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 | Du Barry was a Lady | Subway Passenger | 1943-08-13 |
| Movie | This Land Is Mine | Woman in Bathroom | 1943-05-07 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Bedside | Nurse | 1934-01-27 |
| Movie | Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited) | 1934-06-23 |
| Movie | Journal of a Crime | Sister at Hospital (uncredited) | 1934-03-10 |
| Movie | Imitation of Life | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
| Movie | Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Helen Gorman | 1934-10-02 |
| Movie | British Agent | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) | 1934-09-15 |
| 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 | 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 | Cornered | Jane's Aunt | 1932-08-05 |
| 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 | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother | 1930-12-04 |
| Movie | Young Desire | Mrs. Spencer | 1930-06-08 |
| 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 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 | The Devil's Circus | Mrs. Peterson | 1926-02-14 |
| Movie | The Dixie Merchant | Josephine Fippany | 1926-03-07 |
| Movie | The Show Off | Mom Fisher | 1926-08-16 |
| Movie | The Shamrock Handicap | Molly O'Shea | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | The Unknown Soldier | John Phillips' sister | 1926-05-29 |
| Movie | Waking Up the Town | Mrs. Joyce | 1925-03-30 |
| Movie | The Tower of Lies | Katrina | 1925-10-10 |
| Movie | The Big Parade | Mrs. Apperson | 1925-11-05 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Princess of Hur | 1925-12-25 |
| Movie | Secrets | Elizabeth Channing | 1924-03-24 |
| 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 | Nice People | Margaret Rainsford | 1922-07-12 |
| Movie | Penrod | Mrs. Schofield | 1922-02-20 |
| Movie | Heart's Haven | May Caroline | 1922-08-08 |
| Movie | Midsummer Madness | Mrs. Osborne | 1921-01-23 |
| Movie | Love Never Dies | Liz Trott | 1921-11-11 |
| Movie | The Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland | 1920-01-11 |
| Movie | The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun | 1920-03-30 |
| Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido | 1920-12-05 |
| Movie | The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin | 1920-07-31 |
| Movie | Something to Think About | Housekeeper | 1920-10-16 |
| Movie | Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn | 1919-11-30 |
| Movie | The Storm Woman | 1917-10-02 | |
| Movie | The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit | 1916-12-25 |
| Movie | The Fatal Wedding | 1914-01-19 | |
| Movie | The Wanderer | The Female Lover | 1913-05-02 |
| Movie | The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse | 1913-09-05 |
| Movie | A Temporary Truce | Mexican Jim's Wife | 1912-06-10 |
| Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912-06-17 |
| Movie | The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912-05-06 |
| Movie | The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912-02-26 |
| Movie | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912-02-12 |
| Movie | So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town | 1912-09-29 |
| Movie | The School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart | 1912-06-26 |
| Movie | The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | 1912-12-19 |
| Movie | The New York Hat | The Main Gossip | 1912-12-05 |
| Movie | Man's Genesis | Cave Woman | 1912-07-10 |
| Movie | A Sailor’s Heart | The Sailor's Third Sweetheart | 1912-11-25 |
| 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 | 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 | Fisher Folks | At Fair | 1911-02-16 |
| Movie | The Long Road | Ned's Wife | 1911-10-26 |
| Movie | The Primal Call | The Woman | 1911-06-21 |
| Movie | The Squaw's Love | Silver Fawn | 1911-09-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Billy | Rich Woman | 1911-10-18 |
| Movie | A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother | 1911-07-23 |
| Movie | Swords and Hearts | Irene Lambert | 1911-08-27 |
| Movie | A Flash of Light | At First Party | 1910-07-17 |
| Movie | The Usurer | Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors | 1910-08-15 |
| Movie | Love Among the Roses | 1910-05-08 | |
| Movie | Wilful Peggy | Housemaid | 1910-08-24 |
| Movie | His New Lid | 1910-11-24 | |
| Movie | The Golden Supper | Lady-in-Waiting | 1910-12-12 |
| Movie | Rose o' Salem Town | 1910-09-25 | |
| Movie | The Oath and the Man | Rebel | 1910-09-21 |
| Movie | The Devil | 1908-10-02 |