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
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Movies (49)
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
1945
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
1944
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
1944
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
Keeper of the Flame
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
1943
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
1941
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
1941
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
1940
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
1939
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)
1938
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)
1937
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
1936
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
1936
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
1935
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
1934
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
1933
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
