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 | Wild Boys of the Road | Mrs. Smith | 1933-10-07 |
| Movie | By Appointment Only | Mrs. Mary Carroll | 1933-07-06 |
| Movie | The Famous Ferguson Case | Brooks' Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-04-19 |
| 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 | Union Depot | Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) | 1932-01-14 |
| Movie | The Phantom Express | Ma Nolan | 1932-08-15 |
| 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 | 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 | The Second Floor Mystery | Aunt Hattie | 1930-04-26 |
| Movie | Young Desire | Mrs. Spencer | 1930-06-08 |
| Movie | Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother | 1930-12-04 |
| Movie | Wild Company | Mrs. Laura Grayson | 1930-07-05 |
| Movie | The Big House | Mrs. Marlowe | 1930-06-14 |
| Movie | The Flying Fleet | Mrs. Hastings (uncredited) | 1929-01-19 |
| Movie | Silks and Saddles | Mrs. Calhoun | 1929-01-20 |
| 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 | The Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary | 1927-02-05 |
| Movie | A Little Journey | Aunt Louise | 1927-01-01 |
| 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 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 | Penrod | Mrs. Schofield | 1922-02-20 |
| Movie | Rent Free | Countess de Mourney | 1922-01-01 |
| Movie | Nice People | Margaret Rainsford | 1922-07-12 |
| Movie | Heart's Haven | May Caroline | 1922-08-08 |
| Movie | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Mrs. Putnam | 1922-12-04 |
| Movie | Midsummer Madness | Mrs. Osborne | 1921-01-23 |
| Movie | Prisoners of Love | Her Mother | 1921-01-16 |
| Movie | What Every Woman Knows | Comtesse de la Brière | 1921-04-24 |
| Movie | Love Never Dies | Liz Trott | 1921-11-11 |
| Movie | The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun | 1920-03-30 |
| Movie | The Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland | 1920-01-11 |
| Movie | Something to Think About | Housekeeper | 1920-10-16 |
| Movie | The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin | 1920-07-31 |
| Movie | The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido | 1920-12-05 |
| 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 | The Gates of Doom | Indore / Agatha | 1917-03-05 |
| Movie | Avarice | The Miserly Old Woman | 1917-02-09 |
| Movie | The Clean-Up | Vera Vincent | 1917-08-06 |
| Movie | The Storm Woman | 1917-10-02 | |
| Movie | The Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee | 1917-04-02 |
| Movie | A Stranger from Somewhere | Olga | 1916-11-13 |
| Movie | Mixed Blood | Nita Valyez | 1916-12-18 |
| Movie | The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit | 1916-12-25 |
| Movie | The Miser's Legacy | The Crook's Wife | 1915-04-09 |
| 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 | The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife | 1913-05-10 |
| Movie | Olaf—An Atom | A Parent | 1913-05-19 |
| Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife | 1913-03-15 |
| Movie | The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady | 1913-01-06 |
| Movie | The Wrong Bottle | The Blind Sister | 1913-03-06 |
| Movie | The Ranchero's Revenge | The Schemer's Associate | 1913-06-02 |
| Movie | The Wanderer | The Female Lover | 1913-05-02 |
| Movie | For Her Government | 1913-12-22 | |
| Movie | The Switchtower | The Switchman's Wife | 1913-06-15 |
| Movie | The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse | 1913-09-05 |
| Movie | The House of Discord | The Sister-in-Law | 1913-12-13 |
| Movie | Under the Shadow of the Law | John Haywood's Sister | 1913-08-07 |
| Movie | The Vengeance of Galora | Galora | 1913-07-28 |
| Movie | The Mirror | Daisy | 1913-07-24 |
| Movie | The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife | 1912-04-15 |
| Movie | The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912-05-06 |
| Movie | A Temporary Truce | Mexican Jim's Wife | 1912-06-10 |
| Movie | The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912-02-26 |
| Movie | Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912-06-17 |
| Movie | The Baby and the Stork | The Workman | 1912-01-01 |
| Movie | Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912-02-12 |
| Movie | Under Burning Skies | The Friend | 1912-02-21 |
| Movie | The Sands of Dee | Artist's fiancee | 1912-02-21 |
| Movie | The God Within | The Woodsman's Wife | 1912-12-26 |
| 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 School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart | 1912-06-26 |
| 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 | Two Daughters of Eve | The Mother | 1912-09-19 |
| Movie | Man's Genesis | Cave Woman | 1912-07-10 |
| Movie | So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town | 1912-09-29 |
| Movie | Fisher Folks | At Fair | 1911-02-16 |
| 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 Decree of Destiny | A Nun | 1911-03-06 |
| 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 | 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 |