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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
| Birth Location | New York City, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1877-10-31 |
| Died | 1966-10-23 |
Movies
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
1945
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
1944
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
1944
Du Barry was a Lady
as Subway Passenger
1943
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
1943
1943
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
1941
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
1941
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
1940
The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1940
A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
1940
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
1939
Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
1939
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
1939
Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
1939
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
1939
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
1938
The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
1938
They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
1938
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
1938
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
1938
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
1937
Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
1937
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
1936
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
1936
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
1935
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
1934
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
1934
Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
1934
Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
1934
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
1934
Bedside
as Nurse
1934
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
1933
By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
1933
The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
1933
Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
1933
Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
1932
A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
1932
The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
1932
Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
1932
Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
1932
Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1932
Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
1931
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
1931
Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
1930
Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
1930
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
1930
Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
1930
The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
1930
Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
1930
The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
1929
Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
1929
The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
1929
The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
1928
Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
1928
The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
1928
Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
1927
The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
1927
Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
1927
The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
1927
The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
1927
The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
1927
A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
1927
The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
1926
The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
1926
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
1926
The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
1926
The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
1925
The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
1925
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
1925
The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
1925
Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
1925
Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
1924
Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
1924
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
1924
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
1924
Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
1923
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
1923
Circus Days
as Martha
1923
Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
1923
The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
1923
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
1922
Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
1922
Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
1922
Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
1922
Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
1922
Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
1921
What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
1921
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
1921
Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
1921
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
1920
Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
1920
The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
1920
The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
1920
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
1920
The Feud
as Mary Lynch
1919
Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
1919
Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
1919
The Follies Girl
as Nina
1919
1919
You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
1918
1918
1917
The Empty Gun
as Mary
1917
The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
1917
The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
1917
The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
1917
Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
1917
The White Raven
as Daisy
1917
The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
1916
Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
1916
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
1916
As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
1915
Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
1915
Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
1915
The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
1915
Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
1915
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
1915
The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
1915
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
1915
The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
1915
The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
1915
The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
1915
Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
1914
Her Hand
as Olga
1914
A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
1914
His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
1914
1914
1914
Concentration
as The Mother
1914
The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
1913
1913
The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
1913
All for Science
as Detective
1913
The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
1913
The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
1913
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
1913
The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
1913
The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
1913
The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
1913
The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
1913
The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
1913
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
1913
The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
1913
A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
1913
The Mirror
as Daisy
1913
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
1913
A Gamble with Death
as Kate
1913
The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
1913
The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
1913
The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
1913
Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
1913
The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
1913
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
1913
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
1913
The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
1913
The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
1913
The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
1913
The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
1912
A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
1912
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
1912
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
1912
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
1912
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
1912
Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
1912
The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
1912
Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
1912
A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
1912
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
1912
The Old Actor
as At Audition
1912
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
1912
The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
1912
Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
1912
The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
1912
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
1912
The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
1912
The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
1912
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
1911
The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
1911
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
1911
The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
1911
Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
1911
A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
1911
The Primal Call
as The Woman
1911
The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
1911
A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
1911
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
1911
Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
1911
His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
1911
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
1911
The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
1910
1910
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
1910
1910
1910
The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
1910
1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
1910
Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
1910
The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
1910
A Flash of Light
as At First Party
1910
1910
The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland
1908
1908
Claire McDowell hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
