Claire McDowell

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1877-10-31

Died: 1966-10-23

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1908	The Devil		15
2	1908	The Planter's Wife	Mrs. John Holland	50
3	1910	Love Among the Roses		47
4	1910	A Flash of Light	At First Party	50
5	1910	The Usurer	Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors	50
6	1910	Wilful Peggy	Housemaid	46
7	1910	Muggsy Becomes a Hero	One of the Sisters Frost	50
8	1910	A Mohawk's Way		0
9	1910	The Oath and the Man	Rebel	45
10	1910	Rose o' Salem Town		52
11	1910	The Iconoclast		0
12	1910	The Message of the Violin	The Other Woman's Servant	0
13	1910	Waiter No. 5	The Chief of Police's Wife	0
14	1910	His New Lid		0
15	1910	The Golden Supper	Lady-in-Waiting	45
16	1911	His Trust	Col. Frazier's wife	41
17	1911	His Trust Fulfilled	Mrs. Frazier	37
18	1911	Fate's Turning	At Hotel/At Wedding	50
19	1911	What Shall We Do with Our Old?	The Old Carpenter's Wife	55
20	1911	Fisher Folks	At Fair	0
21	1911	A Decree of Destiny	A Nun	0
22	1911	The Manicure Lady	Lunchroom Hostess	50
23	1911	The Primal Call	The Woman	40
24	1911	A Country Cupid	The Half-Wit's Mother	45
25	1911	Swords and Hearts	Irene Lambert	46
26	1911	The Squaw's Love	Silver Fawn	50
27	1911	The Unveiling		0
28	1911	The Adventures of Billy	Rich Woman	57
29	1911	The Long Road	Ned's Wife	0
30	1911	A Woman Scorned	The Doctor's Wife	0
31	1912	The Baby and the Stork	The Mother	0
32	1912	The Baby and the Stork	The Workman	0
33	1912	Billy's Stratagem	Billy's Mother	50
34	1912	The Sands of Dee	Artist's fiancee	56
35	1912	Under Burning Skies	The Friend	47
36	1912	The Sunbeam	The Spinster	63
37	1912	The Female of the Species	The Miner's Wife	42
38	1912	The Old Actor	At Audition	54
39	1912	When the Fire-Bells Rang	An Actress	0
40	1912	A Temporary Truce	Mexican Jim's Wife	40
41	1912	Lena and the Geese	Lena's Mother	42
42	1912	The School Teacher and the Waif	The Street Fakir's Sweetheart	48
43	1912	Man's Genesis	Cave Woman	46
44	1912	Two Daughters of Eve	The Mother	0
45	1912	So Near, Yet So Far	Rich Woman in Other Town	59
46	1912	In the Aisles of the Wild	The Elder Daughter	0
47	1912	A Sailor’s Heart	The Sailor's Third Sweetheart	0
48	1912	The New York Hat	The Main Gossip	57
49	1912	The Massacre	Stephen's Belle - In Prologue	59
50	1912	A Cry for Help	The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient	0
51	1912	The God Within	The Woodsman's Wife	0
52	1913	The Telephone Girl and the Lady	The Lady	50
53	1913	The Wrong Bottle	The Blind Sister	0
54	1913	The Unwelcome Guest	The Wife	50
55	1913	The Stolen Bride	The Wife	0
56	1913	The Wanderer	The Female Lover	55
57	1913	The Tenderfoot's Money	The Prospector's Wife	0
58	1913	The Stolen Loaf	The Rich Woman	0
59	1913	The House of Darkness	The Doctor's Wife	50
60	1913	Olaf—An Atom	A Parent	0
61	1913	The Ranchero's Revenge	The Schemer's Associate	0
62	1913	The Enemy's Baby	Miller's Wife	0
63	1913	The Well	The Farmer's Wife	0
64	1913	The Switchtower	The Switchman's Wife	50
65	1913	A Gamble with Death	Kate	0
66	1913	A Gambler's Honor	Beth	0
67	1913	The Mirror	Daisy	0
68	1913	A Misappropriated Turkey	Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan	0
69	1913	The Vengeance of Galora	Galora	0
70	1913	I Was Meant for You	Lavina	0
71	1913	Under the Shadow of the Law	John Haywood's Sister	0
72	1913	The Work Habit	The Daughter in the City	0
73	1913	The Crook and the Girl	The Uncle's Adopted Daughter	0
74	1913	The Strong Man's Burden	Ida Glynn, The Nurse	50
75	1913	The Stolen Treaty	Olga	0
76	1913	The Law and His Son	Marguerite, Manning's Sister	0
77	1913	A Tender-Hearted Crook	Edith	0
78	1913	The Van Nostrand Tiara	Kate	0
79	1913	The Stopped Clock	The Antique Dealer's Daughter	0
80	1913	The Detective's Stratagem	Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart	0
81	1913	All for Science	Detective	0
82	1913	The House of Discord	The Sister-in-Law	0
83	1913	For Her Government		0
84	1913	The Abandoned Well	The Widow	0
85	1914	Concentration	The Mother	0
86	1914	Waifs		0
87	1914	The Fatal Wedding		0
88	1914	His Fireman's Conscience	Mrs. Daily	0
89	1914	A Nest Unfeathered	Kate	0
90	1914	Her Father's Silent Partner		0
91	1914	Her Hand	Olga	0
92	1914	The Cracksman's Gratitude		0
93	1914	Men and Women	Mrs. Stephen Rodman	0
94	1915	The Heart of a Bandit	Claire	0
95	1915	The Sheriff's Dilemma	Molly	0
96	1915	The Miser's Legacy	The Crook's Wife	0
97	1915	The Gambler's I.O.U.	Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter	0
98	1915	A Day's Adventure	Hogan's Moll	0
99	1915	The Canceled Mortgage	The Widowed Mother	0
100	1915	Truth Stranger Than Fiction	Crook	0
101	1915	Her Dormant Love	The Discontented Wife	0
102	1915	The Way Out	The Young School Teacher	0
103	1915	Her Convert	The Old Inventor's Daughter	0
104	1915	Old Offenders	Joe's Wife	0
105	1915	As It Happened	The Ranchman's Daughter	0
106	1916	A Stranger from Somewhere	Olga	0
107	1916	Mixed Blood	Nita Valyez	0
108	1916	The Right to Be Happy	Mrs. Cratchit	100
109	1917	The White Raven	Daisy	60
110	1917	Avarice	The Miserly Old Woman	0
111	1917	The Gates of Doom	Indore / Agatha	0
112	1917	The Bronze Bride	A-Che-Chee	0
113	1917	The Clean-Up	Vera Vincent	0
114	1917	The Empty Gun	Mary	0
115	1917	The Storm Woman		0
116	1918	Captain of His Soul	Annette	0
117	1918	You Can't Believe Everything	Grace Dardley	0
118	1919	Rosalind at Redgate		0
119	1919	The Follies Girl	Nina	0
120	1919	Prudence on Broadway	Miss Grayson	0
121	1919	Heart o' the Hills	Martha Hawn	60
122	1919	The Feud	Mary Lynch	0
123	1920	The Woman in the Suitcase	Mrs. James B. Moreland	38
124	1920	The Gift Supreme	Lalia Graun	0
125	1920	The Jack-Knife Man	Lize Merdin	60
126	1920	Something to Think About	Housekeeper	65
127	1920	The Mark of Zorro	Dona Catalina Pulido	72
128	1921	Prisoners of Love	Her Mother	0
129	1921	Midsummer Madness	Mrs. Osborne	10
130	1921	What Every Woman Knows	Comtesse de la Brière	0
131	1921	Love Never Dies	Liz Trott	56
132	1922	Rent Free	Countess de Mourney	0
133	1922	Penrod	Mrs. Schofield	0
134	1922	Nice People	Margaret Rainsford	0
135	1922	Heart's Haven	May Caroline	0
136	1922	Quincy Adams Sawyer	Mrs. Putnam	0
137	1923	The West~Bound Limited	Mrs. Bill Buckley	60
138	1923	Michael O'Halloran	Nancy Harding	0
139	1923	Human Wreckage	Mrs. Brown	0
140	1923	Circus Days	Martha	65
141	1923	Ashes of Vengeance	Margot's Aunt	57
142	1923	Ponjola	Mrs. Hope	50
143	1923	Enemies of Children	Godfrey sister	0
144	1924	Judgment of the Storm	Mrs. Heath	0
145	1924	Thy Name Is Woman	Juan's Mother	0
146	1924	Secrets	Elizabeth Channing	55
147	1924	Those Who Dare	Mrs. Rollins	0
148	1925	The Reckless Sex	Concha	0
149	1925	Waking Up the Town	Mrs. Joyce	0
150	1925	The End of the World	Mrs. Joyce	0
151	1925	The Tower of Lies	Katrina	0
152	1925	The Big Parade	Mrs. Apperson	76
153	1925	The Midnight Flyer	Liza Slater	0
154	1925	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Princess of Hur	73
155	1926	The Devil's Circus	Mrs. Peterson	72
156	1926	The Dixie Merchant	Josephine Fippany	0
157	1926	The Shamrock Handicap	Molly O'Shea	51
158	1926	The Unknown Soldier	John Phillips' sister	0
159	1926	The Show Off	Mom Fisher	72
160	1926	The Flaming Forest	Mrs. McTavish	0
161	1927	A Little Journey	Aunt Louise	0
162	1927	The Auctioneer	Mrs. Tim Eagan	0
163	1927	The Taxi Dancer	Aunt Mary	65
164	1927	The Black Diamond Express	Martha Foster	0
165	1927	Tillie the Toiler	Ma Jones	0
166	1927	Winds of the Pampas	Doña Maria Casandos	0
167	1927	The Shield of Honor	Mrs. MacDowell	43
168	1927	Almost Human	Mrs. Livingston	80
169	1928	The Tragedy of Youth	Mother	10
170	1928	Don't Marry	Aunt Abigail Bowen	0
171	1928	The Viking	Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)	64
172	1929	The Flying Fleet	Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)	63
173	1929	Silks and Saddles	Mrs. Calhoun	0
174	1929	The Quitter	Mrs. Abbott	0
175	1930	Redemption	Anna Pavlovna	45
176	1930	The Second Floor Mystery	Aunt Hattie	0
177	1930	Young Desire	Mrs. Spencer	0
178	1930	The Big House	Mrs. Marlowe	67
179	1930	Wild Company	Mrs. Laura Grayson	50
180	1930	Brothers	Bess Naughton	0
181	1930	Mothers Cry	Mary's Mother	0
182	1931	An American Tragedy	Mrs. Samuel Griffiths	61
183	1931	Manhattan Parade	Nancy - the Maid	20
184	1932	Under Eighteen	Seamstress (uncredited)	66
185	1932	Union Depot	Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)	61
186	1932	The Famous Ferguson Case	Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)	60
187	1932	The Strange Love of Molly Louvain	Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)	59
188	1932	Cornered	Jane's Aunt	60
189	1932	The Phantom Express	Ma Nolan	47
190	1932	A Successful Calamity	Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)	52
191	1932	Lawyer Man	Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)	58
192	1933	Central Airport	Mrs. Blaine	63
193	1933	The Working Man	Benjamin's Secretary	66
194	1933	By Appointment Only	Mrs. Mary Carroll	58
195	1933	Wild Boys of the Road	Mrs. Smith	68
196	1934	Bedside	Nurse	56
197	1934	It Happened One Night	Mother on Bus (uncredited)	78
198	1934	Journal of a Crime	Sister at Hospital (uncredited)	57
199	1934	Dr. Monica	Miss Bryerly (uncredited)	48
200	1934	British Agent	Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)	55
201	1934	Two Heads on a Pillow	Mrs. Helen Gorman	0
202	1934	Imitation of Life	Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)	70
203	1935	Murder by Television	Mrs. Houghland	37
204	1936	August Week End	Alma Washburne	50
205	1936	Small Town Girl	Woman in Bed (uncredited)	62
206	1937	Song of Revolt	Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)	60
207	1937	Two-Fisted Sheriff	Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt	20
208	1937	A Night at the Movies	Movie Patron (uncredited)	53
209	1938	Test Pilot	Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)	65
210	1938	Three Comrades	Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)	72
211	1938	They're Always Caught	Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)	58
212	1938	The Man on the Rock	Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)	60
213	1938	Boys Town	Nun (uncredited)	67
214	1939	Stand Up and Fight	Woman	58
215	1939	Idiot's Delight	Crying Mother	61
216	1939	Angel of Mercy	Mother (uncredited)	60
217	1939	Miracles for Sale	Jack of Diamonds Woman	64
218	1939	One Against the World	Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)	0
219	1939	Thunder Afloat	Nurse (uncredited)	59
220	1939	Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President	Gossiper	20
221	1940	Young Tom Edison	Woman at Station	56
222	1940	A Failure at Fifty	Minor Role (uncredited)	45
223	1940	The Golden Fleecing	Pedestrian (uncredited)	53
224	1940	Dr. Kildare Goes Home	Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)	68
225	1941	Whispers	Gossip (uncredited)	0
226	1941	Lady Scarface	Mrs. Tuckerman	51
227	1943	Keeper of the Flame		66
228	1943	Hangmen Also Die!	Counterwoman (uncredited)	70
229	1943	Presenting Lily Mars	Dowager	61
230	1943	This Land Is Mine	Woman in Bathroom	71
231	1943	Du Barry was a Lady	Subway Passenger	61
232	1944	Men on Her Mind	Mother Goodwin	0
233	1944	Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble	Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)	57
234	1945	Adventure	Woman in Library (uncredited)	62
235		The End of the World	Mrs. Joyce	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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