Claire McDowell

Known for Acting

Details

Birthday: October 31, 1877

Deathday: October 23, 1966

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Actress

1945

Adventure

1944

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

Men on Her Mind

1943

Keeper of the Flame

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

This Land Is Mine

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943

Presenting Lily Mars

1941

Whispers

1941

Lady Scarface

1940

A Failure at Fifty

1940

Young Tom Edison

1940

The Golden Fleecing

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1939

Stand Up and Fight

1939

Idiot's Delight

1939

Thunder Afloat

1939

Miracles for Sale

1939

Angel of Mercy

1939

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939

One Against the World

1938

Three Comrades

1938

Test Pilot

1938

Boys Town

1938

The Man on the Rock

1938

They're Always Caught

1937

A Night at the Movies

1937

Two-Fisted Sheriff

1937

Song of Revolt

1936

August Week End

1936

Small Town Girl

1935

Murder by Television

1934

Bedside

1934

Two Heads on a Pillow

1934

British Agent

1934

Journal of a Crime

1934

It Happened One Night

1934

Dr. Monica

1934

Imitation of Life

1933

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

The Working Man

1933

By Appointment Only

1933

Central Airport

1932

The Phantom Express

1932

Under Eighteen

1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932

A Successful Calamity

1932

Lawyer Man

1932

Cornered

1932

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932

Union Depot

1931

Manhattan Parade

1931

An American Tragedy

1930

The Big House

1930

The Second Floor Mystery

1930

Redemption

1930

Mothers Cry

1930

Young Desire

1930

Wild Company

1930

Brothers

1929

The Quitter

1929

Silks and Saddles

1929

The Flying Fleet

1929

When Dreams Come True

1928

Don't Marry

1928

The Viking

1928

The Tragedy of Youth

1928

4 Devils

1928

Marriage by Contract

1927

Tillie the Toiler

1927

The Black Diamond Express

1927

Almost Human

1927

The Shield of Honor

1927

A Little Journey

1927

The Auctioneer

1927

The Taxi Dancer

1927

Winds of the Pampas

1926

The Flaming Forest

1926

The Shamrock Handicap

1926

The Devil's Circus

1926

The Unknown Soldier

1926

The Dixie Merchant

1926

The Show Off

1925

The Big Parade

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

The Midnight Flyer

1925

The Tower of Lies

1925

The Reckless Sex

1925

Waking Up the Town

1925

The End of the World

1925

The End of the World

1925

Dollar Down

1924

Judgment of the Storm

1924

Secrets

1924

Those Who Dare

1924

Thy Name Is Woman

1923

Ponjola

1923

Ashes of Vengeance

1923

Michael O'Halloran

1923

Enemies of Children

1923

Human Wreckage

1923

Circus Days

1923

The West~Bound Limited

1923

Black Oxen

1922

Rent Free

1922

Quincy Adams Sawyer

1922

Nice People

1922

Penrod

1922

Heart's Haven

1922

The Ragged Heiress

1921

Prisoners of Love

1921

Midsummer Madness

1921

Love Never Dies

1921

What Every Woman Knows

1921

Wealth

1921

Mother o' Mine

1920

The Mark of Zorro

1920

The Gift Supreme

1920

Something to Think About

1920

The Jack-Knife Man

1920

The Woman in the Suitcase

1920

Through Eyes of Men

1920

Blind Youth

1920

The Devil's Riddle

1919

The Feud

1919

Heart o' the Hills

1919

Rosalind at Redgate

1919

The Follies Girl

1919

Prudence on Broadway

1919

Chasing Rainbows

1918

Captain of His Soul

1918

You Can't Believe Everything

1918

The Return of Mary

1917

The White Raven

1917

The Empty Gun

1917

Avarice

1917

The Clean-Up

1917

The Storm Woman

1917

The Gates of Doom

1917

The Bronze Bride

1916

The Right to Be Happy

1916

A Stranger from Somewhere

1916

Mixed Blood

1915

The Sheriff's Dilemma

1915

The Miser's Legacy

1915

The Gambler's I.O.U.

1915

A Day's Adventure

1915

The Canceled Mortgage

1915

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

1915

Her Dormant Love

1915

The Way Out

1915

Her Convert

1915

Old Offenders

1915

As It Happened

1915

The Heart of a Bandit

1914

The Fatal Wedding

1914

Concentration

1914

Waifs

1914

His Fireman's Conscience

1914

A Nest Unfeathered

1914

Her Father's Silent Partner

1914

Her Hand

1914

The Cracksman's Gratitude

1914

Men and Women

1913

The Switchtower

1913

A Misappropriated Turkey

1913

The Wrong Bottle

1913

The Tenderfoot's Money

1913

The Stolen Loaf

1913

The Ranchero's Revenge

1913

The Well

1913

A Gamble with Death

1913

The Enemy's Baby

1913

A Gambler's Honor

1913

The Mirror

1913

The Vengeance of Galora

1913

Under the Shadow of the Law

1913

I Was Meant for You

1913

The Work Habit

1913

The Crook and the Girl

1913

The Stolen Treaty

1913

The Law and His Son

1913

The Van Nostrand Tiara

1913

The Stopped Clock

1913

The Detective's Stratagem

1913

All for Science

1913

For Her Government

1913

The Abandoned Well

1913

The House of Discord

1913

The Strong Man's Burden

1913

The Unwelcome Guest

1913

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

1913

The Wanderer

1913

Olaf—An Atom

1913

The Stolen Bride

1913

The House of Darkness

1913

A Tender-Hearted Crook

1912

The New York Hat

1912

The Baby and the Stork

1912

The Baby and the Stork

1912

When the Fire-Bells Rang

1912

The Sands of Dee

1912

Two Daughters of Eve

1912

In the Aisles of the Wild

1912

A Cry for Help

1912

The Massacre

1912

The Old Actor

1912

The Sunbeam

1912

The School Teacher and the Waif

1912

Man's Genesis

1912

Under Burning Skies

1912

A Sailor’s Heart

1912

Billy's Stratagem

1912

The Female of the Species

1912

Lena and the Geese

1912

A Temporary Truce

1912

So Near, Yet So Far

1912

The God Within

1912

A String of Pearls

1911

His Trust

1911

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

1911

A Country Cupid

1911

His Trust Fulfilled

1911

Swords and Hearts

1911

The Primal Call

1911

The Manicure Lady

1911

The Unveiling

1911

A Decree of Destiny

1911

The Long Road

1911

The Adventures of Billy

1911

Fisher Folks

1911

A Woman Scorned

1911

The Squaw's Love

1911

Fate's Turning

1911

The Spanish Gypsy

1911

The Broken Cross

1911

The Sorrowful Example

1910

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

1910

His New Lid

1910

A Flash of Light

1910

Rose o' Salem Town

1910

Love Among the Roses

1910

The Golden Supper

1910

The Usurer

1910

Waiter No. 5

1910

A Mohawk's Way

1910

The Iconoclast

1910

Wilful Peggy

1910

The Oath and the Man

1910

The Message of the Violin

1908

The Devil

1908

The Planter's Wife

1908

The Call of the Wild