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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 she appeared in numerous short and 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 co-starred 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.
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 | It Happened One Night | Mother on Bus (uncredited) | 1934-02-22 |
Movie | Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited) | 1934-06-23 |
Movie | Bedside | Nurse | 1934-01-27 |
Movie | British Agent | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) | 1934-09-15 |
Movie | Imitation of Life | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Helen Gorman | 1934-10-02 |
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 | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother | 1930-12-04 |
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 | The Auctioneer | Mrs. Tim Eagan | 1927-01-16 |
Movie | A Little Journey | Aunt Louise | 1927-01-01 |
Movie | The Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary | 1927-02-05 |
Movie | Tillie the Toiler | Ma Jones | 1927-06-05 |
Movie | Almost Human | Mrs. Livingston | 1927-12-26 |
Movie | The Shield of Honor | Mrs. MacDowell | 1927-12-10 |
Movie | The Devil's Circus | Mrs. Peterson | 1926-02-14 |
Movie | The Shamrock Handicap | Molly O'Shea | 1926-05-02 |
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 | Waking Up the Town | Mrs. Joyce | 1925-03-30 |
Movie | The Tower of Lies | Katrina | 1925-10-10 |
Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Princess of Hur | 1925-12-25 |
Movie | The Big Parade | Mrs. Apperson | 1925-11-05 |
Movie | Thy Name Is Woman | Juan's Mother | 1924-02-04 |
Movie | Secrets | Elizabeth Channing | 1924-03-24 |
Movie | Those Who Dare | Mrs. Rollins | 1924-11-15 |
Movie | Human Wreckage | Mrs. Brown | 1923-06-17 |
Movie | Circus Days | Martha | 1923-07-30 |
Movie | Ponjola | Mrs. Hope | 1923-10-28 |
Movie | Ashes of Vengeance | Margot's Aunt | 1923-08-06 |
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 | Prisoners of Love | Her Mother | 1921-01-16 |
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 Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland | 1920-01-11 |
Movie | The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun | 1920-03-30 |
Movie | The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin | 1920-07-31 |
Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido | 1920-12-05 |
Movie | Something to Think About | Housekeeper | 1920-10-16 |
Movie | Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn | 1919-11-30 |
Movie | The Feud | Mary Lynch | 1919-12-07 |
Movie | The Clean-Up | Vera Vincent | 1917-08-06 |
Movie | The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit | 1916-12-25 |
Movie | Mixed Blood | Nita Valyez | 1916-12-18 |
Movie | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady | 1913-01-06 |
Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife | 1913-03-15 |
Movie | The Wanderer | The Female Lover | 1913-05-02 |
Movie | The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse | 1913-09-05 |
Movie | The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife | 1913-05-10 |
Movie | The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912-05-06 |
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 | The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912-02-26 |
Movie | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912-02-12 |
Movie | Under Burning Skies | The Friend | 1912-02-21 |
Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912-06-17 |
Movie | So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town | 1912-09-29 |
Movie | The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | 1912-12-19 |
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 Cry for Help | The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient | 1912-12-23 |
Movie | Man's Genesis | Cave Woman | 1912-07-10 |
Movie | A Sailor’s Heart | The Sailor's Third Sweetheart | 1912-11-25 |
Movie | A Decree of Destiny | A Nun | 1911-03-06 |
Movie | Fisher Folks | At Fair | 1911-02-16 |
Movie | His Trust Fulfilled | Mrs. Frazier | 1911-01-18 |
Movie | The Manicure Lady | Lunchroom Hostess | 1911-05-18 |
Movie | His Trust | Col. Frazier's wife | 1911-01-16 |
Movie | Fate's Turning | At Hotel/At Wedding | 1911-01-22 |
Movie | What Shall We Do with Our Old? | The Old Carpenter's Wife | 1911-02-13 |
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 | A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother | 1911-07-23 |
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 | The Usurer | Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors | 1910-08-15 |
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 | Waiter No. 5 | The Chief of Police's Wife | 1910-11-03 |
Movie | The Golden Supper | Lady-in-Waiting | 1910-12-12 |
Movie | His New Lid | Unknown | 1910-11-24 |
Movie | The Iconoclast | 1910-10-03 | |
Movie | The Oath and the Man | Rebel | 1910-09-21 |
Movie | Rose o' Salem Town | 1910-09-25 | |
Movie | The Devil | 1908-10-02 |