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Acting
Birthday:
October 31, 1877
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Claire McDowell
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Adventure | Woman in Library (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Men on Her Mind | Mother Goodwin |
| 1943 | Keeper of the Flame | |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Counterwoman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine | Woman in Bathroom |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Subway Passenger |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars | Dowager |
| 1941 | Whispers | Gossip (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Lady Scarface | Mrs. Tuckerman |
| 1940 | A Failure at Fifty | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Woman at Station |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Woman |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Crying Mother |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Miracles for Sale | Jack of Diamonds Woman |
| 1939 | Angel of Mercy | Mother (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Gossiper |
| 1939 | One Against the World | Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Three Comrades | Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Funeral Home Associate (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Boys Town | Nun (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Man on the Rock | Napoleon's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1938 | They're Always Caught | Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited) |
| 1937 | A Night at the Movies | Movie Patron (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Two-Fisted Sheriff | Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt |
| 1937 | Song of Revolt | Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited) |
| 1936 | August Week End | Alma Washburne |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl | Woman in Bed (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Murder by Television | Mrs. Houghland |
| 1934 | Bedside | Nurse |
| 1934 | Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Helen Gorman |
| 1934 | British Agent | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime | Sister at Hospital (uncredited) |
| 1934 | It Happened One Night | Mother on Bus (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Imitation of Life | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Wild Boys of the Road | Mrs. Smith |
| 1933 | The Working Man | Benjamin's Secretary |
| 1933 | By Appointment Only | Mrs. Mary Carroll |
| 1933 | Central Airport | Mrs. Blaine |
| 1932 | The Phantom Express | Ma Nolan |
| 1932 | Under Eighteen | Seamstress (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Brooks' Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1932 | A Successful Calamity | Struthers' Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Lawyer Man | Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Cornered | Jane's Aunt |
| 1932 | The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Union Depot | Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Manhattan Parade | Nancy - the Maid |
| 1931 | An American Tragedy | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths |
| 1930 | The Big House | Mrs. Marlowe |
| 1930 | The Second Floor Mystery | Aunt Hattie |
| 1930 | Redemption | Anna Pavlovna |
| 1930 | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother |
| 1930 | Young Desire | Mrs. Spencer |
| 1930 | Wild Company | Mrs. Laura Grayson |
| 1930 | Brothers | Bess Naughton |
| 1929 | The Quitter | Mrs. Abbott |
| 1929 | Silks and Saddles | Mrs. Calhoun |
| 1929 | The Flying Fleet | Mrs. Hastings (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Don't Marry | Aunt Abigail Bowen |
| 1928 | The Viking | Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell) |
| 1928 | The Tragedy of Youth | Mother |
| 1927 | Tillie the Toiler | Ma Jones |
| 1927 | The Black Diamond Express | Martha Foster |
| 1927 | Almost Human | Mrs. Livingston |
| 1927 | The Shield of Honor | Mrs. MacDowell |
| 1927 | A Little Journey | Aunt Louise |
| 1927 | The Auctioneer | Mrs. Tim Eagan |
| 1927 | The Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary |
| 1927 | Winds of the Pampas | Doña Maria Casandos |
| 1926 | The Flaming Forest | Mrs. McTavish |
| 1926 | The Shamrock Handicap | Molly O'Shea |
| 1926 | The Devil's Circus | Mrs. Peterson |
| 1926 | The Unknown Soldier | John Phillips' sister |
| 1926 | The Dixie Merchant | Josephine Fippany |
| 1926 | The Show Off | Mom Fisher |
| 1925 | The Big Parade | Mrs. Apperson |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Princess of Hur |
| 1925 | The Midnight Flyer | Liza Slater |
| 1925 | The Tower of Lies | Katrina |
| 1925 | The Reckless Sex | Concha |
| 1925 | Waking Up the Town | Mrs. Joyce |
| 1925 | The End of the World | Mrs. Joyce |
| 1925 | The End of the World | Mrs. Joyce |
| 1924 | Judgment of the Storm | Mrs. Heath |
| 1924 | Secrets | Elizabeth Channing |
| 1924 | Those Who Dare | Mrs. Rollins |
| 1924 | Thy Name Is Woman | Juan's Mother |
| 1923 | Ponjola | Mrs. Hope |
| 1923 | Ashes of Vengeance | Margot's Aunt |
| 1923 | Michael O'Halloran | Nancy Harding |
| 1923 | Enemies of Children | Godfrey sister |
| 1923 | Human Wreckage | Mrs. Brown |
| 1923 | Circus Days | Martha |
| 1923 | The West~Bound Limited | Mrs. Bill Buckley |
| 1922 | Rent Free | Countess de Mourney |
| 1922 | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Mrs. Putnam |
| 1922 | Nice People | Margaret Rainsford |
| 1922 | Penrod | Mrs. Schofield |
| 1922 | Heart's Haven | May Caroline |
| 1921 | Prisoners of Love | Her Mother |
| 1921 | Midsummer Madness | Mrs. Osborne |
| 1921 | Love Never Dies | Liz Trott |
| 1921 | What Every Woman Knows | Comtesse de la Brière |
| 1920 | The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido |
| 1920 | The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun |
| 1920 | Something to Think About | Housekeeper |
| 1920 | The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin |
| 1920 | The Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland |
| 1920 | Through Eyes of Men | Mrs. Virginia All |
| 1919 | The Feud | Mary Lynch |
| 1919 | Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn |
| 1919 | Rosalind at Redgate | |
| 1919 | The Follies Girl | Nina |
| 1919 | Prudence on Broadway | Miss Grayson |
| 1918 | Captain of His Soul | Annette |
| 1918 | You Can't Believe Everything | Grace Dardley |
| 1917 | The White Raven | Daisy |
| 1917 | The Empty Gun | Mary |
| 1917 | Avarice | The Miserly Old Woman |
| 1917 | The Clean-Up | Vera Vincent |
| 1917 | The Storm Woman | |
| 1917 | The Gates of Doom | Indore / Agatha |
| 1917 | The Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee |
| 1916 | The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit |
| 1916 | A Stranger from Somewhere | Olga |
| 1916 | Mixed Blood | Nita Valyez |
| 1915 | The Sheriff's Dilemma | Molly |
| 1915 | The Miser's Legacy | The Crook's Wife |
| 1915 | The Gambler's I.O.U. | Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter |
| 1915 | A Day's Adventure | Hogan's Moll |
| 1915 | The Canceled Mortgage | The Widowed Mother |
| 1915 | Truth Stranger Than Fiction | Crook |
| 1915 | Her Dormant Love | The Discontented Wife |
| 1915 | The Way Out | The Young School Teacher |
| 1915 | Her Convert | The Old Inventor's Daughter |
| 1915 | Old Offenders | Joe's Wife |
| 1915 | As It Happened | The Ranchman's Daughter |
| 1915 | The Heart of a Bandit | Claire |
| 1914 | The Fatal Wedding | |
| 1914 | Concentration | The Mother |
| 1914 | Waifs | |
| 1914 | His Fireman's Conscience | Mrs. Daily |
| 1914 | A Nest Unfeathered | Kate |
| 1914 | Her Father's Silent Partner | |
| 1914 | Her Hand | Olga |
| 1914 | The Cracksman's Gratitude | |
| 1914 | Men and Women | Mrs. Stephen Rodman |
| 1913 | The Switchtower | The Switchman's Wife |
| 1913 | A Misappropriated Turkey | Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan |
| 1913 | The Wrong Bottle | The Blind Sister |
| 1913 | The Tenderfoot's Money | The Prospector's Wife |
| 1913 | The Stolen Loaf | The Rich Woman |
| 1913 | The Ranchero's Revenge | The Schemer's Associate |
| 1913 | The Well | The Farmer's Wife |
| 1913 | A Gamble with Death | Kate |
| 1913 | The Enemy's Baby | Miller's Wife |
| 1913 | A Gambler's Honor | Beth |
| 1913 | The Mirror | Daisy |
| 1913 | The Vengeance of Galora | Galora |
| 1913 | Under the Shadow of the Law | John Haywood's Sister |
| 1913 | I Was Meant for You | Lavina |
| 1913 | The Work Habit | The Daughter in the City |
| 1913 | The Crook and the Girl | The Uncle's Adopted Daughter |
| 1913 | The Stolen Treaty | Olga |
| 1913 | The Law and His Son | Marguerite, Manning's Sister |
| 1913 | The Van Nostrand Tiara | Kate |
| 1913 | The Stopped Clock | The Antique Dealer's Daughter |
| 1913 | The Detective's Stratagem | Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart |
| 1913 | All for Science | Detective |
| 1913 | For Her Government | |
| 1913 | The Abandoned Well | The Widow |
| 1913 | The House of Discord | The Sister-in-Law |
| 1913 | The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse |
| 1913 | The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife |
| 1913 | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady |
| 1913 | The Wanderer | The Female Lover |
| 1913 | Olaf—An Atom | A Parent |
| 1913 | The Stolen Bride | The Wife |
| 1913 | The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife |
| 1913 | A Tender-Hearted Crook | Edith |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | The Main Gossip |
| 1912 | The Baby and the Stork | The Mother |
| 1912 | The Baby and the Stork | The Workman |
| 1912 | When the Fire-Bells Rang | An Actress |
| 1912 | The Sands of Dee | Artist's fiancee |
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | The Mother |
| 1912 | In the Aisles of the Wild | The Elder Daughter |
| 1912 | A Cry for Help | The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient |
| 1912 | The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue |
| 1912 | The Old Actor | At Audition |
| 1912 | The Sunbeam | The Spinster |
| 1912 | The School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart |
| 1912 | Man's Genesis | Cave Woman |
| 1912 | Under Burning Skies | The Friend |
| 1912 | A Sailor’s Heart | The Sailor's Third Sweetheart |
| 1912 | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother |
| 1912 | The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife |
| 1912 | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother |
| 1912 | A Temporary Truce | Mexican Jim's Wife |
| 1912 | So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town |
| 1912 | The God Within | The Woodsman's Wife |
| 1912 | A String of Pearls | The Italian Shoemaker's Wife |
| 1911 | His Trust | Col. Frazier's wife |
| 1911 | What Shall We Do with Our Old? | The Old Carpenter's Wife |
| 1911 | A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother |
| 1911 | His Trust Fulfilled | Mrs. Frazier |
| 1911 | Swords and Hearts | Irene Lambert |
| 1911 | The Primal Call | The Woman |
| 1911 | The Manicure Lady | Lunchroom Hostess |
| 1911 | The Unveiling | |
| 1911 | A Decree of Destiny | A Nun |
| 1911 | The Long Road | Ned's Wife |
| 1911 | The Adventures of Billy | Rich Woman |
| 1911 | Fisher Folks | At Fair |
| 1911 | A Woman Scorned | The Doctor's Wife |
| 1911 | The Squaw's Love | Silver Fawn |
| 1911 | Fate's Turning | At Hotel/At Wedding |
| 1910 | Muggsy Becomes a Hero | One of the Sisters Frost |
| 1910 | His New Lid | |
| 1910 | A Flash of Light | At First Party |
| 1910 | Rose o' Salem Town | |
| 1910 | Love Among the Roses | |
| 1910 | The Golden Supper | Lady-in-Waiting |
| 1910 | The Usurer | Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors |
| 1910 | Waiter No. 5 | The Chief of Police's Wife |
| 1910 | A Mohawk's Way | |
| 1910 | The Iconoclast | |
| 1910 | Wilful Peggy | Housemaid |
| 1910 | The Oath and the Man | Rebel |
| 1910 | The Message of the Violin | The Other Woman's Servant |
| 1908 | The Devil | |
| 1908 | The Planter's Wife | Mrs. John Holland |
| 1908 | The Call of the Wild | Party Guest |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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