Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Adventure
Character:Woman in Library (uncredited)
Release Date:28/12/1945
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Character:Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
Release Date:04/05/1944
Men on Her Mind
Character:Mother Goodwin
Release Date:12/02/1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
Character:Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Release Date:13/08/1943
This Land Is Mine
Character:Woman in Bathroom
Release Date:07/05/1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Character:Dowager
Release Date:29/04/1943
Keeper of the Flame
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1943
Hangmen Also Die!
Character:Counterwoman (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1943
Lady Scarface
Character:Mrs. Tuckerman
Release Date:26/09/1941
Whispers
Character:Gossip (uncredited)
Release Date:08/02/1941
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Character:Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
Release Date:06/09/1940
The Golden Fleecing
Character:Pedestrian (uncredited)
Release Date:16/08/1940
A Failure at Fifty
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:01/07/1940
Young Tom Edison
Character:Woman at Station
Release Date:15/03/1940
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Character:Gossiper
Release Date:01/12/1939
Thunder Afloat
Character:Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:15/09/1939
One Against the World
Character:Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
Release Date:19/08/1939
Miracles for Sale
Character:Jack of Diamonds Woman
Release Date:10/08/1939
Angel of Mercy
Character:Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:20/05/1939
Idiot's Delight
Character:Crying Mother
Release Date:27/01/1939
Stand Up and Fight
Character:Woman
Release Date:06/01/1939
Boys Town
Character:Nun (uncredited)
Release Date:08/09/1938
The Man on the Rock
Character:Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:03/09/1938
They're Always Caught
Character:Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
Release Date:03/07/1938
Three Comrades
Character:Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
Release Date:02/06/1938
Test Pilot
Character:Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
Release Date:16/04/1938
A Night at the Movies
Character:Movie Patron (uncredited)
Release Date:06/11/1937
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Character:Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
Release Date:14/06/1937
Song of Revolt
Character:Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
Release Date:29/05/1937
Small Town Girl
Character:Woman in Bed (uncredited)
Release Date:10/04/1936
August Week End
Character:Alma Washburne
Release Date:17/02/1936
Murder by Television
Character:Mrs. Houghland
Release Date:01/10/1935
Imitation of Life
Character:Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
Release Date:23/11/1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
Character:Mrs. Helen Gorman
Release Date:02/10/1934
British Agent
Character:Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
Release Date:15/09/1934
Dr. Monica
Character:Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
Release Date:23/06/1934
Journal of a Crime
Character:Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
Release Date:10/03/1934
It Happened One Night
Character:Mother on Bus (uncredited)
Release Date:22/02/1934
Bedside
Character:Nurse
Release Date:27/01/1934
Wild Boys of the Road
Character:Mrs. Smith
Release Date:07/10/1933
By Appointment Only
Character:Mrs. Mary Carroll
Release Date:06/07/1933
The Working Man
Character:Benjamin's Secretary
Release Date:20/04/1933
Central Airport
Character:Mrs. Blaine
Release Date:15/04/1933
Lawyer Man
Character:Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1932
A Successful Calamity
Character:Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
Release Date:17/09/1932
The Phantom Express
Character:Ma Nolan
Release Date:15/08/1932
Cornered
Character:Jane's Aunt
Release Date:05/08/1932
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Character:Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
Release Date:28/05/1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
Character:Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:19/04/1932
Union Depot
Character:Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:14/01/1932
Under Eighteen
Character:Seamstress (uncredited)
Release Date:02/01/1932
Manhattan Parade
Character:Nancy - the Maid
Release Date:24/12/1931
An American Tragedy
Character:Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Release Date:22/08/1931
Mothers Cry
Character:Mary's Mother
Release Date:04/12/1930
Brothers
Character:Bess Naughton
Release Date:19/10/1930
Wild Company
Character:Mrs. Laura Grayson
Release Date:05/07/1930
The Big House
Character:Mrs. Marlowe
Release Date:14/06/1930
Young Desire
Character:Mrs. Spencer
Release Date:08/06/1930
The Second Floor Mystery
Character:Aunt Hattie
Release Date:26/04/1930
Redemption
Character:Anna Pavlovna
Release Date:05/04/1930
The Quitter
Character:Mrs. Abbott
Release Date:01/04/1929
Silks and Saddles
Character:Mrs. Calhoun
Release Date:20/01/1929
The Flying Fleet
Character:Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
Release Date:19/01/1929
When Dreams Come True
Character:Martha Shelby
Release Date:15/01/1929
Marriage by Contract
Character:Mother
Release Date:09/11/1928
The Viking
Character:Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
Release Date:02/11/1928
4 Devils
Character:Woman
Release Date:03/10/1928
Don't Marry
Character:Aunt Abigail Bowen
Release Date:13/06/1928
The Tragedy of Youth
Character:Mother
Release Date:01/03/1928
Almost Human
Character:Mrs. Livingston
Release Date:26/12/1927
The Shield of Honor
Character:Mrs. MacDowell
Release Date:10/12/1927
Winds of the Pampas
Character:Doña Maria Casandos
Release Date:01/10/1927
Tillie the Toiler
Character:Ma Jones
Release Date:05/06/1927
The Black Diamond Express
Character:Martha Foster
Release Date:04/06/1927
The Taxi Dancer
Character:Aunt Mary
Release Date:05/02/1927
The Auctioneer
Character:Mrs. Tim Eagan
Release Date:16/01/1927
A Little Journey
Character:Aunt Louise
Release Date:01/01/1927
The Flaming Forest
Character:Mrs. McTavish
Release Date:21/11/1926
The Show Off
Character:Mom Fisher
Release Date:16/08/1926
The Unknown Soldier
Character:John Phillips' sister
Release Date:29/05/1926
The Shamrock Handicap
Character:Molly O'Shea
Release Date:02/05/1926
The Dixie Merchant
Character:Josephine Fippany
Release Date:07/03/1926
The Devil's Circus
Character:Mrs. Peterson
Release Date:14/02/1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character:Princess of Hur
Release Date:25/12/1925
The Midnight Flyer
Character:Liza Slater
Release Date:06/12/1925
The Big Parade
Character:Mrs. Apperson
Release Date:05/11/1925
The Tower of Lies
Character:Katrina
Release Date:10/10/1925
The End of the World
Character:Mrs. Joyce
Release Date:01/04/1925
The End of the World
Character:Mrs. Joyce
Release Date:01/04/1925
Waking Up the Town
Character:Mrs. Joyce
Release Date:30/03/1925
The Reckless Sex
Character:Concha
Release Date:05/02/1925
Those Who Dare
Character:Mrs. Rollins
Release Date:15/11/1924
Secrets
Character:Elizabeth Channing
Release Date:24/03/1924
Thy Name Is Woman
Character:Juan's Mother
Release Date:04/02/1924
Judgment of the Storm
Character:Mrs. Heath
Release Date:06/01/1924
Enemies of Children
Character:Godfrey sister
Release Date:13/12/1923
Ponjola
Character:Mrs. Hope
Release Date:28/10/1923
Ashes of Vengeance
Character:Margot's Aunt
Release Date:06/08/1923
Circus Days
Character:Martha
Release Date:30/07/1923
Human Wreckage
Character:Mrs. Brown
Release Date:17/06/1923
Michael O'Halloran
Character:Nancy Harding
Release Date:10/06/1923
The West~Bound Limited
Character:Mrs. Bill Buckley
Release Date:14/04/1923
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Character:Mrs. Putnam
Release Date:04/12/1922
Heart's Haven
Character:May Caroline
Release Date:08/08/1922
Nice People
Character:Margaret Rainsford
Release Date:12/07/1922
The Ragged Heiress
Character:Sylvia Moreton
Release Date:19/03/1922
Penrod
Character:Mrs. Schofield
Release Date:20/02/1922
Rent Free
Character:Countess de Mourney
Release Date:01/01/1922
Love Never Dies
Character:Liz Trott
Release Date:11/11/1921
Wealth
Character:Mrs. Dominick
Release Date:21/08/1921
What Every Woman Knows
Character:Comtesse de la Brière
Release Date:24/04/1921
Midsummer Madness
Character:Mrs. Osborne
Release Date:23/01/1921
Prisoners of Love
Character:Her Mother
Release Date:16/01/1921
The Mark of Zorro
Character:Dona Catalina Pulido
Release Date:05/12/1920
Something to Think About
Character:Housekeeper
Release Date:16/10/1920
The Jack-Knife Man
Character:Lize Merdin
Release Date:31/07/1920
Through Eyes of Men
Character:Mrs. Virginia All
Release Date:01/06/1920
The Gift Supreme
Character:Lalia Graun
Release Date:30/03/1920
Blind Youth
Character:Elizabeth Monnier
Release Date:15/03/1920
The Woman in the Suitcase
Character:Mrs. James B. Moreland
Release Date:11/01/1920
The Feud
Character:Mary Lynch
Release Date:07/12/1919
Heart o' the Hills
Character:Martha Hawn
Release Date:30/11/1919
Chasing Rainbows
Character:Mrs. Walters
Release Date:10/08/1919
Prudence on Broadway
Character:Miss Grayson
Release Date:06/07/1919
The Follies Girl
Character:Nina
Release Date:27/04/1919
Rosalind at Redgate
Character:
Release Date:11/01/1919
You Can't Believe Everything
Character:Grace Dardley
Release Date:23/06/1918
Captain of His Soul
Character:Annette
Release Date:10/02/1918
The Storm Woman
Character:
Release Date:02/10/1917
The Empty Gun
Character:Mary
Release Date:04/09/1917
The Clean-Up
Character:Vera Vincent
Release Date:06/08/1917
The Bronze Bride
Character:A-Che-Chee
Release Date:02/04/1917
The Gates of Doom
Character:Indore / Agatha
Release Date:05/03/1917
Avarice
Character:The Miserly Old Woman
Release Date:09/02/1917
The White Raven
Character:Daisy
Release Date:14/01/1917
The Right to Be Happy
Character:Mrs. Cratchit
Release Date:25/12/1916
Mixed Blood
Character:Nita Valyez
Release Date:18/12/1916
A Stranger from Somewhere
Character:Olga
Release Date:13/11/1916
As It Happened
Character:The Ranchman's Daughter
Release Date:12/07/1915
Old Offenders
Character:Joe's Wife
Release Date:10/07/1915
Her Convert
Character:The Old Inventor's Daughter
Release Date:24/06/1915
The Way Out
Character:The Young School Teacher
Release Date:19/06/1915
Her Dormant Love
Character:The Discontented Wife
Release Date:04/06/1915
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Character:Crook
Release Date:29/05/1915
The Canceled Mortgage
Character:The Widowed Mother
Release Date:17/05/1915
A Day's Adventure
Character:Hogan's Moll
Release Date:08/05/1915
The Gambler's I.O.U.
Character:Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
Release Date:12/04/1915
The Miser's Legacy
Character:The Crook's Wife
Release Date:09/04/1915
The Sheriff's Dilemma
Character:Molly
Release Date:02/04/1915
The Heart of a Bandit
Character:Claire
Release Date:22/02/1915
Men and Women
Character:Mrs. Stephen Rodman
Release Date:01/08/1914
The Cracksman's Gratitude
Character:
Release Date:04/07/1914
Her Hand
Character:Olga
Release Date:12/03/1914
Her Father's Silent Partner
Character:
Release Date:23/02/1914
A Nest Unfeathered
Character:Kate
Release Date:14/02/1914
His Fireman's Conscience
Character:Mrs. Daily
Release Date:26/01/1914
The Fatal Wedding
Character:
Release Date:19/01/1914
Waifs
Character:
Release Date:17/01/1914
Concentration
Character:The Mother
Release Date:12/01/1914
The Abandoned Well
Character:The Widow
Release Date:27/12/1913
For Her Government
Character:
Release Date:22/12/1913
The House of Discord
Character:The Sister-in-Law
Release Date:13/12/1913
All for Science
Character:Detective
Release Date:24/11/1913
The Detective's Stratagem
Character:Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
Release Date:20/11/1913
The Stopped Clock
Character:The Antique Dealer's Daughter
Release Date:01/11/1913
The Van Nostrand Tiara
Character:Kate
Release Date:20/10/1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Character:Edith
Release Date:02/10/1913
The Law and His Son
Character:Marguerite, Manning's Sister
Release Date:22/09/1913
The Stolen Treaty
Character:Olga
Release Date:13/09/1913
The Strong Man's Burden
Character:Ida Glynn, The Nurse
Release Date:05/09/1913
The Crook and the Girl
Character:The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
Release Date:25/08/1913
The Work Habit
Character:The Daughter in the City
Release Date:21/08/1913
Under the Shadow of the Law
Character:John Haywood's Sister
Release Date:07/08/1913
I Was Meant for You
Character:Lavina
Release Date:01/08/1913
The Vengeance of Galora
Character:Galora
Release Date:28/07/1913
A Misappropriated Turkey
Character:Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
Release Date:27/07/1913
The Mirror
Character:Daisy
Release Date:24/07/1913
A Gambler's Honor
Character:Beth
Release Date:14/07/1913
A Gamble with Death
Character:Kate
Release Date:30/06/1913
The Switchtower
Character:The Switchman's Wife
Release Date:15/06/1913
The Well
Character:The Farmer's Wife
Release Date:12/06/1913
The Enemy's Baby
Character:Miller's Wife
Release Date:10/06/1913
The Ranchero's Revenge
Character:The Schemer's Associate
Release Date:02/06/1913
Olaf—An Atom
Character:A Parent
Release Date:19/05/1913
The Stolen Loaf
Character:The Rich Woman
Release Date:10/05/1913
The House of Darkness
Character:The Doctor's Wife
Release Date:10/05/1913
The Tenderfoot's Money
Character:The Prospector's Wife
Release Date:05/05/1913
The Wanderer
Character:The Female Lover
Release Date:02/05/1913
The Stolen Bride
Character:The Wife
Release Date:07/04/1913
The Unwelcome Guest
Character:The Wife
Release Date:15/03/1913
The Wrong Bottle
Character:The Blind Sister
Release Date:06/03/1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
Character:The Lady
Release Date:06/01/1913
The God Within
Character:The Woodsman's Wife
Release Date:26/12/1912
A Cry for Help
Character:The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
Release Date:23/12/1912
The Massacre
Character:Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
Release Date:19/12/1912
The New York Hat
Character:The Main Gossip
Release Date:05/12/1912
A Sailor’s Heart
Character:The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
Release Date:25/11/1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
Character:The Elder Daughter
Release Date:14/10/1912
So Near, Yet So Far
Character:Rich Woman in Other Town
Release Date:29/09/1912
Two Daughters of Eve
Character:The Mother
Release Date:19/09/1912
Man's Genesis
Character:Cave Woman
Release Date:10/07/1912
The School Teacher and the Waif
Character:The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
Release Date:26/06/1912
Lena and the Geese
Character:Lena's Mother
Release Date:17/06/1912
A Temporary Truce
Character:Mexican Jim's Wife
Release Date:10/06/1912
When the Fire-Bells Rang
Character:An Actress
Release Date:08/05/1912
The Old Actor
Character:At Audition
Release Date:06/05/1912
The Female of the Species
Character:The Miner's Wife
Release Date:15/04/1912
A String of Pearls
Character:The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
Release Date:07/03/1912
The Sunbeam
Character:The Spinster
Release Date:26/02/1912
The Sands of Dee
Character:Artist's fiancee
Release Date:21/02/1912
Under Burning Skies
Character:The Friend
Release Date:21/02/1912
Billy's Stratagem
Character:Billy's Mother
Release Date:12/02/1912
The Baby and the Stork
Character:The Mother
Release Date:01/01/1912
The Baby and the Stork
Character:The Workman
Release Date:01/01/1912
A Woman Scorned
Character:The Doctor's Wife
Release Date:30/11/1911
The Long Road
Character:Ned's Wife
Release Date:26/10/1911
The Adventures of Billy
Character:Rich Woman
Release Date:18/10/1911
The Unveiling
Character:
Release Date:16/10/1911
The Squaw's Love
Character:Silver Fawn
Release Date:13/09/1911
Swords and Hearts
Character:Irene Lambert
Release Date:27/08/1911
A Country Cupid
Character:The Half-Wit's Mother
Release Date:23/07/1911
The Primal Call
Character:The Woman
Release Date:21/06/1911
The Manicure Lady
Character:Lunchroom Hostess
Release Date:18/05/1911
A Decree of Destiny
Character:A Nun
Release Date:06/03/1911
Fisher Folks
Character:At Fair
Release Date:16/02/1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
Character:The Old Carpenter's Wife
Release Date:13/02/1911
Fate's Turning
Character:At Hotel/At Wedding
Release Date:22/01/1911
His Trust Fulfilled
Character:Mrs. Frazier
Release Date:18/01/1911
His Trust
Character:Col. Frazier's wife
Release Date:16/01/1911
The Golden Supper
Character:Lady-in-Waiting
Release Date:12/12/1910
His New Lid
Character:
Release Date:24/11/1910
Waiter No. 5
Character:The Chief of Police's Wife
Release Date:03/11/1910
The Message of the Violin
Character:The Other Woman's Servant
Release Date:24/10/1910
The Iconoclast
Character:
Release Date:03/10/1910
Rose o' Salem Town
Character:
Release Date:25/09/1910
The Oath and the Man
Character:Rebel
Release Date:21/09/1910
A Mohawk's Way
Character:
Release Date:12/09/1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Character:One of the Sisters Frost
Release Date:01/09/1910
Wilful Peggy
Character:Housemaid
Release Date:24/08/1910
The Usurer
Character:Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
Release Date:15/08/1910
A Flash of Light
Character:At First Party
Release Date:17/07/1910
Love Among the Roses
Character:
Release Date:08/05/1910
The Call of the Wild
Character:Party Guest
Release Date:27/10/1908
The Planter's Wife
Character:Mrs. John Holland
Release Date:20/10/1908
The Devil
Character:
Release Date:02/10/1908
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