Claire McDowell
Known for: Acting
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
Series
MGM Parade
Self
1955
Film
It Happened One Night
Mother on Bus (uncredited)
1934
Film
Dollar Down
Mrs. Meadows
1925
Film
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
Her Convert
The Old Inventor's Daughter
1915
Film
Hangmen Also Die!
Counterwoman (uncredited)
1943
Film
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Princess of Hur
1925
Film
Penrod
Mrs. Schofield
1922
Film
Boys Town
Nun (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Big Parade
Mrs. Apperson
1925
As It Happened
The Ranchman's Daughter
1915
Film
Blind Youth
Elizabeth Monnier
1920
Film
British Agent
Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
1934
Film
Wealth
Mrs. Dominick
1921
Film
Du Barry Was a Lady
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1943
Film
This Land Is Mine
Woman in Bathroom
1943
Film
Imitation of Life
Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
1934
Film
Test Pilot
Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
1938
Film
Idiot's Delight
Crying Mother
1939
Don't Marry
Aunt Abigail Bowen
1928
Film
The Mark of Zorro
Dona Catalina Pulido
1920
Film
Small Town Girl
Woman in Bed (uncredited)
1936
Film
Young Tom Edison
Woman at Station
1940
Film
Keeper of the Flame
1943
Film
Central Airport
Mrs. Blaine
1933
The Stolen Treaty
Olga
1913
Film
Chasing Rainbows
Mrs. Walters
1919
Film
The West~Bound Limited
Mrs. Bill Buckley
1923
Film
Three Comrades
Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
1938
Film
Presenting Lily Mars
Dowager
1943
Film
Concentration
The Mother
1914
Film
Lady Scarface
Mrs. Tuckerman
1941
The Stolen Bride
The Wife
1913
Film
Wild Boys of the Road
Mrs. Smith
1933
Film
The Show Off
Mom Fisher
1926
Film
Adventure
Woman in Library (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Big House
Mrs. Marlowe
1930
Film
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
1944
Film
Cornered
Jane's Aunt
1932
Old Offenders
Joe's Wife
1915
Film
Young Desire
Mrs. Spencer
1930
Film
An American Tragedy
Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
1931
The Well
The Farmer's Wife
1913
Film
Stand Up and Fight
Woman
1939
Film
The Working Man
Benjamin's Secretary
1933
Film
The Unknown Soldier
John Phillips' sister
1926
Film
Ashes of Vengeance
Margot's Aunt
1923
Film
Lawyer Man
Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
1932
The Mirror
Daisy
1913
Film
The Viking
Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
1928
Avarice
The Miserly Old Woman
1917
Film
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
1940
Film
Michael O'Halloran
Nancy Harding
1923
Film
So Near, Yet So Far
Rich Woman in Other Town
1912
Film
Men and Women
Mrs. Stephen Rodman
1914
Film
They're Always Caught
Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Flaming Forest
Mrs. McTavish
1926
Film
The Golden Fleecing
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1940
Film
His Trust
Col. Frazier's wife
1911
Film
The Massacre
Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
1912
Her Hand
Olga
1914
Film
The End of the World
Mrs. Joyce
1925
Film
Union Depot
Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Sunbeam
The Spinster
1912
The Fatal Wedding
1914
Film
A Flash of Light
At First Party
1910
Film
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Mrs. Putnam
1922
Film
Black Oxen
Agnes Trevor
1923
Under the Shadow of the Law
John Haywood's Sister
1913
Film
Under Eighteen
Seamstress (uncredited)
1932
The Broken Cross
Kate's Mother
1911
Film
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
1932
Film
What Every Woman Knows
Comtesse de la Brière
1921
Film
Fate's Turning
At Hotel/At Wedding
1911
Film
In the Aisles of the Wild
The Elder Daughter
1912
Film
The House of Discord
The Sister-in-Law
1913
Film
The Flying Fleet
Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
1929
Film
The Shamrock Handicap
Molly O'Shea
1926
The Detective's Stratagem
Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
1913
Film
Prisoners of Love
Her Mother
1921
Film
Thunder Afloat
Nurse (uncredited)
1939
Her Dormant Love
The Discontented Wife
1915
The Empty Gun
Mary
1917
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Crook
1915
Film
Redemption
Anna Pavlovna
1930
Film
You Can't Believe Everything
Grace Dardley
1918
Film
The Jack-Knife Man
Lize Merdin
1920
The Spanish Gypsy
Paula
1911
Film
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Gossiper
1939
Film
August Week End
Alma Washburne
1936
Film
Journal of a Crime
Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
1934
Film
Mother o' Mine
Mrs. Sheldon
1921
Film
Wild Company
Mrs. Laura Grayson
1930
The Sorrowful Example
The Wife
1911
Film
Heart o' the Hills
Martha Hawn
1919
Film
Men on Her Mind
Mother Goodwin
1944
A Misappropriated Turkey
Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
1913
Film
The Canceled Mortgage
The Widowed Mother
1915
Film
4 Devils
Woman
1928
Film
The Primal Call
The Woman
1911
Film
The Second Floor Mystery
Aunt Hattie
1930
A Nest Unfeathered
Kate
1914
Film
A Country Cupid
The Half-Wit's Mother
1911
Film
A String of Pearls
The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
1912
Film
The Gates of Doom
Indore / Agatha
1917
Film
A Woman Scorned
The Doctor's Wife
1911
Film
Murder by Television
Mrs. Houghland
1935
A Gamble with Death
Kate
1913
Film
Rose o' Salem Town
1910
Film
The Female of the Species
The Miner's Wife
1912
Film
Waiter No. 5
The Chief of Police's Wife
1910
Film
The Devil's Riddle
Mrs. Potts
1920
Film
A Night at the Movies
Movie Patron (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Gift Supreme
Lalia Graun
1920
Rosalind at Redgate
1919
The Wrong Bottle
The Blind Sister
1913
Film
Mothers Cry
Mary's Mother
1930
The Sheriff's Dilemma
Molly
1915
Film
Captain of His Soul
Annette
1918
Film
The Long Road
Ned's Wife
1911
Film
Wilful Peggy
Housemaid
1910
The Law and His Son
Marguerite, Manning's Sister
1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook
Edith
1913
Film
Two Heads on a Pillow
Mrs. Helen Gorman
1934
Film
Silks and Saddles
Mrs. Calhoun
1929
A Mohawk's Way
1910
Film
Miracles for Sale
Jack of Diamonds Woman
1939
Film
The Ragged Heiress
Sylvia Moreton
1922
Film
Mixed Blood
Nita Valyez
1916
A Decree of Destiny
A Nun
1911
Film
Midsummer Madness
Mrs. Osborne
1921
Film
Swords and Hearts
Irene Lambert
1911
Film
Manhattan Parade
Nancy - the Maid
1931
The Abandoned Well
The Widow
1913
Film
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
1937
Film
The Dixie Merchant
Josephine Fippany
1926
Film
Ponjola
Mrs. Hope
1923
Film
The Storm Woman
1917
Film
Bedside
Nurse
1934
Film
The Tower of Lies
Katrina
1925
Film
A Successful Calamity
Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Return of Mary
Mrs. John Denby Sr.
1918
Film
The Famous Ferguson Case
Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
1932
When the Fire-Bells Rang
An Actress
1912
Film
His Trust Fulfilled
Mrs. Frazier
1911
Film
The Old Actor
At Audition
1912
Film
The House of Darkness
The Doctor's Wife
1913
Film
A Cry for Help
The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
1912
Film
Dr. Monica
Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
1934
Film
Brothers
Bess Naughton
1930
Film
One Against the World
Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
1939
The Van Nostrand Tiara
Kate
1913
Film
Human Wreckage
Mrs. Brown
1923
Film
The New York Hat
The Main Gossip
1912
Film
The Wanderer
The Female Lover
1913
Film
Tillie the Toiler
Ma Jones
1927
Film
Angel of Mercy
Mother (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Baby and the Stork
The Mother
1912
Film
The Baby and the Stork
The Workman
1912
Film
The Feud
Mary Lynch
1919
Film
The Adventures of Billy
Rich Woman
1911
The Ranchero's Revenge
The Schemer's Associate
1913
Film
Marriage by Contract
Mother
1928
Film
The Auctioneer
Mrs. Tim Eagan
1927
The Crook and the Girl
The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
1913
His New Lid
1910
Film
The Shield of Honor
Mrs. MacDowell
1927
The Gambler's I.O.U.
Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
1915
Film
The Switchtower
The Switchman's Wife
1913
A Gambler's Honor
Beth
1913
Film
When Dreams Come True
Martha Shelby
1929
Film
By Appointment Only
Mrs. Mary Carroll
1933
The Unveiling
1911
Film
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
One of the Sisters Frost
1910
Film
Through Eyes of Men
Mrs. Virginia All
1920
Film
The Unwelcome Guest
The Wife
1913
Film
A Stranger from Somewhere
Olga
1916
Film
The Oath and the Man
Rebel
1910
Film
The Devil's Circus
Mrs. Peterson
1926
The Reckless Sex
Concha
1925
Film
The Taxi Dancer
Aunt Mary
1927
Film
The Sands of Dee
Artist's fiancee
1912
Film
Nice People
Margaret Rainsford
1922
Film
The Planter's Wife
Mrs. John Holland
1908
Film
The Golden Supper
Lady-in-Waiting
1910
Film
Two Daughters of Eve
The Mother
1912
His Fireman's Conscience
Mrs. Daily
1914
Film
Whispers
Gossip (uncredited)
1941
Film
Song of Revolt
Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Usurer
Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
1910
Film
The Follies Girl
Nina
1919
Film
Thy Name Is Woman
Juan's Mother
1924
I Was Meant for You
Lavina
1913
Film
The Strong Man's Burden
Ida Glynn, The Nurse
1913
Film
Fisher Folks
At Fair
1911
Winds of the Pampas
Doña Maria Casandos
1927
Film
The School Teacher and the Waif
The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
1912
The Vengeance of Galora
Galora
1913
Film
The Squaw's Love
Silver Fawn
1911
Film
Secrets
Elizabeth Channing
1924
Film
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
The Lady
1913
The Iconoclast
1910
Film
Lena and the Geese
Lena's Mother
1912
Film
The Right to Be Happy
Mrs. Cratchit
1916
Film
The Black Diamond Express
Martha Foster
1927
Film
The Man on the Rock
Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
1938
Film
The Clean-Up
Vera Vincent
1917
The Way Out
The Young School Teacher
1915
Film
A Sailor’s Heart
The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
1912
Film
The Bronze Bride
A-Che-Chee
1917
The God Within
The Woodsman's Wife
1912
The Miser's Legacy
The Crook's Wife
1915
Film
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
The Old Carpenter's Wife
1911
Film
Olaf—An Atom
A Parent
1913
Film
A Temporary Truce
Mexican Jim's Wife
1912
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914
Film
Almost Human
Mrs. Livingston
1927
Film
A Failure at Fifty
Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
Film
Man's Genesis
Cave Woman
1912
Film
Circus Days
Martha
1923
Film
The Call of the Wild
Party Guest
1908
Film
Prudence on Broadway
Miss Grayson
1919
Film
Under Burning Skies
The Friend
1912
Film
The Phantom Express
Ma Nolan
1932
The Stolen Loaf
The Rich Woman
1913
Film
A Little Journey
Aunt Louise
1927
Film
Something to Think About
Housekeeper
1920
For Her Government
1913
The Message of the Violin
The Other Woman's Servant
1910
Film
The Woman in the Suitcase
Mrs. James B. Moreland
1920
Film
The Tragedy of Youth
Mother
1928
Film
Those Who Dare
Mrs. Rollins
1924
Film
Rent Free
Countess de Mourney
1922
The Stopped Clock
The Antique Dealer's Daughter
1913
The Enemy's Baby
Miller's Wife
1913
Film
Waking Up the Town
Mrs. Joyce
1925
Film
Love Never Dies
Liz Trott
1921
Waifs
1914
Film
The Tenderfoot's Money
The Prospector's Wife
1913
Film
Judgment of the Storm
Mrs. Heath
1924
All for Science
Detective
1913
Film
Love Among the Roses
1910
Film
The Quitter
Mrs. Abbott
1929
Film
The Heart of a Bandit
Claire
1915
Film
The Devil
1908
Film
Heart's Haven
May Caroline
1922
Film
The Midnight Flyer
Liza Slater
1925
Film
Enemies of Children
Godfrey sister
1923
The Work Habit
The Daughter in the City
1913
Film
The White Raven
Daisy
1917
Film
The Manicure Lady
Lunchroom Hostess
1911
A Day's Adventure
Hogan's Moll
1915
Film
Billy's Stratagem
Billy's Mother
1912
The End of the World
Mrs. Joyce
1925