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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 31, 1877
Died
October 23, 1966
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Claire MacDowell
- Clare Mc Dowell
- Doris Carlton
Claire McDowell
0.3 Popularity
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
Known For
6.2
Woman in Library (uncredited)
Adventure
1945
5.8
Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
4.0
Mother Goodwin
Men on Her Mind
1944
6.1
Subway Passenger
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
7.1
Woman in Bathroom
This Land Is Mine
1943
6.3
Dowager
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
6.9
Counterwoman (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
6.6
Keeper of the Flame
1943
5.1
Mrs. Tuckerman
Lady Scarface
1941
🎬
0.0
Gossip (uncredited)
Whispers
1941
Credits
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
1945
6.2
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
1944
5.8
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
1944
4.0
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger
1943
6.1
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
1943
7.1
Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
1943
6.3
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
1943
6.9
Keeper of the Flame
1943
6.6
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
1941
5.1
🎬
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1940
5.3
A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
4.5
Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
1940
5.6
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
1939
2.0
Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
5.9
One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
1939
6.4
Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
1939
6.1
Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
1939
5.8
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
1938
6.7
The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
1938
6.0
They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
1938
5.9
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
1938
7.1
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
1938
6.5
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1937
5.5
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
1937
2.0
Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
1937
6.0
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
1936
6.2
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
1936
5.0
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
1935
3.7
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
1934
0.0
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
1934
5.5
Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
1934
4.8
Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
1934
5.7
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
1934
7.8
Bedside
as Nurse
1934
5.6
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
1933
6.8
By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
1933
5.8
The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
1933
6.6
Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
1933
6.1
Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
1932
5.8
A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
1932
5.2
The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
1932
4.7
Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
1932
6.0
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
1932
5.9
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
1932
6.0
Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
1932
6.1
Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1932
6.6
Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
1931
2.0
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
1931
6.1
Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
1930
0.0
Brothers
as Bess Naughton
1930
0.0
Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
1930
5.0
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
1930
6.7
Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
1930
5.0
The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
1930
0.0
Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
1930
4.5
The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
1929
0.0
Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
1929
0.0
The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
1929
6.3
The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
1928
6.4
🎬
Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
1928
0.0
The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
1928
1.0
Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
1927
8.0
The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
1927
4.3
🎬
Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
1927
0.0
Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
1927
0.0
The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
1927
0.0
The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
1927
6.5
The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
1927
0.0
A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
1927
0.0
The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
1926
0.0
The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
1926
7.2
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
1926
0.0
The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
1926
5.1
The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
1926
0.0
The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
1926
6.9
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
1925
7.3
The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
1925
0.0
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
1925
7.6
The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
1925
0.0
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
1925
0.0
🎬
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
1925
0.0
Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
1925
0.0
🎬
The Reckless Sex
as Concha
1925
0.0
Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
1924
0.0
Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
1924
5.5
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
1924
0.0
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
1924
0.0
🎬
Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
1923
0.0
Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
1923
5.0
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
1923
5.7
Circus Days
as Martha
1923
6.5
Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
1923
0.0
Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
1923
0.0
The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
1923
6.0
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
1922
0.0
Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
1922
0.0
Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
1922
0.0
Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
1922
0.0
Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
1922
0.0
Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
1921
5.6
What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
1921
0.0
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
1921
1.0
Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
1921
0.0
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
1920
7.1
Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
1920
6.5
The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
1920
6.0
Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All
1920
0.0
The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
1920
0.0
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
1920
3.8
The Feud
as Mary Lynch
1919
0.0
Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
1919
6.0
Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
1919
0.0
The Follies Girl
as Nina
1919
0.0
🎬
Rosalind at Redgate
1919
0.0
🎬
You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
1918
0.0
🎬
Captain of His Soul
as Annette
1918
0.0
The Storm Woman
1917
0.0
🎬
The Empty Gun
as Mary
1917
0.0
The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
1917
0.0
The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
1917
0.0
The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
1917
0.0
🎬
Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
1917
0.0
The White Raven
as Daisy
1917
6.0
The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
1916
10.0
Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
1916
0.0
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
1916
0.0
🎬
As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
1915
0.0
🎬
Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
1915
0.0
🎬
Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
1915
0.0
🎬
The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
1915
0.0
🎬
Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
1915
0.0
🎬
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
1915
0.0
The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
1915
0.0
🎬
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
1915
0.0
🎬
The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
1915
0.0
🎬
The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
1915
0.0
🎬
The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
1915
0.0
The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
1915
0.0
Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
1914
0.0
🎬
The Cracksman's Gratitude
1914
0.0
🎬
Her Hand
as Olga
1914
0.0
🎬
Her Father's Silent Partner
1914
0.0
🎬
A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
1914
0.0
🎬
His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
1914
0.0
🎬
The Fatal Wedding
1914
0.0
🎬
Waifs
1914
0.0
Concentration
as The Mother
1914
0.0
🎬
The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
1913
0.0
🎬
For Her Government
1913
0.0
The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
1913
0.0
🎬
All for Science
as Detective
1913
0.0
🎬
The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
1913
0.0
🎬
The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
1913
0.0
🎬
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
1913
0.0
🎬
A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
1913
0.0
🎬
The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
1913
0.0
🎬
The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
1913
0.0
The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
1913
5.0
🎬
The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
1913
0.0
🎬
The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
1913
0.0
🎬
Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
1913
0.0
🎬
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
1913
0.0
🎬
The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
1913
0.0
🎬
A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
1913
0.0
🎬
The Mirror
as Daisy
1913
0.0
🎬
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
1913
0.0
🎬
A Gamble with Death
as Kate
1913
0.0
The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
1913
5.0
🎬
The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
1913
0.0
🎬
The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
1913
0.0
🎬
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
1913
0.0
Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
1913
0.0
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
1913
5.0
🎬
The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
1913
0.0
🎬
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
1913
0.0
The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
1913
5.5
🎬
The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
1913
0.0
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
1913
5.0
🎬
The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
1913
0.0
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
1913
5.0
🎬
The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
1912
0.0
A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
1912
0.0
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
1912
5.9
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
1912
5.7
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
1912
0.0
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
1912
0.0
So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
1912
5.9
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
1912
0.0
Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
1912
4.6
The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
1912
4.8
Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
1912
4.2
A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
1912
4.0
🎬
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
1912
0.0
The Old Actor
as At Audition
1912
5.4
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
1912
4.2
A String of Pearls
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
1912
0.0
The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
1912
6.3
Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
1912
4.7
The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
1912
5.6
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
1912
5.0
The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
1912
0.0
The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
1912
0.0
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
1911
0.0
The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
1911
0.0
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
1911
5.7
🎬
The Unveiling
1911
0.0
The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
1911
5.0
Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
1911
4.6
A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
1911
4.5
The Primal Call
as The Woman
1911
4.0
The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
1911
5.0
🎬
A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
1911
0.0
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
1911
0.0
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
1911
5.5
Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
1911
5.0
His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
1911
3.7
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
1911
4.1
The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
1910
4.5
🎬
His New Lid
1910
0.0
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
1910
0.0
🎬
The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant
1910
0.0
🎬
The Iconoclast
1910
0.0
Rose o' Salem Town
1910
5.2
The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
1910
4.5
🎬
A Mohawk's Way
1910
0.0
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
1910
5.0
Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
1910
5.0
The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
1910
5.0
A Flash of Light
as At First Party
1910
5.0
Love Among the Roses
1910
4.7
The Call of the Wild
as Party Guest
1908
3.1
The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland
1908
5.0
The Devil
1908
1.5