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
Acted in 196
1940s
- 1945
Adventure
Woman in Library (uncredited)
- 1944
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
Men on Her Mind
Mother Goodwin
- 1943
This Land Is Mine
Woman in Bathroom
- 1941
Lady Scarface
Mrs. Tuckerman
Whispers
Gossip (uncredited)
- 1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing
Pedestrian (uncredited)
A Failure at Fifty
Minor Role (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
Woman at Station
1930s
- 1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Gossiper
Thunder Afloat
Nurse (uncredited)
One Against the World
Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
Miracles for Sale
Jack of Diamonds Woman
Angel of Mercy
Mother (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Crying Mother
Stand Up and Fight
Woman
- 1938
The Man on the Rock
Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
They're Always Caught
Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
Three Comrades
Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
- 1937
A Night at the Movies
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
Song of Revolt
Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
- 1936
Small Town Girl
Woman in Bed (uncredited)
August Week End
Alma Washburne
- 1935
Murder by Television
Mrs. Houghland
- 1934
Imitation of Life
Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
Two Heads on a Pillow
Mrs. Helen Gorman
Dr. Monica
Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime
Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
Bedside
Nurse
- 1933
By Appointment Only
Mrs. Mary Carroll
Central Airport
Mrs. Blaine
- 1932
A Successful Calamity
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
The Phantom Express
Ma Nolan
Cornered
Jane's Aunt
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
The Famous Ferguson Case
Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
Union Depot
Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
Under Eighteen
Seamstress (uncredited)
- 1931
Manhattan Parade
Nancy - the Maid
An American Tragedy
Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
- 1930
Mothers Cry
Mary's Mother
Brothers
Bess Naughton
Wild Company
Mrs. Laura Grayson
The Big House
Mrs. Marlowe
The Second Floor Mystery
Aunt Hattie
Redemption
Anna Pavlovna
1920s
- 1929
The Quitter
Mrs. Abbott
Silks and Saddles
Mrs. Calhoun
The Flying Fleet
Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
When Dreams Come True
Martha Shelby
- 1928
Marriage by Contract
Mother
The Viking
Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
4 Devils
Woman
The Tragedy of Youth
Mother
- 1927
Almost Human
Mrs. Livingston
The Shield of Honor
Mrs. MacDowell
Tillie the Toiler
Ma Jones
The Black Diamond Express
Martha Foster
The Taxi Dancer
Aunt Mary
The Auctioneer
Mrs. Tim Eagan
A Little Journey
Aunt Louise
- 1926
The Flaming Forest
Mrs. McTavish
The Show Off
Mom Fisher
The Unknown Soldier
John Phillips' sister
The Shamrock Handicap
Molly O'Shea
The Dixie Merchant
Josephine Fippany
The Devil's Circus
Mrs. Peterson
- 1925
The Midnight Flyer
Liza Slater
The Tower of Lies
Katrina
The End of the World
Mrs. Joyce
Waking Up the Town
Mrs. Joyce
- 1924
Those Who Dare
Mrs. Rollins
Secrets
Elizabeth Channing
Thy Name Is Woman
Juan's Mother
Judgment of the Storm
Mrs. Heath
- 1923
Black Oxen
Agnes Trevor
Enemies of Children
Godfrey sister
Ponjola
Mrs. Hope
Ashes of Vengeance
Margot's Aunt
Circus Days
Martha
Human Wreckage
Mrs. Brown
Michael O'Halloran
Nancy Harding
The West~Bound Limited
Mrs. Bill Buckley
- 1922
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Mrs. Putnam
Heart's Haven
May Caroline
Nice People
Margaret Rainsford
The Ragged Heiress
Sylvia Moreton
Rent Free
Countess de Mourney
- 1921
Love Never Dies
Liz Trott
Mother o' Mine
Mrs. Sheldon
What Every Woman Knows
Comtesse de la Brière
Midsummer Madness
Mrs. Osborne
Prisoners of Love
Her Mother
- 1920
Something to Think About
Housekeeper
The Jack-Knife Man
Lize Merdin
Through Eyes of Men
Mrs. Virginia All
The Gift Supreme
Lalia Graun
The Devil's Riddle
Mrs. Potts
The Woman in the Suitcase
Mrs. James B. Moreland
1910s
- 1919
The Feud
Mary Lynch
Heart o' the Hills
Martha Hawn
Chasing Rainbows
Mrs. Walters
Prudence on Broadway
Miss Grayson
The Follies Girl
Nina
- 1918
The Return of Mary
Mrs. John Denby Sr.
You Can't Believe Everything
Grace Dardley
Captain of His Soul
Annette
- 1917
Fighting Back
The Fury
The Storm Woman
Movie
The Clean-Up
Vera Vincent
The Bronze Bride
A-Che-Chee
The Gates of Doom
Indore / Agatha
The White Raven
Daisy
- 1916
The Right to Be Happy
Mrs. Cratchit
Mixed Blood
Nita Valyez
A Stranger from Somewhere
Olga
- 1915
The Canceled Mortgage
The Widowed Mother
The Heart of a Bandit
Claire
- 1914
Men and Women
Mrs. Stephen Rodman
Her Father's Silent Partner
Movie
Concentration
The Mother
- 1913
The House of Discord
The Sister-in-Law
The Strong Man's Burden
Ida Glynn, The Nurse
The Switchtower
The Switchman's Wife
Olaf—An Atom
A Parent
The House of Darkness
The Doctor's Wife
The Tenderfoot's Money
The Prospector's Wife
The Wanderer
The Female Lover
The Unwelcome Guest
The Wife
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
The Lady
- 1912
A Cry for Help
The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
The Massacre
Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
The New York Hat
The Main Gossip
A Sailor’s Heart
The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
In the Aisles of the Wild
The Elder Daughter
So Near, Yet So Far
Rich Woman in Other Town
Two Daughters of Eve
The Mother
Man's Genesis
Cave Woman
The School Teacher and the Waif
The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
Lena and the Geese
Lena's Mother
A Temporary Truce
Mexican Jim's Wife
The Old Actor
At Audition
The Female of the Species
The Miner's Wife
A String of Pearls
The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
The Sunbeam
The Spinster
The Sands of Dee
Artist's fiancee
Under Burning Skies
The Friend
Billy's Stratagem
Billy's Mother
The Baby and the Stork
The Mother, The Workman
- 1911
A Woman Scorned
The Doctor's Wife
The Long Road
Ned's Wife
The Adventures of Billy
Rich Woman
The Squaw's Love
Silver Fawn
Swords and Hearts
Irene Lambert
A Country Cupid
The Half-Wit's Mother
The Primal Call
The Woman
The Manicure Lady
Lunchroom Hostess
A Decree of Destiny
A Nun
Fisher Folks
At Fair
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
The Old Carpenter's Wife
Fate's Turning
At Hotel/At Wedding
His Trust Fulfilled
Mrs. Frazier
His Trust
Col. Frazier's wife
- 1910
The Golden Supper
Lady-in-Waiting
Waiter No. 5
The Chief of Police's Wife
Rose o' Salem Town
Movie
The Oath and the Man
Rebel
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
One of the Sisters Frost
Wilful Peggy
Housemaid
The Usurer
Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
A Flash of Light
At First Party
Love Among the Roses
Movie
1900s
- 1908
The Call of the Wild
Party Guest
The Planter's Wife
Mrs. John Holland
The Devil
Movie
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1950s
- 1955
