Claire McDowell
- Acting
- October 31, 1877 · New York City, New York, USA
- October 23, 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
Known for
Filmography
- MGM Parade · Self
- Adventure · Woman in Library (uncredited)
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble · Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
- Men on Her Mind · Mother Goodwin
- Du Barry Was a Lady · Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- This Land Is Mine · Woman in Bathroom
- Presenting Lily Mars · Dowager
- Keeper of the Flame
- Hangmen Also Die! · Counterwoman (uncredited)
- Lady Scarface · Mrs. Tuckerman
- Whispers · Gossip (uncredited)
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home · Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
- The Golden Fleecing · Pedestrian (uncredited)
- A Failure at Fifty · Minor Role (uncredited)
- Young Tom Edison · Woman at Station
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President · Gossiper
- Thunder Afloat · Nurse (uncredited)
- One Against the World · Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
- Miracles for Sale · Jack of Diamonds Woman
- Angel of Mercy · Mother (uncredited)
- Idiot's Delight · Crying Mother
- Stand Up and Fight · Woman
- Boys Town · Nun (uncredited)
- The Man on the Rock · Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
- They're Always Caught · Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
- Three Comrades · Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
- Test Pilot · Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
- A Night at the Movies · Movie Patron (uncredited)
- Two-Fisted Sheriff · Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
- Song of Revolt · Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
- Small Town Girl · Woman in Bed (uncredited)
- August Week End · Alma Washburne
- Murder by Television · Mrs. Houghland
- Imitation of Life · Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
- Two Heads on a Pillow · Mrs. Helen Gorman
- British Agent · Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
- Dr. Monica · Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
- Journal of a Crime · Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
- It Happened One Night · Mother on Bus (uncredited)
- Bedside · Nurse
- Wild Boys of the Road · Mrs. Smith
- By Appointment Only · Mrs. Mary Carroll
- The Working Man · Benjamin's Secretary
- Central Airport · Mrs. Blaine
- Lawyer Man · Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
- A Successful Calamity · Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
- The Phantom Express · Ma Nolan
- Cornered · Jane's Aunt
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain · Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
- The Famous Ferguson Case · Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
- Union Depot · Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
- Under Eighteen · Seamstress (uncredited)
- Manhattan Parade · Nancy - the Maid
- An American Tragedy · Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
- Mothers Cry · Mary's Mother
- Brothers · Bess Naughton
- Wild Company · Mrs. Laura Grayson
- The Big House · Mrs. Marlowe
- Young Desire · Mrs. Spencer
- The Second Floor Mystery · Aunt Hattie
- Redemption · Anna Pavlovna
- The Quitter · Mrs. Abbott
- Silks and Saddles · Mrs. Calhoun
- The Flying Fleet · Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
- When Dreams Come True · Martha Shelby
- Marriage by Contract · Mother
- The Viking · Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
- 4 Devils · Woman
- Don't Marry · Aunt Abigail Bowen
- The Tragedy of Youth · Mother
- Almost Human · Mrs. Livingston
- The Shield of Honor · Mrs. MacDowell
- Winds of the Pampas · Doña Maria Casandos
- Tillie the Toiler · Ma Jones
- The Black Diamond Express · Martha Foster
- The Taxi Dancer · Aunt Mary
- The Auctioneer · Mrs. Tim Eagan
- A Little Journey · Aunt Louise
- The Flaming Forest · Mrs. McTavish
- The Show Off · Mom Fisher