It Happened One Night1934
As Mother on Bus (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Claire McDowell
Born
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
Filmography (253)
Hangmen Also Die!1943
As Counterwoman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Boys Town1938
As Nun (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925
As Princess of Hur
TMDb 7.3 / 10
This Land Is Mine1943
As Woman in Bathroom
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Mark of Zorro1920
As Dona Catalina Pulido
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Wild Boys of the Road1933
As Mrs. Smith
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Idiot's Delight1939
As Crying Mother
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Presenting Lily Mars1943
As Dowager
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Du Barry Was a Lady1943
As Subway Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Central Airport1933
As Mrs. Blaine
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Keeper of the Flame1943
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Blind Youth1920
As Elizabeth Monnier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Big Parade1925
As Mrs. Apperson
TMDb 7.6 / 10
British Agent1934
As Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Imitation of Life1934
As Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Famous Ferguson Case1932
As Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Adventure1945
As Woman in Library (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Small Town Girl1936
As Woman in Bed (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
An American Tragedy1931
As Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dollar Down1925
As Mrs. Meadows
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Test Pilot1938
As Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Young Tom Edison1940
As Woman at Station
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Three Comrades1938
As Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Stand Up and Fight1939
As Woman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Chasing Rainbows1919
As Mrs. Walters
Journal of a Crime1934
As Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain1932
As Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Redemption1930
As Anna Pavlovna
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Devil's Circus1926
As Mrs. Peterson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Big House1930
As Mrs. Marlowe
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Cupid Entangled
Cupid Entangled1915
As The Actress
Dr. Kildare Goes Home1940
As Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Working Man1933
As Benjamin's Secretary
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Penrod1922
As Mrs. Schofield
TMDb 10.0 / 10
In the Aisles of the Wild1912
As The Elder Daughter
Two Heads on a Pillow1934
As Mrs. Helen Gorman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Under Eighteen1932
As Seamstress (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble1944
As Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Night at the Movies1937
As Movie Patron (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
So Near, Yet So Far1912
As Rich Woman in Other Town
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President1939
As Gossiper
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Shield of Honor1927
As Mrs. MacDowell
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Heart o' the Hills1919
As Martha Hawn
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Manhattan Parade1931
As Nancy - the Maid
TMDb 3.2 / 10
A Successful Calamity1932
As Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
They're Always Caught1938
As Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Shamrock Handicap1926
As Molly O'Shea
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Her Convert
Her Convert1915
As The Old Inventor's Daughter
Young Desire1930
As Mrs. Spencer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Thunder Afloat1939
As Nurse (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Failure at Fifty1940
As Minor Role (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Love Among the Roses1910
TMDb 4.7 / 10
One Against the World1939
As Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Dr. Monica1934
As Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Lawyer Man1932
As Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Union Depot1932
As Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Second Floor Mystery1930
As Aunt Hattie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Baby and the Stork1912
As The Mother, The Workman
Wealth1921
As Mrs. Dominick
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Adventures of Billy1911
As Rich Woman
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Men on Her Mind1944
As Mother Goodwin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Oath and the Man1910
As Rebel
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Auctioneer1927
As Mrs. Tim Eagan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Old Offenders
Old Offenders1915
As Joe's Wife
The House of Darkness1913
As The Doctor's Wife
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Miracles for Sale1939
As Jack of Diamonds Woman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Something to Think About1920
As Housekeeper
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mother o' Mine1921
As Mrs. Sheldon
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The New York Hat1912
As The Main Gossip
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Flying Fleet1929
As Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A Flash of Light1910
As At First Party
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Tillie the Toiler1927
As Ma Jones
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lady Scarface1941
As Mrs. Tuckerman
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Golden Fleecing1940
As Pedestrian (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Tower of Lies1925
As Katrina
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The House of Discord1913
As The Sister-in-Law
Thy Name Is Woman1924
As Juan's Mother
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Law and His Son
The Law and His Son1913
As Marguerite, Manning's Sister
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ashes of Vengeance1923
As Margot's Aunt
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Massacre1912
As Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Lena and the Geese1912
As Lena's Mother
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Female of the Species1912
As The Miner's Wife
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Wild Company1930
As Mrs. Laura Grayson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Cry for Help1912
As The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
The Flaming Forest1926
As Mrs. McTavish
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Gamble with Death
A Gamble with Death1913
As Kate
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Tender-Hearted Crook
A Tender-Hearted Crook1913
As Edith
Two Daughters of Eve1912
As The Mother
The Jack-Knife Man1920
As Lize Merdin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Ranchero's Revenge
The Ranchero's Revenge1913
As The Schemer's Associate
Her Father's Silent Partner1914
The Show Off1926
As Mom Fisher
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
Truth Stranger Than Fiction1915
As Crook
Wilful Peggy1910
As Housemaid
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Vengeance of Galora
The Vengeance of Galora1913
As Galora
The Call of the Wild1908
As Party Guest
TMDb 3.1 / 10
The Tenderfoot's Money1913
As The Prospector's Wife
TMDb 9.0 / 10
When Dreams Come True1929
As Martha Shelby
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Mohawk's Way
A Mohawk's Way1910
What Every Woman Knows1921
As Comtesse de la Brière
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Mirror
The Mirror1913
As Daisy
You Can't Believe Everything1918
As Grace Dardley
Don't Marry
Don't Marry1928
As Aunt Abigail Bowen
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Follies Girl1919
As Nina
TMDb 8.0 / 10
His Trust Fulfilled1911
As Mrs. Frazier
TMDb 3.7 / 10
A String of Pearls1912
As The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
The Return of Mary1918
As Mrs. John Denby Sr.
Quincy Adams Sawyer1922
As Mrs. Putnam
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Avarice
Avarice1917
As The Miserly Old Woman
The Tragedy of Youth1928
As Mother
TMDb 3.0 / 10
The End of the World1925
As Mrs. Joyce
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Feud1919
As Mary Lynch
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Midsummer Madness1921
As Mrs. Osborne
TMDb 3.3 / 10
The Devil's Riddle1920
As Mrs. Potts
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Viking1928
As Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Gift Supreme1920
As Lalia Graun
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cornered1932
As Jane's Aunt
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Human Wreckage1923
As Mrs. Brown
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Two-Fisted Sheriff1937
As Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Concentration1914
As The Mother
The Right to Be Happy1916
As Mrs. Cratchit
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Sands of Dee1912
As Artist's fiancee
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Mothers Cry1930
As Mary's Mother
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Long Road1911
As Ned's Wife
4 Devils1928
As Woman
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Judgment of the Storm1924
As Mrs. Heath
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Muggsy Becomes a Hero1910
As One of the Sisters Frost
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Sunbeam1912
As The Spinster
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mixed Blood1916
As Nita Valyez
The School Teacher and the Waif1912
As The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Black Oxen1923
As Agnes Trevor
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Spanish Gypsy
The Spanish Gypsy1911
As Paula
The Telephone Girl and the Lady1913
As The Lady
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Brothers1930
As Bess Naughton
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Enemy's Baby
The Enemy's Baby1913
As Miller's Wife
The Well
The Well1913
As The Farmer's Wife
Olaf—An Atom1913
As A Parent
Rose o' Salem Town1910
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Her Hand
Her Hand1914
As Olga
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Squaw's Love1911
As Silver Fawn
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Crook and the Girl
The Crook and the Girl1913
As The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
Fate's Turning1911
As At Hotel/At Wedding
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Bedside1934
As Nurse
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Song of Revolt1937
As Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Bronze Bride1917
As A-Che-Chee
A Country Cupid1911
As The Half-Wit's Mother
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Broken Cross
The Broken Cross1911
As Kate's Mother
The Quitter1929
As Mrs. Abbott
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Sheriff's Dilemma
The Sheriff's Dilemma1915
As Molly
The Woman in the Suitcase1920
As Mrs. James B. Moreland
TMDb 4.1 / 10
The Gates of Doom1917
As Indore / Agatha
The Heart of a Bandit1915
As Claire
What Shall We Do with Our Old?1911
As The Old Carpenter's Wife
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Storm Woman1917
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Detective's Stratagem
The Detective's Stratagem1913
As Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Wanderer1913
As The Female Lover
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Golden Supper1910
As Lady-in-Waiting
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Silks and Saddles1929
As Mrs. Calhoun
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Circus Days1923
As Martha
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Whispers1941
As Gossip (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Secrets1924
As Elizabeth Channing
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Angel of Mercy1939
As Mother (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Murder by Television1935
As Mrs. Houghland
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Captain of His Soul1918
As Annette
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Taxi Dancer1927
As Aunt Mary
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Nice People1922
As Margaret Rainsford
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Gambler's I.O.U.
The Gambler's I.O.U.1915
As Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
Swords and Hearts1911
As Irene Lambert
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Under the Shadow of the Law
Under the Shadow of the Law1913
As John Haywood's Sister
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Devil1908
TMDb 1.5 / 10
The Ragged Heiress1922
As Sylvia Moreton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Those Who Dare1924
As Mrs. Rollins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Gambler's Honor
A Gambler's Honor1913
As Beth
The Way Out
The Way Out1915
As The Young School Teacher
The Man on the Rock1938
As Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Unwelcome Guest1913
As The Wife
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Phantom Express1932
As Ma Nolan
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Enemies of Children1923
As Godfrey sister
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Fisher Folks1911
As At Fair
The Fatal Wedding
The Fatal Wedding1914
TMDb 8.0 / 10
By Appointment Only1933
As Mrs. Mary Carroll
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Dixie Merchant1926
As Josephine Fippany
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Michael O'Halloran1923
As Nancy Harding
TMDb 10.0 / 10
I Was Meant for You
I Was Meant for You1913
As Lavina
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Strong Man's Burden1913
As Ida Glynn, The Nurse
TMDb 7.0 / 10
August Week End1936
As Alma Washburne
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Message of the Violin
The Message of the Violin1910
As The Other Woman's Servant
The Stolen Bride
The Stolen Bride1913
As The Wife
The Switchtower1913
As The Switchman's Wife
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The West~Bound Limited1923
As Mrs. Bill Buckley
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Old Actor1912
As At Audition
TMDb 5.4 / 10
When the Fire-Bells Rang
When the Fire-Bells Rang1912
As An Actress
A Woman Scorned1911
As The Doctor's Wife
The Cracksman's Gratitude
The Cracksman's Gratitude1914
A Sailor’s Heart1912
As The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
The Planter's Wife1908
As Mrs. John Holland
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Love Never Dies1921
As Liz Trott
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Prisoners of Love1921
As Her Mother
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Prudence on Broadway1919
As Miss Grayson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Unknown Soldier1926
As John Phillips' sister
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Unveiling
The Unveiling1911
The Black Diamond Express1927
As Martha Foster
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Marriage by Contract1928
As Mother
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Stolen Treaty
The Stolen Treaty1913
As Olga
Her Dormant Love
Her Dormant Love1915
As The Discontented Wife
The Empty Gun
The Empty Gun1917
As Mary
A Day's Adventure
A Day's Adventure1915
As Hogan's Moll
Man's Genesis1912
As Cave Woman
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Rent Free1922
As Countess de Mourney
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The White Raven1917
As Daisy
TMDb 5.5 / 10
As It Happened
As It Happened1915
As The Ranchman's Daughter
His Fireman's Conscience
His Fireman's Conscience1914
As Mrs. Daily
The Manicure Lady1911
As Lunchroom Hostess
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Men and Women1914
As Mrs. Stephen Rodman
A Decree of Destiny1911
As A Nun
The Wrong Bottle
The Wrong Bottle1913
As The Blind Sister
A Stranger from Somewhere1916
As Olga
The Usurer1910
As Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Sorrowful Example
The Sorrowful Example1911
As The Wife
A Temporary Truce1912
As Mexican Jim's Wife
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Miser's Legacy
The Miser's Legacy1915
As The Crook's Wife
The Reckless Sex
The Reckless Sex1925
As Concha
The Abandoned Well
The Abandoned Well1913
As The Widow
Rosalind at Redgate
Rosalind at Redgate1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Nest Unfeathered
A Nest Unfeathered1914
As Kate
The Clean-Up1917
As Vera Vincent
Almost Human1927
As Mrs. Livingston
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The End of the World
The End of the World1925
As Mrs. Joyce
A Little Journey1927
As Aunt Louise
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ponjola1923
As Mrs. Hope
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Through Eyes of Men1920
As Mrs. Virginia All
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Van Nostrand Tiara
The Van Nostrand Tiara1913
As Kate
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Canceled Mortgage1915
As The Widowed Mother
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Waking Up the Town1925
As Mrs. Joyce
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Primal Call1911
As The Woman
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Stopped Clock
The Stopped Clock1913
As The Antique Dealer's Daughter
TMDb 9.0 / 10
All for Science
All for Science1913
As Detective
TMDb 7.0 / 10
For Her Government
For Her Government1913
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Midnight Flyer1925
As Liza Slater
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Under Burning Skies1912
As The Friend
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The God Within
The God Within1912
As The Woodsman's Wife
Waifs
Waifs1914
The Iconoclast
The Iconoclast1910
His Trust1911
As Col. Frazier's wife
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Waiter No. 51910
As The Chief of Police's Wife
The Stolen Loaf
The Stolen Loaf1913
As The Rich Woman
Heart's Haven1922
As May Caroline
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Work Habit
The Work Habit1913
As The Daughter in the City
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Misappropriated Turkey
A Misappropriated Turkey1913
As Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
Billy's Stratagem1912
As Billy's Mother
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Winds of the Pampas
Winds of the Pampas1927
As Doña Maria Casandos
TMDb 7.0 / 10
His New Lid
His New Lid1910
Filmography and biography: TMDb