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