women | Mrs. Stephen Rodman | 1914-08-01 |
Movie | Concentration | The Mother | 1914-01-12 |
Movie | The Fatal Wedding | 1914-01-19 | |
Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife | 1913-03-15 |
Movie | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady | 1913-01-06 |
Movie | The Wrong Bottle | The Blind Sister | 1913-03-06 |
Movie | For Her Government | 1913-12-22 | |
Movie | The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife | 1913-05-10 |
Movie | Olaf—An Atom | A Parent | 1913-05-19 |
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 | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912-02-12 |
Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912-06-17 |
Movie | The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912-02-26 |
Movie | The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912-05-06 |
Movie | The School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart | 1912-06-26 |
Movie | The New York Hat | The Main Gossip | 1912-12-05 |
Movie | A Sailor’s Heart | The Sailor's Third Sweetheart | 1912-11-25 |
Movie | Man's Genesis | Cave Woman | 1912-07-10 |
Movie | The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | 1912-12-19 |
Movie | Fisher Folks | At Fair | 1911-02-16 |
Movie | A Decree of Destiny | A Nun | 1911-03-06 |
Movie | What Shall We Do with Our Old? | The Old Carpenter's Wife | 1911-02-13 |
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 Primal Call | The Woman | 1911-06-21 |
Movie | The Long Road | Ned's Wife | 1911-10-26 |
Movie | A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother | 1911-07-23 |
Movie | The Adventures of Billy | Rich Woman | 1911-10-18 |
Movie | A Woman Scorned | The Doctor's Wife | 1911-11-30 |
Movie | Swords and Hearts | Irene Lambert | 1911-08-27 |
Movie | The Squaw's Love | Silver Fawn | 1911-09-13 |
Movie | Muggsy Becomes a Hero | One of the Sisters Frost | 1910-09-01 |
Movie | Wilful Peggy | Housemaid | 1910-08-24 |
Movie | A Flash of Light | At First Party | 1910-07-17 |
Movie | A Mohawk's Way | 1910-09-12 | |
Movie | Love Among the Roses | 1910-05-08 | |
Movie | The Usurer | Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors | 1910-08-15 |
Movie | The Iconoclast | 1910-10-03 | |
Movie | The Golden Supper | Lady-in-Waiting | 1910-12-12 |
Movie | His New Lid | 1910-11-24 | |
Movie | Waiter No. 5 | The Chief of Police's Wife | 1910-11-03 |
Movie | The Oath and the Man | Rebel | 1910-09-21 |
Movie | Rose o' Salem Town | 1910-09-25 | |
Movie | The Devil | 1908-10-02 |