Movie Mania

movie night
Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

Born on October 31st, 1877

New York City, New York, USA

Died on October 23rd, 1966

Biography

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

Filmography

Adventure

1945

Woman in Library (uncredited)

Details

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)

Details

Men on Her Mind

1944

Mother Goodwin

Details

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943

Subway Passenger

Details

This Land Is Mine

1943

Woman in Bathroom

Details

Presenting Lily Mars

1943

Dowager

Details

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Counterwoman (uncredited)

Details

Keeper of the Flame

1943

Character TBA

Details

Lady Scarface

1941

Mrs. Tuckerman

Details

Whispers

1941

Gossip (uncredited)

Details

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

Details

The Golden Fleecing

1940

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Details

A Failure at Fifty

1940

Minor Role (uncredited)

Details

Young Tom Edison

1940

Woman at Station

Details

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939

Gossiper

Details

Thunder Afloat

1939

Nurse (uncredited)

Details

One Against the World

1939

Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

Details

Miracles for Sale

1939

Jack of Diamonds Woman

Details

Angel of Mercy

1939

Mother (uncredited)

Details

Idiot's Delight

1939

Crying Mother

Details

Stand Up and Fight

1939

Woman

Details

Boys Town

1938

Nun (uncredited)

Details

The Man on the Rock

1938

Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

Details

They're Always Caught

1938

Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

Details

Three Comrades

1938

Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

Details

Test Pilot

1938

Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

Details

A Night at the Movies

1937

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Details

Two-Fisted Sheriff

1937

Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

Details

Song of Revolt

1937

Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

Details

Small Town Girl

1936

Woman in Bed (uncredited)

Details

August Week End

1936

Alma Washburne

Details

Murder by Television

1935

Mrs. Houghland

Details

Imitation of Life

1934

Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

Details

Two Heads on a Pillow

1934

Mrs. Helen Gorman

Details

British Agent

1934

Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

Details

Dr. Monica

1934

Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

Details

Journal of a Crime

1934

Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

Details

It Happened One Night

1934

Mother on Bus (uncredited)

Details

Bedside

1934

Nurse

Details

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

Mrs. Smith

Details

By Appointment Only

1933

Mrs. Mary Carroll

Details

The Working Man

1933

Benjamin's Secretary

Details

Central Airport

1933

Mrs. Blaine

Details

Lawyer Man

1932

Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

Details

A Successful Calamity

1932

Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

Details

The Phantom Express

1932

Ma Nolan

Details

Cornered

1932

Jane's Aunt

Details

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932

Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

Details

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932

Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

Details

Union Depot

1932

Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Details

Under Eighteen

1932

Seamstress (uncredited)

Details

Manhattan Parade

1931

Nancy - the Maid

Details

An American Tragedy

1931

Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

Details

Mothers Cry

1930

Mary's Mother

Details

Brothers

1930

Bess Naughton

Details

Wild Company

1930

Mrs. Laura Grayson

Details

The Big House

1930

Mrs. Marlowe

Details

Young Desire

1930

Mrs. Spencer

Details

The Second Floor Mystery

1930

Aunt Hattie

Details

Redemption

1930

Anna Pavlovna

Details

The Quitter

1929

Mrs. Abbott

Details

Silks and Saddles

1929

Mrs. Calhoun

Details

The Flying Fleet

1929

Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

Details

The Viking

1928

Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

Details

Don't Marry

1928

Aunt Abigail Bowen

Details

The Tragedy of Youth

1928

Mother

Details

Almost Human

1927

Mrs. Livingston

Details

The Shield of Honor

1927

Mrs. MacDowell

Details

Winds of the Pampas

1927

Doña Maria Casandos

Details

Tillie the Toiler

1927

Ma Jones

Details

The Black Diamond Express

1927

Martha Foster

Details

The Taxi Dancer

1927

Aunt Mary

Details

The Auctioneer

1927

Mrs. Tim Eagan

Details

A Little Journey

1927

Aunt Louise

Details

The Flaming Forest

1926

Mrs. McTavish

Details

The Show Off

1926

Mom Fisher

Details

The Unknown Soldier

1926

John Phillips' sister

Details

The Shamrock Handicap

1926

Molly O'Shea

Details

The Dixie Merchant

1926

Josephine Fippany

Details

The Devil's Circus

1926

Mrs. Peterson

Details

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

Princess of Hur

Details

The Midnight Flyer

1925

Liza Slater

Details

The Big Parade

1925

Mrs. Apperson

Details

The Tower of Lies

1925

Katrina

Details

The End of the World

1925

Mrs. Joyce

Details

The End of the World

1925

Mrs. Joyce

Details

Waking Up the Town

1925

Mrs. Joyce

Details

The Reckless Sex

1925

Concha

Details

Those Who Dare

1924

Mrs. Rollins

Details

Secrets

1924

Elizabeth Channing

Details

Thy Name Is Woman

1924

Juan's Mother

Details

Judgment of the Storm

1924

Mrs. Heath

Details

Enemies of Children

1923

Godfrey sister

Details

Ponjola

1923

Mrs. Hope

Details

Ashes of Vengeance

1923

Margot's Aunt

Details

Circus Days

1923

Martha

Details

Human Wreckage

1923

Mrs. Brown

Details

Michael O'Halloran

1923

Nancy Harding

Details

The West~Bound Limited

1923

Mrs. Bill Buckley

Details

Quincy Adams Sawyer

1922

Mrs. Putnam

Details

Heart's Haven

1922

May Caroline

Details

Nice People

1922

Margaret Rainsford

Details

Penrod

1922

Mrs. Schofield

Details

Rent Free

1922

Countess de Mourney

Details

Love Never Dies

1921

Liz Trott

Details

What Every Woman Knows

1921

Comtesse de la Brière

Details

Midsummer Madness

1921

Mrs. Osborne

Details

Prisoners of Love

1921

Her Mother

Details

The Mark of Zorro

1920

Dona Catalina Pulido

Details

Something to Think About

1920

Housekeeper

Details

The Jack-Knife Man

1920

Lize Merdin

Details

Through Eyes of Men

1920

Mrs. Virginia All

Details

The Gift Supreme

1920

Lalia Graun

Details

The Woman in the Suitcase

1920

Mrs. James B. Moreland

Details

The Feud

1919

Mary Lynch

Details

Heart o' the Hills

1919

Martha Hawn

Details

Prudence on Broadway

1919

Miss Grayson

Details

The Follies Girl

1919

Nina

Details

Rosalind at Redgate

1919

Character TBA

Details

You Can't Believe Everything

1918

Grace Dardley

Details

Captain of His Soul

1918

Annette

Details

The Storm Woman

1917

Character TBA

Details

The Empty Gun

1917

Mary

Details

The Clean-Up

1917

Vera Vincent

Details

The Bronze Bride

1917

A-Che-Chee

Details

The Gates of Doom

1917

Indore / Agatha

Details

Avarice

1917

The Miserly Old Woman

Details

The White Raven

1917

Daisy

Details

The Right to Be Happy

1916

Mrs. Cratchit

Details

Mixed Blood

1916

Nita Valyez

Details

A Stranger from Somewhere

1916

Olga

Details

As It Happened

1915

The Ranchman's Daughter

Details

Old Offenders

1915

Joe's Wife

Details

Her Convert

1915

The Old Inventor's Daughter

Details

The Way Out

1915

The Young School Teacher

Details

Her Dormant Love

1915

The Discontented Wife

Details

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

1915

Crook

Details

The Canceled Mortgage

1915

The Widowed Mother

Details

A Day's Adventure

1915

Hogan's Moll

Details

The Gambler's I.O.U.

1915

Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter

Details

The Miser's Legacy

1915

The Crook's Wife

Details

The Sheriff's Dilemma

1915

Molly

Details

The Heart of a Bandit

1915

Claire

Details

Men and Women

1914

Mrs. Stephen Rodman

Details

The Cracksman's Gratitude

1914

Character TBA

Details

Her Hand

1914

Olga

Details

Her Father's Silent Partner

1914

Character TBA

Details

A Nest Unfeathered

1914

Kate

Details

His Fireman's Conscience

1914

Mrs. Daily

Details

The Fatal Wedding

1914

Character TBA

Details

Waifs

1914

Character TBA

Details

Concentration

1914

The Mother

Details

The Abandoned Well

1913

The Widow

Details

For Her Government

1913

Character TBA

Details

The House of Discord

1913

The Sister-in-Law

Details

All for Science

1913

Detective

Details

The Detective's Stratagem

1913

Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart

Details

The Stopped Clock

1913

The Antique Dealer's Daughter

Details

The Van Nostrand Tiara

1913

Kate

Details

A Tender-Hearted Crook

1913

Edith

Details

The Law and His Son

1913

Marguerite, Manning's Sister

Details

The Stolen Treaty

1913

Olga

Details

The Strong Man's Burden

1913

Ida Glynn, The Nurse

Details

The Crook and the Girl

1913

The Uncle's Adopted Daughter

Details

The Work Habit

1913

The Daughter in the City

Details

Under the Shadow of the Law

1913

John Haywood's Sister

Details

I Was Meant for You

1913

Lavina

Details

The Vengeance of Galora

1913

Galora

Details

A Misappropriated Turkey

1913

Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan

Details

The Mirror

1913

Daisy

Details

A Gambler's Honor

1913

Beth

Details

A Gamble with Death

1913

Kate

Details

The Switchtower

1913

The Switchman's Wife

Details

The Well

1913

The Farmer's Wife

Details

The Enemy's Baby

1913

Miller's Wife

Details

The Ranchero's Revenge

1913

The Schemer's Associate

Details

Olaf—An Atom

1913

A Parent

Details

The Stolen Loaf

1913

The Rich Woman

Details

The House of Darkness

1913

The Doctor's Wife

Details

The Tenderfoot's Money

1913

The Prospector's Wife

Details

The Wanderer

1913

The Female Lover

Details

The Stolen Bride

1913

The Wife

Details

The Unwelcome Guest

1913

The Wife

Details

The Wrong Bottle

1913

The Blind Sister

Details

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

1913

The Lady

Details

The God Within

1912

The Woodsman's Wife

Details

A Cry for Help

1912

The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient

Details

The Massacre

1912

Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

Details

The New York Hat

1912

The Main Gossip

Details

A Sailor’s Heart

1912

The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

Details

In the Aisles of the Wild

1912

The Elder Daughter

Details

So Near, Yet So Far

1912

Rich Woman in Other Town

Details

Two Daughters of Eve

1912

The Mother

Details

Man's Genesis

1912

Cave Woman

Details

The School Teacher and the Waif

1912

The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

Details

Lena and the Geese

1912

Lena's Mother

Details

A Temporary Truce

1912

Mexican Jim's Wife

Details

When the Fire-Bells Rang

1912

An Actress

Details

The Old Actor

1912

At Audition

Details

The Female of the Species

1912

The Miner's Wife

Details

A String of Pearls

1912

The Italian Shoemaker's Wife

Details

The Sunbeam

1912

The Spinster

Details

The Sands of Dee

1912

Artist's fiancee

Details

Under Burning Skies

1912

The Friend

Details

Billy's Stratagem

1912

Billy's Mother

Details

The Baby and the Stork

1912

The Mother

Details

The Baby and the Stork

1912

The Workman

Details

A Woman Scorned

1911

The Doctor's Wife

Details

The Long Road

1911

Ned's Wife

Details

The Adventures of Billy

1911

Rich Woman

Details

The Unveiling

1911

Character TBA

Details

The Squaw's Love

1911

Silver Fawn

Details

Swords and Hearts

1911

Irene Lambert

Details

A Country Cupid

1911

The Half-Wit's Mother

Details

The Primal Call

1911

The Woman

Details

The Manicure Lady

1911

Lunchroom Hostess

Details

A Decree of Destiny

1911

A Nun

Details

Fisher Folks

1911

At Fair

Details

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

1911

The Old Carpenter's Wife

Details

Fate's Turning

1911

At Hotel/At Wedding

Details

His Trust Fulfilled

1911

Mrs. Frazier

Details

His Trust

1911

Col. Frazier's wife

Details

The Golden Supper

1910

Lady-in-Waiting

Details

His New Lid

1910

Character TBA

Details

Waiter No. 5

1910

The Chief of Police's Wife

Details

The Message of the Violin

1910

The Other Woman's Servant

Details

The Iconoclast

1910

Character TBA

Details

Rose o' Salem Town

1910

Character TBA

Details

The Oath and the Man

1910

Rebel

Details

A Mohawk's Way

1910

Character TBA

Details

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

1910

One of the Sisters Frost

Details

Wilful Peggy

1910

Housemaid

Details

The Usurer

1910

Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

Details

A Flash of Light

1910

At First Party

Details

Love Among the Roses

1910

Character TBA

Details

The Call of the Wild

1908

Party Guest

Details

The Planter's Wife

1908

Mrs. John Holland

Details

The Devil

1908

Character TBA

Details