Claire McDowell
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.
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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 | Presenting Lily Mars | Dowager | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | Du Barry was a Lady | Subway Passenger | 1943-08-13 |
| Movie | This Land Is Mine | Woman in Bathroom | 1943-05-07 |
| 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 | Stand Up and Fight | Woman | 1939-01-06 |
| Movie | Angel of Mercy | Mother (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| 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 | The Man on the Rock | Napoleon's Mother (uncredited) | 1938-09-03 |
| 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 | 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 | Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited) | 1934-06-23 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother | 1930-12-04 |
| Movie | Silks and Saddles | Mrs. Calhoun | 1929-01-20 |
| 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 Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary | 1927-02-05 |
| Movie | Tillie the Toiler | Ma Jones | 1927-06-05 |
| Movie | A Little Journey | Aunt Louise | 1927-01-01 |
| Movie | The Auctioneer | Mrs. Tim Eagan | 1927-01-16 |
| Movie | Winds of the Pampas | Doña Maria Casandos | 1927-10-01 |
| Movie | The Shield of Honor | Mrs. MacDowell | 1927-12-10 |
| Movie | Almost Human | Mrs. Livingston | 1927-12-26 |
| 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 End of the World | Mrs. Joyce | 1925-04-01 |
| 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 | 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 | The West~Bound Limited | Mrs. Bill Buckley | 1923-04-14 |
| Movie | Human Wreckage | Mrs. Brown | 1923-06-17 |
| Movie | Ponjola | Mrs. Hope | 1923-10-28 |
| Movie | Circus Days | Martha | 1923-07-30 |
| Movie | Ashes of Vengeance | Margot's Aunt | 1923-08-06 |
| Movie | Nice People | Margaret Rainsford | 1922-07-12 |
| Movie | Rent Free | Countess de Mourney | 1922-01-01 |
| 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 | 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 | Rosalind at Redgate | 1919-01-11 | |
| Movie | Prudence on Broadway | Miss Grayson | 1919-07-06 |
| Movie | Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn | 1919-11-30 |
| Movie | The Feud | Mary Lynch | 1919-12-07 |
| Movie | You Can't Believe Everything | Grace Dardley | 1918-06-23 |
| Movie | The White Raven | Daisy | 1917-01-14 |
| Movie | Avarice | The Miserly Old Woman | 1917-02-09 |
| Movie | The Gates of Doom | Indore / Agatha | 1917-03-05 |
| Movie | The Storm Woman | 1917-10-02 | |
| Movie | The Clean-Up | Vera Vincent | 1917-08-06 |
| Movie | The Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee | 1917-04-02 |
| Movie | Mixed Blood | Nita Valyez | 1916-12-18 |
| Movie | A Stranger from Somewhere | Olga | 1916-11-13 |
| Movie | The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit | 1916-12-25 |
| Movie | The Miser's Legacy | The Crook's Wife | 1915-04-09 |
| Movie | The Way Out | The Young School Teacher | 1915-06-19 |
| Movie | As It Happened | The Ranchman's Daughter | 1915-07-12 |
| Movie | Concentration | The Mother | 1914-01-12 |
| Movie | Waifs | 1914-01-17 | |
| Movie | Men and Women | Mrs. Stephen Rodman | 1914-08-01 |
| Movie | The Fatal Wedding | 1914-01-19 | |
| Movie | Olaf—An Atom | A Parent | 1913-05-19 |
| Movie | The Ranchero's Revenge | The Schemer's Associate | 1913-06-02 |
| Movie | The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife | 1913-05-10 |
| Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife | 1913-03-15 |
| Movie | The Switchtower | The Switchman's Wife | 1913-06-15 |
| Movie | The Wrong Bottle | The Blind Sister | 1913-03-06 |
| Movie | The Wanderer | The Female Lover | 1913-05-02 |
| Movie | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady | 1913-01-06 |
| Movie | The House of Discord | The Sister-in-Law | 1913-12-13 |
| Movie | For Her Government | 1913-12-22 | |
| Movie | The Van Nostrand Tiara | Kate | 1913-10-20 |
| Movie | The Mirror | Daisy | 1913-07-24 |
| Movie | The Vengeance of Galora | Galora | 1913-07-28 |
| Movie | Under the Shadow of the Law | John Haywood's Sister | 1913-08-07 |
| Movie | The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse | 1913-09-05 |
| Movie | The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife | 1912-04-15 |
| Movie | A Temporary Truce | Mexican Jim's Wife | 1912-06-10 |
| Movie | The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912-02-26 |
| Movie | The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912-05-06 |
| Movie | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912-02-12 |
| Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912-06-17 |
| Movie | The Baby and the Stork | The Workman | 1912-01-01 |
| Movie | Under Burning Skies | The Friend | 1912-02-21 |
| Movie | The Sands of Dee | Artist's fiancee | 1912-02-21 |
| 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 | The God Within | The Woodsman's Wife | 1912-12-26 |
| Movie | A Sailor’s Heart | The Sailor's Third Sweetheart | 1912-11-25 |
| Movie | The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | 1912-12-19 |
| Movie | In the Aisles of the Wild | The Elder Daughter | 1912-10-14 |
| Movie | Man's Genesis | Cave Woman | 1912-07-10 |
| Movie | Two Daughters of Eve | The Mother | 1912-09-19 |
| Movie | So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town | 1912-09-29 |
| 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 Woman Scorned | The Doctor's Wife | 1911-11-30 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Billy | Rich Woman | 1911-10-18 |
| Movie | The Primal Call | The Woman | 1911-06-21 |
| Movie | The Squaw's Love | Silver Fawn | 1911-09-13 |
| Movie | The Long Road | Ned's Wife | 1911-10-26 |
| Movie | A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother | 1911-07-23 |
| Movie | Swords and Hearts | Irene Lambert | 1911-08-27 |
| 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 |