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

Cast

The New York Hat

(The Main Gossip)

The Big Parade

(Mrs. Apperson)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

(Princess of Hur)

Ponjola

(Mrs. Hope)

The Flaming Forest

(Mrs. McTavish)

The White Raven

(Daisy)

Captain of His Soul

(Annette)

Murder by Television

(Mrs. Houghland)

The Feud

(Mary Lynch)

The Fatal Wedding

The Switchtower

(The Switchman's Wife)

Tillie the Toiler

(Ma Jones)

The Baby and the Stork

(The Mother)

The Baby and the Stork

(The Workman)

The Mark of Zorro

(Dona Catalina Pulido)

Rent Free

(Countess de Mourney)

The Quitter

(Mrs. Abbott)

When the Fire-Bells Rang

(An Actress)

You Can't Believe Everything

(Grace Dardley)

The Big House

(Mrs. Marlowe)

Prisoners of Love

(Her Mother)

Quincy Adams Sawyer

(Mrs. Putnam)

Silks and Saddles

(Mrs. Calhoun)

Wild Boys of the Road

(Mrs. Smith)

The Sands of Dee

(Artist's fiancee)

Two Daughters of Eve

(The Mother)

In the Aisles of the Wild

(The Elder Daughter)

A Cry for Help

(The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient)

A Misappropriated Turkey

(Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan)

The Wrong Bottle

(The Blind Sister)

The Tenderfoot's Money

(The Prospector's Wife)

The Stolen Loaf

(The Rich Woman)

The Ranchero's Revenge

(The Schemer's Associate)

The Well

(The Farmer's Wife)

A Gamble with Death

(Kate)

The Mirror

(Daisy)

The Vengeance of Galora

(Galora)

The Enemy's Baby

(Miller's Wife)

A Gambler's Honor

(Beth)

Don't Marry

(Aunt Abigail Bowen)

Under the Shadow of the Law

(John Haywood's Sister)

I Was Meant for You

(Lavina)

The Crook and the Girl

(The Uncle's Adopted Daughter)

The Work Habit

(The Daughter in the City)

The Stolen Treaty

(Olga)

The Law and His Son

(Marguerite, Manning's Sister)

The Van Nostrand Tiara

(Kate)

The Detective's Stratagem

(Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart)

All for Science

(Detective)

The Stopped Clock

(The Antique Dealer's Daughter)

Concentration

(The Mother)

The Abandoned Well

(The Widow)

For Her Government

The Working Man

(Benjamin's Secretary)

The Phantom Express

(Ma Nolan)

Under Eighteen

(Seamstress (uncredited))

The Massacre

(Stephen's Belle - In Prologue)

His Fireman's Conscience

(Mrs. Daily)

A Nest Unfeathered

(Kate)

Waifs

Her Father's Silent Partner

Her Hand

(Olga)

A Day's Adventure

(Hogan's Moll)

The Sheriff's Dilemma

(Molly)

The Miser's Legacy

(The Crook's Wife)

The Gambler's I.O.U.

(Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter)

The Canceled Mortgage

(The Widowed Mother)

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

(Crook)

Her Dormant Love

(The Discontented Wife)

The Way Out

(The Young School Teacher)

Her Convert

(The Old Inventor's Daughter)

Old Offenders

(Joe's Wife)

As It Happened

(The Ranchman's Daughter)

The Midnight Flyer

(Liza Slater)

The Black Diamond Express

(Martha Foster)

The Old Actor

(At Audition)

Bedside

(Nurse)

His Trust

(Col. Frazier's wife)

The House of Discord

(The Sister-in-Law)

The Cracksman's Gratitude

Men and Women

(Mrs. Stephen Rodman)

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

(The Old Carpenter's Wife)

The Right to Be Happy

(Mrs. Cratchit)

The Second Floor Mystery

(Aunt Hattie)

Redemption

(Anna Pavlovna)

The Sunbeam

(The Spinster)

The School Teacher and the Waif

(The Street Fakir's Sweetheart)

A Country Cupid

(The Half-Wit's Mother)

His Trust Fulfilled

(Mrs. Frazier)

August Week End

(Alma Washburne)

Judgment of the Storm

(Mrs. Heath)

Keeper of the Flame

Ashes of Vengeance

(Margot's Aunt)

The Empty Gun

(Mary)

Heart o' the Hills

(Martha Hawn)

The Tower of Lies

(Katrina)

The Shamrock Handicap

(Molly O'Shea)

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

(One of the Sisters Frost)

By Appointment Only

(Mrs. Mary Carroll)

Nice People

(Margaret Rainsford)

Midsummer Madness

(Mrs. Osborne)

The Viking

(Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell))

Secrets

(Elizabeth Channing)

His New Lid

Almost Human

(Mrs. Livingston)

Swords and Hearts

(Irene Lambert)

Man's Genesis

(Cave Woman)

Small Town Girl

(Woman in Bed (uncredited))

Two Heads on a Pillow

(Mrs. Helen Gorman)

British Agent

(Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited))

The Flying Fleet

(Mrs. Hastings (uncredited))

A Flash of Light

(At First Party)

Manhattan Parade

(Nancy - the Maid)

The Shield of Honor

(Mrs. MacDowell)

A Night at the Movies

(Movie Patron (uncredited))

Journal of a Crime

(Sister at Hospital (uncredited))

The Primal Call

(The Woman)

Three Comrades

(Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited))

The Gift Supreme

(Lalia Graun)

Stand Up and Fight

(Woman)

The Famous Ferguson Case

(Brooks' Landlady (uncredited))

Two-Fisted Sheriff

(Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt)

Idiot's Delight

(Crying Mother)

Mothers Cry

(Mary's Mother)

Thunder Afloat

(Nurse (uncredited))

Miracles for Sale

(Jack of Diamonds Woman)

Love Never Dies

(Liz Trott)

Hangmen Also Die!

(Counterwoman (uncredited))

It Happened One Night

(Mother on Bus (uncredited))

A Failure at Fifty

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Under Burning Skies

(The Friend)

Those Who Dare

(Mrs. Rollins)

The Devil's Circus

(Mrs. Peterson)

The Manicure Lady

(Lunchroom Hostess)

Rose o' Salem Town

Avarice

(The Miserly Old Woman)

A Sailor’s Heart

(The Sailor's Third Sweetheart)

Young Tom Edison

(Woman at Station)

Something to Think About

(Housekeeper)

The Devil

Love Among the Roses

The Jack-Knife Man

(Lize Merdin)

Young Desire

(Mrs. Spencer)

Billy's Stratagem

(Billy's Mother)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

(Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited))

The Strong Man's Burden

(Ida Glynn, The Nurse)

This Land Is Mine

(Woman in Bathroom)

Wild Company

(Mrs. Laura Grayson)

The Unknown Soldier

(John Phillips' sister)

The Golden Fleecing

(Pedestrian (uncredited))

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

(Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited))

The Golden Supper

(Lady-in-Waiting)

An American Tragedy

(Mrs. Samuel Griffiths)

A Successful Calamity

(Struthers' Secretary (uncredited))

Dr. Monica

(Miss Bryerly (uncredited))

Angel of Mercy

(Mother (uncredited))

Central Airport

(Mrs. Blaine)

Michael O'Halloran

(Nancy Harding)

Test Pilot

(Funeral Home Associate (uncredited))

Enemies of Children

(Godfrey sister)

The Reckless Sex

(Concha)

The Dixie Merchant

(Josephine Fippany)

Lawyer Man

(Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited))

Cornered

(Jane's Aunt)

The Unveiling

A Little Journey

(Aunt Louise)

The Auctioneer

(Mrs. Tim Eagan)

Waking Up the Town

(Mrs. Joyce)

The Usurer

(Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors)

The Taxi Dancer

(Aunt Mary)

Boys Town

(Nun (uncredited))

Waiter No. 5

(The Chief of Police's Wife)

The Female of the Species

(The Miner's Wife)

A Decree of Destiny

(A Nun)

The Unwelcome Guest

(The Wife)

Lena and the Geese

(Lena's Mother)

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

(The Lady)

Penrod

(Mrs. Schofield)

The Long Road

(Ned's Wife)

The Adventures of Billy

(Rich Woman)

A Temporary Truce

(Mexican Jim's Wife)

Fisher Folks

(At Fair)

Whispers

(Gossip (uncredited))

Human Wreckage

(Mrs. Brown)

Song of Revolt

(Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited))

Thy Name Is Woman

(Juan's Mother)

What Every Woman Knows

(Comtesse de la Brière)

Heart's Haven

(May Caroline)

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

(Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited))

The Man on the Rock

(Napoleon's Mother (uncredited))

They're Always Caught

(Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited))

Du Barry was a Lady

(Subway Passenger)

Presenting Lily Mars

(Dowager)

A Stranger from Somewhere

(Olga)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

(Gossiper)

The Clean-Up

(Vera Vincent)

Lady Scarface

(Mrs. Tuckerman)

The Iconoclast

A Mohawk's Way

Rosalind at Redgate

The Wanderer

(The Female Lover)

So Near, Yet So Far

(Rich Woman in Other Town)

The God Within

(The Woodsman's Wife)

A Woman Scorned

(The Doctor's Wife)

Circus Days

(Martha)

The Show Off

(Mom Fisher)

The Tragedy of Youth

(Mother)

Olaf—An Atom

(A Parent)

Imitation of Life

(Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited))

Adventure

(Woman in Library (uncredited))

Mixed Blood

(Nita Valyez)

Men on Her Mind

(Mother Goodwin)

The Stolen Bride

(The Wife)

The West~Bound Limited

(Mrs. Bill Buckley)

The Storm Woman

The Gates of Doom

(Indore / Agatha)

One Against the World

(Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited))

The Woman in the Suitcase

(Mrs. James B. Moreland)

The Planter's Wife

(Mrs. John Holland)

The House of Darkness

(The Doctor's Wife)

Union Depot

(Little Boy's Mother (uncredited))

The Bronze Bride

(A-Che-Chee)

A Tender-Hearted Crook

(Edith)

The Squaw's Love

(Silver Fawn)

Wilful Peggy

(Housemaid)

The Oath and the Man

(Rebel)

Fate's Turning

(At Hotel/At Wedding)

The Follies Girl

(Nina)

Prudence on Broadway

(Miss Grayson)

Brothers

(Bess Naughton)

The End of the World

(Mrs. Joyce)

The End of the World

(Mrs. Joyce)

Winds of the Pampas

(Doña Maria Casandos)