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.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Ashes of Vengeance
1923
Margot's Aunt
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 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 Heart o' the Hills
1919
Martha Hawn
Details Prudence on Broadway
1919
Miss Grayson
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 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 Right to Be Happy
1916
Mrs. Cratchit
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 Father's Silent Partner
1914
Character TBA
Details His Fireman's Conscience
1914
Mrs. Daily
Details The Fatal Wedding
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 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 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 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 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 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