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