
Cast
Claire McDowell
Acting
Cast
Claire McDowell
Known for
Acting
Born
1877-10-31
From
New York City, New York, USA
Died
1966-10-23
Also known as Claire MacDowell, Clare Mc Dowell, Doris Carlton
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

It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)

Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)

Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine

Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope

The Iconoclast

Brothers
as Bess Naughton

Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing

Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)

The Unveiling

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur

Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)

Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield

British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)

Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman

Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman

This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom

Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt

Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)

The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin

Keeper of the Flame

One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station

The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe

The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland

An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)

Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)

Bedside
as Nurse

The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper

The Well
as The Farmer's Wife

Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown

The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson

The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)

The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

The Mirror
as Daisy

Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith

Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother

His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife

The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan

The Wanderer
as The Female Lover

Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford

Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam

Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna

Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother

Dollar Down
as Mrs. Meadows

Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer

The Oath and the Man
as Rebel

Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman

Stand Up and Fight
as Woman

Love Among the Roses

A Flash of Light
as At First Party

Rose o' Salem Town

The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido

The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany

Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn

The Primal Call
as The Woman

So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town

The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter

The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea

The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife

Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid

A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman

The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister

Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney

The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife

Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter

Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones

The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee

The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother

The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)

In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter

Something to Think About
as Housekeeper

By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll

Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson

Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun

Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen

Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman

The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife

The Ragged Heiress
as Sylvia Moreton

The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster

Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother

What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife

You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley

Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston

The Show Off
as Mom Fisher

I Was Meant for You
as Lavina

Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager

The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister

The Reckless Sex
as Concha

Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez

Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent

The Long Road
as Ned's Wife

A Gambler's Honor
as Beth

Concentration
as The Mother

The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law

The Feud
as Mary Lynch

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)

Heart's Haven
as May Caroline

Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid

Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman

A Mohawk's Way

August Week End
as Alma Washburne

The Broken Cross
as Kate's Mother

A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga

Captain of His Soul
as Annette

The Sunbeam
as The Spinster

The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish

The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip

The Stolen Treaty
as Olga

4 Devils
as Woman

The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan

The Tower of Lies
as Katrina

A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun

The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter

Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)

The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary

Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother

The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister

The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora

A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife

Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding

Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman

The Old Actor
as At Audition

The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell

Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife

A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)

His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier

Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson

What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière

The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee

Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost

Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha

Black Oxen
as Agnes Trevor

A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll

They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother

A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)

The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn

The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin

The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley

A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient

The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant

A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother

The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie

The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland

The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate

The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter

Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne

Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister

The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady

The Stolen Bride
as The Wife

All for Science
as Detective

Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

Chasing Rainbows
as Mrs. Walters

Her Hand
as Olga

The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife

The Devil

Fisher Folks
as At Fair

The Sorrowful Example
as The Wife

The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife

Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother

The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher

The Call of the Wild
as Party Guest

The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother

The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman

Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother

Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife

The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun

The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

When Dreams Come True
as Martha Shelby

A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise

The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife

Under Burning Skies
as The Friend

A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan

Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding

Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins

The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess

The Devil's Riddle
as Mrs. Potts

The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman

The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater

Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath

The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting

The Spanish Gypsy
as Paula

The White Raven
as Daisy

The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife

A Gamble with Death
as Kate

A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate

Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife

When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress

For Her Government

The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland

The Empty Gun
as Mary

The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife

Cornered
as Jane's Aunt

Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce

The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart

Wealth
as Mrs. Dominick

Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott

His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily

Marriage by Contract
as Mother

Circus Days
as Martha

Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister

The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate

The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse

The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City

The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce

Waifs

Her Father's Silent Partner

The Abandoned Well
as The Widow

The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly

The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent

Blind Youth
as Elizabeth Monnier

Rosalind at Redgate

Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos

A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife

A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter

The Return of Mary
as Mrs. John Denby Sr.

The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother

Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook

The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire

The Follies Girl
as Nina

The Fatal Wedding

The Storm Woman

A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith

The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce

The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit

Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All

Mother o' Mine
as Mrs. Sheldon

A String of Pearls
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife

Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert

The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott

The Cracksman's Gratitude
