Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 31, 1877
Died
Oct 23, 1966
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
253 titles
Claire McDowell
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
Hangmen Also Die!
Counterwoman (uncredited)
Keeper of the Flame
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)