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 w
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Known For Acting
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Gender Female
Birthday 1877-10-31
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Claire MacDowell Clare Mc Dowell Doris Carlton Content Score
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Claire McDowell 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 moth . . . . Read More moss
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Adventure as Woman in Library (uncredited) 1944
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited) 1944
Men on Her Mind as Mother Goodwin 1943
Du Barry Was a Lady as Subway Passenger 1943
This Land Is Mine as Woman in Bathroom 1943
Presenting Lily Mars as Dowager 1943
Hangmen Also Die! as Counterwoman (uncredited) 1941
Lady Scarface as Mrs. Tuckerman 1941
Whispers as Gossip (uncredited) 1940
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 1939
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 1938
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) 1937
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) 1936
Small Town Girl as Woman in Bed (uncredited) 1936
August Week End as Alma Washburne 1935
Murder by Television as Mrs. Houghland 1934
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) 1933
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 1932
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
Union Depot as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited) 1932
Under Eighteen as Seamstress (uncredited) 1931
Manhattan Parade as Nancy - the Maid 1931
An American Tragedy as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths 1930
Mothers Cry as Mary's Mother 1930
Brothers as Bess Naughton 1930
Wild Company as Mrs. Laura Grayson 1930
The Big House as Mrs. Marlowe 1930
Young Desire as Mrs. Spencer 1930
The Second Floor Mystery as Aunt Hattie 1930
Redemption as Anna Pavlovna 1929
The Quitter as Mrs. Abbott 1929
Silks and Saddles as Mrs. Calhoun 1929
The Flying Fleet as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited) 1928
The Viking as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell) 1928
Don't Marry as Aunt Abigail Bowen 1928
The Tragedy of Youth as Mother 1927
Almost Human as Mrs. Livingston 1927
The Shield of Honor as Mrs. MacDowell 1927
Winds of the Pampas as Doña Maria Casandos 1927
Tillie the Toiler as Ma Jones 1927
The Black Diamond Express as Martha Foster 1927
The Taxi Dancer as Aunt Mary 1927
The Auctioneer as Mrs. Tim Eagan 1927
A Little Journey as Aunt Louise 1926
The Flaming Forest as Mrs. McTavish 1926
The Show Off as Mom Fisher 1926
The Unknown Soldier as John Phillips' sister 1926
The Shamrock Handicap as Molly O'Shea 1926
The Dixie Merchant as Josephine Fippany 1926
The Devil's Circus as Mrs. Peterson 1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Princess of Hur 1925
The Midnight Flyer as Liza Slater 1925
The Big Parade as Mrs. Apperson 1925
The Tower of Lies as Katrina 1925
The End of the World as Mrs. Joyce 1925
The End of the World as Mrs. Joyce 1925
Waking Up the Town as Mrs. Joyce 1925
The Reckless Sex as Concha 1924
Those Who Dare as Mrs. Rollins 1924
Secrets as Elizabeth Channing 1924
Thy Name Is Woman as Juan's Mother 1924
Judgment of the Storm as Mrs. Heath 1923
Enemies of Children as Godfrey sister 1923
Ashes of Vengeance as Margot's Aunt 1923
Human Wreckage as Mrs. Brown 1923
Michael O'Halloran as Nancy Harding 1923
The West~Bound Limited as Mrs. Bill Buckley 1922
Quincy Adams Sawyer as Mrs. Putnam 1922
Heart's Haven as May Caroline 1922
Nice People as Margaret Rainsford 1922
Penrod as Mrs. Schofield 1922
Rent Free as Countess de Mourney 1921
Love Never Dies as Liz Trott 1921
What Every Woman Knows as Comtesse de la Brière 1921
Midsummer Madness as Mrs. Osborne 1921
Prisoners of Love as Her Mother 1920
The Mark of Zorro as Dona Catalina Pulido 1920
Something to Think About as Housekeeper 1920
The Jack-Knife Man as Lize Merdin 1920
Through Eyes of Men as Mrs. Virginia All 1920
The Gift Supreme as Lalia Graun 1920
The Woman in the Suitcase as Mrs. James B. Moreland 1919
Heart o' the Hills as Martha Hawn 1919
Prudence on Broadway as Miss Grayson 1919
The Follies Girl as Nina 1918
You Can't Believe Everything as Grace Dardley 1918
Captain of His Soul as Annette 1917
The Clean-Up as Vera Vincent 1917
The Bronze Bride as A-Che-Chee 1917
The Gates of Doom as Indore / Agatha 1917
Avarice as The Miserly Old Woman 1917
The White Raven as Daisy 1916
The Right to Be Happy as Mrs. Cratchit 1916
Mixed Blood as Nita Valyez 1916
A Stranger from Somewhere as Olga 1915
As It Happened as The Ranchman's Daughter 1915
Old Offenders as Joe's Wife 1915
Her Convert as The Old Inventor's Daughter 1915
The Way Out as The Young School Teacher 1915
Her Dormant Love as The Discontented Wife 1915
Truth Stranger Than Fiction as Crook 1915
The Canceled Mortgage as The Widowed Mother 1915
A Day's Adventure as Hogan's Moll 1915
The Gambler's I.O.U. as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter 1915
The Miser's Legacy as The Crook's Wife 1915
The Sheriff's Dilemma as Molly 1915
The Heart of a Bandit as Claire 1914
Men and Women as Mrs. Stephen Rodman 1914
The Cracksman's Gratitude as 1914
Her Father's Silent Partner as 1914
A Nest Unfeathered as Kate 1914
His Fireman's Conscience as Mrs. Daily 1914
Concentration as The Mother 1913
The Abandoned Well as The Widow 1913
The House of Discord as The Sister-in-Law 1913
All for Science as Detective 1913
The Detective's Stratagem as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart 1913
The Stopped Clock as The Antique Dealer's Daughter 1913
The Van Nostrand Tiara as Kate 1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook as Edith 1913
The Law and His Son as Marguerite, Manning's Sister 1913
The Stolen Treaty as Olga 1913
The Strong Man's Burden as Ida Glynn, The Nurse 1913
The Crook and the Girl as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter 1913
The Work Habit as The Daughter in the City 1913
Under the Shadow of the Law as John Haywood's Sister 1913
I Was Meant for You as Lavina 1913
The Vengeance of Galora as Galora 1913
A Misappropriated Turkey as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan 1913
A Gambler's Honor as Beth 1913
A Gamble with Death as Kate 1913
The Switchtower as The Switchman's Wife 1913
The Well as The Farmer's Wife 1913
The Enemy's Baby as Miller's Wife 1913
The Ranchero's Revenge as The Schemer's Associate 1913
Olaf—An Atom as A Parent 1913
The Stolen Loaf as The Rich Woman 1913
The House of Darkness as The Doctor's Wife 1913
The Tenderfoot's Money as The Prospector's Wife 1913
The Wanderer as The Female Lover 1913
The Stolen Bride as The Wife 1913
The Unwelcome Guest as The Wife 1913
The Wrong Bottle as The Blind Sister 1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady as The Lady 1912
The God Within as The Woodsman's Wife 1912
A Cry for Help as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient 1912
The Massacre as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue 1912
The New York Hat as The Main Gossip 1912
A Sailor’s Heart as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart 1912
In the Aisles of the Wild as The Elder Daughter 1912
So Near, Yet So Far as Rich Woman in Other Town 1912
Two Daughters of Eve as The Mother 1912
Man's Genesis as Cave Woman 1912
The School Teacher and the Waif as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart 1912
Lena and the Geese as Lena's Mother 1912
A Temporary Truce as Mexican Jim's Wife 1912
When the Fire-Bells Rang as An Actress 1912
The Old Actor as At Audition 1912
The Female of the Species as The Miner's Wife 1912
A String of Pearls as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife 1912
The Sunbeam as The Spinster 1912
The Sands of Dee as Artist's fiancee 1912
Under Burning Skies as The Friend 1912
Billy's Stratagem as Billy's Mother 1912
The Baby and the Stork as The Mother 1912
The Baby and the Stork as The Workman 1911
A Woman Scorned as The Doctor's Wife 1911
The Long Road as Ned's Wife 1911
The Adventures of Billy as Rich Woman 1911
The Squaw's Love as Silver Fawn 1911
Swords and Hearts as Irene Lambert 1911
A Country Cupid as The Half-Wit's Mother 1911
The Primal Call as The Woman 1911
The Manicure Lady as Lunchroom Hostess 1911
A Decree of Destiny as A Nun 1911
Fisher Folks as At Fair 1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old? as The Old Carpenter's Wife 1911
Fate's Turning as At Hotel/At Wedding 1911
His Trust Fulfilled as Mrs. Frazier 1911
His Trust as Col. Frazier's wife 1910
The Golden Supper as Lady-in-Waiting 1910
Waiter No. 5 as The Chief of Police's Wife 1910
The Message of the Violin as The Other Woman's Servant 1910
The Oath and the Man as Rebel 1910
Muggsy Becomes a Hero as One of the Sisters Frost 1910
Wilful Peggy as Housemaid 1910
The Usurer as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors 1910
A Flash of Light as At First Party 1908
The Call of the Wild as Party Guest 1908
The Planter's Wife as Mrs. John Holland 
