Claire McDowell
Acting
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
Born: October 31, 1877
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
as Mother Goodwin
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
as Woman in Bathroom
as Dowager
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
as Mrs. Tuckerman
as Gossip (uncredited)
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Woman at Station
as Gossiper
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
as Mother (uncredited)
as Crying Mother
as Woman
as Nun (uncredited)
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
as Alma Washburne
as Mrs. Houghland
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
as Nurse
as Mrs. Smith
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
as Benjamin's Secretary
as Mrs. Blaine
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
as Ma Nolan
as Jane's Aunt
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
as Seamstress (uncredited)
as Nancy - the Maid
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
as Mary's Mother
as Bess Naughton
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
as Mrs. Marlowe
as Mrs. Spencer
as Aunt Hattie
as Anna Pavlovna
as Mrs. Abbott
as Mrs. Calhoun
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
as Woman
as Mother
as Mrs. Livingston
as Mrs. MacDowell
as Ma Jones
as Martha Foster
as Aunt Mary
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
as Aunt Louise
as Mrs. McTavish
as Mom Fisher
as John Phillips' sister
as Molly O'Shea
as Josephine Fippany
as Mrs. Peterson
as Princess of Hur
as Liza Slater
as Mrs. Apperson
as Katrina
as Mrs. Joyce
as Mrs. Joyce
as Mrs. Rollins
as Elizabeth Channing
as Juan's Mother
as Mrs. Heath
as Mrs. Hope
as Margot's Aunt
as Martha
as Mrs. Brown
as Nancy Harding
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
as Mrs. Putnam
as May Caroline
as Margaret Rainsford
as Mrs. Schofield
as Countess de Mourney
as Liz Trott
as Comtesse de la Brière
as Mrs. Osborne
as Her Mother
as Dona Catalina Pulido
as Housekeeper
as Lize Merdin
as Mrs. Virginia All
as Lalia Graun
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
as Mary Lynch
as Martha Hawn
as Miss Grayson
as Nina
as Vera Vincent
as A-Che-Chee
as Indore / Agatha
as Daisy
as Mrs. Cratchit
as Nita Valyez
as Olga
as The Widowed Mother
as Claire
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
as The Mother
as The Sister-in-Law
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
as The Switchman's Wife
as A Parent
as The Doctor's Wife
as The Female Lover
as The Wife
as The Lady
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
as The Main Gossip
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
as The Elder Daughter
as Rich Woman in Other Town
as The Mother
as Cave Woman
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
as Lena's Mother
as Mexican Jim's Wife
as At Audition
as The Miner's Wife
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
as The Spinster
as Artist's fiancee
as The Friend
as Billy's Mother
as The Mother
as The Workman
as The Doctor's Wife
as Ned's Wife
as Rich Woman
as Silver Fawn
as Irene Lambert
as The Half-Wit's Mother
as The Woman
as Lunchroom Hostess
as At Fair
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
as At Hotel/At Wedding
as Mrs. Frazier
as Col. Frazier's wife
as Lady-in-Waiting
as The Chief of Police's Wife
as Rebel
as One of the Sisters Frost
as Housemaid
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
as At First Party
as Party Guest
as Mrs. John Holland