Claire McDowell
253 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 31, 1877
- Died
- Oct 23, 1966 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- 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.
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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.
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Claire McDowell: movies and TV shows
Acting (253)
- 1945 Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
- 1944 Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
- 1944 Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
- 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- 1943 This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
- 1943 Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
- 1943
- 1943 Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
- 1941 Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
- 1941 Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
- 1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
- 1940 The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- 1940 A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1940 Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
- 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
- 1939 Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1939 One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
- 1939 Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
- 1939 Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
- 1939 Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
- 1939 Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
- 1938 Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
- 1938 The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
- 1938 They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
- 1938 Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
- 1938 Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
- 1937 A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
- 1937 Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
- 1937 Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
- 1936 Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
- 1936 August Week End
as Alma Washburne
- 1935 Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
- 1934 Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
- 1934 Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
- 1934 British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
- 1934 Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
- 1934 Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
- 1934 It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
- 1934 Bedside
as Nurse
- 1933 Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
- 1933 By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
- 1933 The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
- 1933 Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
- 1932 Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1932 A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
- 1932 The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
- 1932 Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
- 1932 The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
- 1932 The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
- 1932 Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
- 1932 Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
- 1931 Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
- 1931 An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
- 1930 Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
- 1930 Brothers
as Bess Naughton
- 1930 Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
- 1930 The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
- 1930 Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
- 1930 The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
- 1930 Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
- 1929 The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
- 1929 Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
- 1929 The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
- 1929 When Dreams Come True
as Martha Shelby
- 1928 Marriage by Contract
as Mother
- 1928 The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
- 1928 4 Devils
as Woman
- 1928 Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
- 1928 The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
- 1927 Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
- 1927 The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
- 1927 Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
- 1927 Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
- 1927 The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
- 1927 The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
- 1927 The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
- 1927 A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
- 1926 The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
- 1926 The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
- 1926 The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
- 1926 The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
- 1926 The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
- 1926 The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
- 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
- 1925 The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
- 1925 The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
- 1925 The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
- 1925 Dollar Down
as Mrs. Meadows
- 1925 The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
- 1925 The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
- 1925 Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
- 1925 The Reckless Sex
as Concha
- 1924 Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
- 1924 Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
- 1924 Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
- 1924 Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
- 1923 Black Oxen
as Agnes Trevor
- 1923 Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
- 1923 Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
- 1923 Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
- 1923 Circus Days
as Martha
- 1923 Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
- 1923 Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
- 1923 The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
- 1922 Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
- 1922 Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
- 1922 Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
- 1922 The Ragged Heiress
as Sylvia Moreton
- 1922 Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
- 1922 Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
- 1921 Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
- 1921 Wealth
as Mrs. Dominick
- 1921 Mother o' Mine
as Mrs. Sheldon
- 1921 What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
- 1921 Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
- 1921 Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
- 1920 The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
- 1920 Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
- 1920 The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
- 1920 Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All
- 1920 The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
- 1920 Blind Youth
as Elizabeth Monnier
- 1920 The Devil's Riddle
as Mrs. Potts
- 1920 The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
- 1919 The Feud
as Mary Lynch
- 1919 Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
- 1919 Chasing Rainbows
as Mrs. Walters
- 1919 Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
- 1919 The Follies Girl
as Nina
- 1919
- 1918 The Return of Mary
as Mrs. John Denby Sr.
- 1918 You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
- 1918 Captain of His Soul
as Annette
- 1917
- 1917 The Empty Gun
as Mary
- 1917 The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
- 1917 The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
- 1917 The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
- 1917 Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
- 1917 The White Raven
as Daisy
- 1916 The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
- 1916 Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
- 1916 A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
- 1915 Cupid Entangled
as The Actress
- 1915 As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
- 1915 Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
- 1915 Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
- 1915 The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
- 1915 Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
- 1915 Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
- 1915 The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
- 1915 A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
- 1915 The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
- 1915 The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
- 1915 The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
- 1915 The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
- 1914 Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
- 1914
- 1914 Her Hand
as Olga
- 1914
- 1914 A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
- 1914 His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
- 1914
- 1914
- 1914 Concentration
as The Mother
- 1913 The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
- 1913
- 1913 The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
- 1913 All for Science
as Detective
- 1913 The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
- 1913 The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
- 1913 The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
- 1913 A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
- 1913 The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
- 1913 The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
- 1913 The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
- 1913 The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
- 1913 The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
- 1913 Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
- 1913 I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
- 1913 The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
- 1913 A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
- 1913 The Mirror
as Daisy
- 1913 A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
- 1913 A Gamble with Death
as Kate
- 1913 The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
- 1913 The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
- 1913 The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
- 1913 The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
- 1913 Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
- 1913 The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
- 1913 The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
- 1913 The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
- 1913 The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
- 1913 The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
- 1913 The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
- 1913 The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
- 1913 The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
- 1912 The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
- 1912 A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
+ 53 more credits
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1955 MGM Parade
1 episode