Claire McDowell
Age: 88 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1877-11-02 16:21:56
Death: 1966-10-23 16:21:56
Aliases: Claire MacDowell , Clare Mc Dowell , Doris Carlton
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 166
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Most Famous Work
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943) Counterwoman (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925) Princess of Hur
Boys Town
(1938) Nun (uncredited)
This Land Is Mine
(1943) Woman in Bathroom
The Big Parade
(1925) Mrs. Apperson
The Mark of Zorro
(1920) Dona Catalina Pulido
Test Pilot
(1938) Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
(1934) Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Woman in Library (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited) | |
| Mother Goodwin | ||
| 1943 | Subway Passenger | |
| Woman in Bathroom | ||
| Dowager | ||
| Counterwoman (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1941 | Mrs. Tuckerman | |
| Gossip (uncredited) | ||
| 1940 | Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited) | |
| Pedestrian (uncredited) | ||
| Minor Role (uncredited) | ||
| Woman at Station | ||
| 1939 | Gossiper | |
| Nurse (uncredited) | ||
| Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited) | ||
| Jack of Diamonds Woman | ||
| Mother (uncredited) | ||
| Crying Mother | ||
| Woman | ||
| 1938 | Nun (uncredited) | |
| Napoleon's Mother (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited) | ||
| Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited) | ||
| Funeral Home Associate (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Movie Patron (uncredited) | |
| Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt | ||
| Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited) | ||
| 1936 | Woman in Bed (uncredited) | |
| Alma Washburne | ||
| 1935 | Mrs. Houghland | |
| 1934 | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) | |
| Mrs. Helen Gorman | ||
| Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited) | ||
| Miss Bryerly (uncredited) | ||
| Sister at Hospital (uncredited) | ||
| Mother on Bus (uncredited) | ||
| Nurse | ||
| 1933 | Mrs. Smith | |
| Mrs. Mary Carroll | ||
| Benjamin's Secretary | ||
| Mrs. Blaine | ||
| 1932 | Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited) | |
| Struthers' Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Ma Nolan | ||
| Jane's Aunt | ||
| Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited) | ||
| Brooks' Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Seamstress (uncredited) | |
| Nancy - the Maid | ||
| Mrs. Samuel Griffiths | ||
| 1930 | Mary's Mother | |
| Mrs. Laura Grayson | ||
| Mrs. Marlowe | ||
| Mrs. Spencer | ||
| Aunt Hattie | ||
| Anna Pavlovna | ||
| 1929 | Mrs. Abbott | |
| Mrs. Calhoun | ||
| Mrs. Hastings (uncredited) | ||
| 1928 | Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell) | |
| Aunt Abigail Bowen | ||
| Mother | ||
| 1927 | Mrs. Livingston | |
| Mrs. MacDowell | ||
| Ma Jones | ||
| Martha Foster | ||
| Aunt Mary | ||
| Mrs. Tim Eagan | ||
| Aunt Louise | ||
| 1926 | Mrs. McTavish | |
| Mom Fisher | ||
| John Phillips' sister | ||
| Molly O'Shea | ||
| Mrs. Peterson | ||
| 1925 | Princess of Hur | |
| Liza Slater | ||
| Mrs. Apperson | ||
| Katrina | ||
| Mrs. Joyce | ||
| 1924 | Elizabeth Channing | |
| Juan's Mother | ||
| Mrs. Heath | ||
| 1923 | Mrs. Hope | |
| Margot's Aunt | ||
| Martha | ||
| Mrs. Brown | ||
| Mrs. Bill Buckley | ||
| 1922 | Mrs. Putnam | |
| May Caroline | ||
| Margaret Rainsford | ||
| Mrs. Schofield | ||
| Countess de Mourney | ||
| 1921 | Liz Trott | |
| Comtesse de la Brière | ||
| Mrs. Osborne | ||
| Her Mother | ||
| 1920 | Dona Catalina Pulido | |
| Housekeeper | ||
| Lize Merdin | ||
| Lalia Graun | ||
| Mrs. James B. Moreland | ||
| 1919 | Mary Lynch | |
| Martha Hawn | ||
| Miss Grayson | ||
| Nina | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1918 | Grace Dardley | |
| N/A | ||
| 1917 | N/A | |
| Mary | ||
| Vera Vincent | ||
| A-Che-Chee | ||
| Indore / Agatha | ||
| Daisy | ||
| 1916 | Mrs. Cratchit | |
| Nita Valyez | ||
| Olga | ||
| 1915 | The Ranchman's Daughter | |
| Joe's Wife | ||
| The Old Inventor's Daughter | ||
| The Young School Teacher | ||
| The Discontented Wife | ||
| Crook | ||
| The Widowed Mother | ||
| Hogan's Moll | ||
| Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter | ||
| The Crook's Wife | ||
| Molly | ||
| 1914 | Mrs. Stephen Rodman | |
| N/A | ||
| Olga | ||
| N/A | ||
| Kate | ||
| Mrs. Daily | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Mother | ||
| 1913 | The Widow | |
| N/A | ||
| The Sister-in-Law | ||
| Detective | ||
| Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart | ||
| The Antique Dealer's Daughter | ||
| Kate | ||
| Edith | ||
| Marguerite, Manning's Sister | ||
| Olga | ||
| Ida Glynn, The Nurse | ||
| The Uncle's Adopted Daughter | ||
| The Daughter in the City | ||
| John Haywood's Sister | ||
| Lavina | ||
| Galora | ||
| Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan | ||
| Daisy | ||
| Beth | ||
| Kate | ||
| The Switchman's Wife | ||
| The Farmer's Wife | ||
| Miller's Wife | ||
| The Schemer's Associate | ||
| A Parent | ||
| The Rich Woman | ||
| The Doctor's Wife | ||
| The Prospector's Wife | ||
| The Female Lover | ||
| The Wife | ||
| The Wife | ||
| The Blind Sister | ||
| The Lady | ||
| 1912 | The Woodsman's Wife | |
| The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient | ||
| Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | ||
| The Main Gossip | ||
| The Sailor's Third Sweetheart | ||
| The Elder Daughter | ||
| Rich Woman in Other Town | ||
| The Mother | ||
| Cave Woman | ||
| The Street Fakir's Sweetheart | ||
| Lena's Mother | ||
| Mexican Jim's Wife | ||
| An Actress | ||
| At Audition | ||
| The Miner's Wife | ||
| The Spinster | ||
| Artist's fiancee | ||
| The Friend | ||
| Billy's Mother | ||
| The Workman | ||
| The Mother | ||
| 1911 | The Doctor's Wife | |
| Ned's Wife | ||
| Rich Woman | ||
| Silver Fawn | ||
| Irene Lambert | ||
| The Half-Wit's Mother | ||
| The Woman | ||
| Lunchroom Hostess | ||
| A Nun | ||
| At Fair | ||
| N/A | ||
| At Hotel/At Wedding | ||
| Mrs. Frazier | ||
| Col. Frazier's wife | ||
| 1910 | Lady-in-Waiting | |
| N/A | ||
| The Chief of Police's Wife | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Rebel | ||
| N/A | ||
| One of the Sisters Frost | ||
| Housemaid | ||
| Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors | ||
| At First Party | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1908 | Mrs. John Holland | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
