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 | Hangmen Also Die! | Counterwoman (uncredited) | 1943-04-15 |
| Movie | Presenting Lily Mars | Dowager | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | Keeper of the Flame | 1943-04-01 | |
| Movie | This Land Is Mine | Woman in Bathroom | 1943-05-07 |
| 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 | Young Tom Edison | Woman at Station | 1940-03-15 |
| Movie | A Failure at Fifty | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1940-07-01 |
| Movie | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited) | 1940-09-06 |
| 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 | Two-Fisted Sheriff | Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt | 1937-06-14 |
| Movie | Song of Revolt | Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited) | 1937-05-29 |
| Movie | A Night at the Movies | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1937-11-06 |
| 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 | It Happened One Night | Mother on Bus (uncredited) | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | Journal of a Crime | Sister at Hospital (uncredited) | 1934-03-10 |
| Movie | Bedside | Nurse | 1934-01-27 |
| Movie | Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Helen Gorman | 1934-10-02 |
| Movie | Imitation of Life | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | British Agent | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) | 1934-09-15 |
| Movie | Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited) | 1934-06-23 |
| 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 | 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 | The Phantom Express | Ma Nolan | 1932-08-15 |
| Movie | An American Tragedy | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths | 1931-08-22 |
| Movie | Manhattan Parade | Nancy - the Maid | 1931-12-24 |
| Movie | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother | 1930-12-04 |
| Movie | Redemption | Anna Pavlovna | 1930-04-05 |
| Movie | Young Desire | Mrs. Spencer | 1930-06-08 |
| Movie | The Second Floor Mystery | Aunt Hattie | 1930-04-26 |
| Movie | The Big House | Mrs. Marlowe | 1930-06-14 |
| Movie | Wild Company | Mrs. Laura Grayson | 1930-07-05 |
| 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 | Almost Human | Mrs. Livingston | 1927-12-26 |
| Movie | The Auctioneer | Mrs. Tim Eagan | 1927-01-16 |
| Movie | The Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary | 1927-02-05 |
| Movie | The Shield of Honor | Mrs. MacDowell | 1927-12-10 |
| Movie | Winds of the Pampas | Doña Maria Casandos | 1927-10-01 |
| Movie | Tillie the Toiler | Ma Jones | 1927-06-05 |
| Movie | The Dixie Merchant | Josephine Fippany | 1926-03-07 |
| Movie | The Devil's Circus | Mrs. Peterson | 1926-02-14 |
| Movie | The Shamrock Handicap | Molly O'Shea | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | The Unknown Soldier | John Phillips' sister | 1926-05-29 |
| Movie | The Show Off | Mom Fisher | 1926-08-16 |
| 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 | The Midnight Flyer | Liza Slater | 1925-12-06 |
| Movie | The Big Parade | Mrs. Apperson | 1925-11-05 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Princess of Hur | 1925-12-25 |
| Movie | Thy Name Is Woman | Juan's Mother | 1924-02-04 |
| Movie | Secrets | Elizabeth Channing | 1924-03-24 |
| Movie | Ponjola | Mrs. Hope | 1923-10-28 |
| Movie | Michael O'Halloran | Nancy Harding | 1923-06-10 |
| 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 | 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 Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee | 1917-04-02 |
| Movie | The White Raven | Daisy | 1917-01-14 |
| 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 | 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 | Concentration | The Mother | 1914-01-12 |
| Movie | The Fatal Wedding | 1914-01-19 | |
| Movie | Men and Women | Mrs. Stephen Rodman | 1914-08-01 |
| Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife | 1913-03-15 |
| Movie | The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife | 1913-05-10 |
| Movie | The Wrong Bottle | The Blind Sister | 1913-03-06 |
| Movie | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady | 1913-01-06 |
| Movie | For Her Government | 1913-12-22 | |
| Movie | Olaf—An Atom | A Parent | 1913-05-19 |
| Movie | The Enemy's Baby | Miller's Wife | 1913-06-10 |
| Movie | The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife | 1912-04-15 |
| Movie | The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912-02-26 |
| Movie | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912-02-12 |
| Movie | A Temporary Truce | Mexican Jim's Wife | 1912-06-10 |
| Movie | Under Burning Skies | The Friend | 1912-02-21 |
| Movie | The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912-05-06 |
| Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912-06-17 |
| Movie | The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | 1912-12-19 |
| 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 School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart | 1912-06-26 |
| 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 | A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother | 1911-07-23 |
| 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 | 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 |