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Claire McDowell

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 Ch

Born

Oct 31, 1877

New York City, New York, USA

Died

Oct 23, 1966

Known For

Acting

Movies

253 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.3

Known For

It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night
1934 as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 as Princess of Hur
★ 7.3
Test Pilot
Test Pilot
1938 as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Big House
The Big House
1930 as Mrs. Marlowe
★ 6.6
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 as Counterwoman (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Big Parade
The Big Parade
1925 as Mrs. Apperson
★ 7.6
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life
1934 as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Mark of Zorro
The Mark of Zorro
1920 as Dona Catalina Pulido
★ 7.1
Boys Town
Boys Town
1938 as Nun (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Wild Boys of the Road
Wild Boys of the Road
1933 as Mrs. Smith
★ 6.8
The Working Man
The Working Man
1933 as Benjamin's Secretary
★ 6.3
This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine
1943 as Woman in Bathroom
★ 7.2
Under Eighteen
Under Eighteen
1932 as Seamstress (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Adventure
Adventure
1945 as Woman in Library (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Idiot's Delight
Idiot's Delight
1939 as Crying Mother
★ 5.9
Du Barry Was a Lady
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
★ 6.4
The Famous Ferguson Case
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932 as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
★ 6.2
The Flying Fleet
The Flying Fleet
1929 as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Young Tom Edison
Young Tom Edison
1940 as Woman at Station
★ 5.8
Stand Up and Fight
Stand Up and Fight
1939 as Woman
★ 5.8
Ponjola
Ponjola
1923 as Mrs. Hope
★ 5.0
Union Depot
Union Depot
1932 as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Three Comrades
Three Comrades
1938 as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
★ 7.3
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
1931 as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
★ 6.1
The New York Hat
The New York Hat
1912 as The Main Gossip
★ 5.6
Redemption
Redemption
1930 as Anna Pavlovna
★ 4.5
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932 as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Bedside
Bedside
1934 as Nurse
★ 5.4
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944 as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Lawyer Man
Lawyer Man
1932 as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
★ 2.0
Murder by Television
Murder by Television
1935 as Mrs. Houghland
★ 4.0
British Agent
British Agent
1934 as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars
1943 as Dowager
★ 6.3
Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl
1936 as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
★ 5.9
4 Devils
4 Devils
1928 as Woman
★ 7.0
One Against the World
One Against the World
1939 as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
A Successful Calamity
A Successful Calamity
1932 as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Dr. Monica
Dr. Monica
1934 as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
★ 4.3
The Golden Fleecing
The Golden Fleecing
1940 as Pedestrian (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Song of Revolt
Song of Revolt
1937 as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Manhattan Parade
Manhattan Parade
1931 as Nancy - the Maid
★ 1.8
The Massacre
The Massacre
1912 as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
★ 5.9
Miracles for Sale
Miracles for Sale
1939 as Jack of Diamonds Woman
★ 6.4
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940 as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
★ 6.8
So Near, Yet So Far
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 as Rich Woman in Other Town
★ 5.9
The Oath and the Man
The Oath and the Man
1910 as Rebel
★ 4.5
Thunder Afloat
Thunder Afloat
1939 as Nurse (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
★ 5.7
movie
The Enemy's Baby
1913 as Miller's Wife
They're Always Caught
They're Always Caught
1938 as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
★ 5.9
A Failure at Fifty
A Failure at Fifty
1940 as Minor Role (uncredited)
★ 4.5
By Appointment Only
By Appointment Only
1933 as Mrs. Mary Carroll
★ 5.8
Central Airport
Central Airport
1933 as Mrs. Blaine
★ 6.1
Lady Scarface
Lady Scarface
1941 as Mrs. Tuckerman
★ 5.1
The Viking
The Viking
1928 as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
★ 6.4
The Second Floor Mystery
The Second Floor Mystery
1930 as Aunt Hattie
The Sunbeam
The Sunbeam
1912 as The Spinster
★ 6.3
Something to Think About
Something to Think About
1920 as Housekeeper
★ 6.4
Wild Company
Wild Company
1930 as Mrs. Laura Grayson
★ 5.0
Heart o' the Hills
Heart o' the Hills
1919 as Martha Hawn
★ 6.0
The Tragedy of Youth
The Tragedy of Youth
1928 as Mother
★ 1.0
Brothers
Brothers
1930 as Bess Naughton
Young Desire
Young Desire
1930 as Mrs. Spencer
★ 6.0
The Devil's Circus
The Devil's Circus
1926 as Mrs. Peterson
★ 7.1
Almost Human
Almost Human
1927 as Mrs. Livingston
★ 8.0
The Usurer
The Usurer
1910 as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
★ 5.0
Thy Name Is Woman
Thy Name Is Woman
1924 as Juan's Mother
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1937 as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
★ 2.3
Ashes of Vengeance
Ashes of Vengeance
1923 as Margot's Aunt
★ 5.7
Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime
1934 as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Human Wreckage
Human Wreckage
1923 as Mrs. Brown
Secrets
Secrets
1924 as Elizabeth Channing
★ 5.5
Two Heads on a Pillow
Two Heads on a Pillow
1934 as Mrs. Helen Gorman
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
1908 as Party Guest
★ 3.1
The Auctioneer
The Auctioneer
1927 as Mrs. Tim Eagan
The School Teacher and the Waif
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912 as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
★ 4.8
The End of the World
The End of the World
1925 as Mrs. Joyce
The Tenderfoot's Money
The Tenderfoot's Money
1913 as The Prospector's Wife
The Dixie Merchant
The Dixie Merchant
1926 as Josephine Fippany
Nice People
Nice People
1922 as Margaret Rainsford
Men on Her Mind
Men on Her Mind
1944 as Mother Goodwin
★ 4.0
The Switchtower
The Switchtower
1913 as The Switchman's Wife
★ 5.0
A Flash of Light
A Flash of Light
1910 as At First Party
★ 5.0
The White Raven
The White Raven
1917 as Daisy
★ 6.0
The Tower of Lies
The Tower of Lies
1925 as Katrina
Penrod
Penrod
1922 as Mrs. Schofield
Michael O'Halloran
Michael O'Halloran
1923 as Nancy Harding
The Sands of Dee
The Sands of Dee
1912 as Artist's fiancee
★ 5.6
In the Aisles of the Wild
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912 as The Elder Daughter
The Show Off
The Show Off
1926 as Mom Fisher
★ 7.0
The Primal Call
The Primal Call
1911 as The Woman
★ 4.0
Waking Up the Town
Waking Up the Town
1925 as Mrs. Joyce
Mothers Cry
Mothers Cry
1930 as Mary's Mother
movie
The Reckless Sex
1925 as Concha
The Shamrock Handicap
The Shamrock Handicap
1926 as Molly O'Shea
★ 5.1
The Shield of Honor
The Shield of Honor
1927 as Mrs. MacDowell
★ 5.0
Rent Free
Rent Free
1922 as Countess de Mourney
The Long Road
The Long Road
1911 as Ned's Wife
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
1911 as The Old Carpenter's Wife
★ 5.5
The Jack-Knife Man
The Jack-Knife Man
1920 as Lize Merdin
★ 6.0
Angel of Mercy
Angel of Mercy
1939 as Mother (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Flaming Forest
The Flaming Forest
1926 as Mrs. McTavish
movie
The Message of the Violin
1910 as The Other Woman's Servant
movie
Under the Shadow of the Law
1913 as John Haywood's Sister
★ 6.0
August Week End
August Week End
1936 as Alma Washburne
★ 5.0
You Can't Believe Everything
You Can't Believe Everything
1918 as Grace Dardley
movie
Her Dormant Love
1915 as The Discontented Wife
Whispers
Whispers
1941 as Gossip (uncredited)
A Night at the Movies
A Night at the Movies
1937 as Movie Patron (uncredited)
★ 5.7
The Right to Be Happy
The Right to Be Happy
1916 as Mrs. Cratchit
★ 10.0
Under Burning Skies
Under Burning Skies
1912 as The Friend
★ 4.7
Mixed Blood
Mixed Blood
1916 as Nita Valyez
Fate's Turning
Fate's Turning
1911 as At Hotel/At Wedding
★ 5.0
The Clean-Up
The Clean-Up
1917 as Vera Vincent
The Gates of Doom
The Gates of Doom
1917 as Indore / Agatha
The Unwelcome Guest
The Unwelcome Guest
1913 as The Wife
★ 5.0
Dollar Down
Dollar Down
1925 as Mrs. Meadows
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
1913 as The Female Lover
★ 5.4
Cornered
Cornered
1932 as Jane's Aunt
★ 6.0
The Devil
★ 1.5
Wilful Peggy
Wilful Peggy
1910 as Housemaid
★ 5.0
The Taxi Dancer
The Taxi Dancer
1927 as Aunt Mary
★ 6.5
The Feud
The Feud
1919 as Mary Lynch
His Trust
His Trust
1911 as Col. Frazier's wife
★ 4.1
Love Never Dies
Love Never Dies
1921 as Liz Trott
★ 5.6
Concentration
Concentration
1914 as The Mother
Fisher Folks
Fisher Folks
1911 as At Fair
The Golden Supper
The Golden Supper
1910 as Lady-in-Waiting
★ 4.5
Lena and the Geese
Lena and the Geese
1912 as Lena's Mother
★ 4.9
movie
The Stolen Loaf
1913 as The Rich Woman
A String of Pearls
A String of Pearls
1912 as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
A Sailor’s Heart
A Sailor’s Heart
1912 as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
The Gift Supreme
The Gift Supreme
1920 as Lalia Graun
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922 as Mrs. Putnam
Silks and Saddles
Silks and Saddles
1929 as Mrs. Calhoun
What Every Woman Knows
What Every Woman Knows
1921 as Comtesse de la Brière
A Little Journey
A Little Journey
1927 as Aunt Louise
Olaf—An Atom
Olaf—An Atom
1913 as A Parent
The Strong Man's Burden
The Strong Man's Burden
1913 as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
★ 5.0
movie
Waifs
1914
Tillie the Toiler
Tillie the Toiler
1927 as Ma Jones
movie
Black Oxen
Black Oxen
1923 as Agnes Trevor
★ 5.2
Waiter No. 5
Waiter No. 5
1910 as The Chief of Police's Wife
movie
A Gambler's Honor
1913 as Beth
Men and Women
Men and Women
1914 as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
movie
Old Offenders
1915 as Joe's Wife
The Bronze Bride
The Bronze Bride
1917 as A-Che-Chee
movie
The Empty Gun
1917 as Mary
movie
The Mirror
1913 as Daisy
Enemies of Children
Enemies of Children
1923 as Godfrey sister
Two Daughters of Eve
Two Daughters of Eve
1912 as The Mother
The Adventures of Billy
The Adventures of Billy
1911 as Rich Woman
★ 5.7
The Black Diamond Express
The Black Diamond Express
1927 as Martha Foster
movie
A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913 as Edith
movie
The Detective's Stratagem
1913 as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species
1912 as The Miner's Wife
★ 4.2
Judgment of the Storm
Judgment of the Storm
1924 as Mrs. Heath
The House of Discord
The House of Discord
1913 as The Sister-in-Law
Man's Genesis
Man's Genesis
1912 as Cave Woman
★ 4.6
The Phantom Express
The Phantom Express
1932 as Ma Nolan
★ 4.7
movie
The End of the World
1925 as Mrs. Joyce
A Temporary Truce
A Temporary Truce
1912 as Mexican Jim's Wife
★ 4.0
movie
The Stopped Clock
1913 as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
A Woman Scorned
A Woman Scorned
1911 as The Doctor's Wife
movie
The Vengeance of Galora
1913 as Galora
movie
The Well
1913 as The Farmer's Wife
movie
A Gamble with Death
1913 as Kate
The Squaw's Love
The Squaw's Love
1911 as Silver Fawn
★ 5.0
movie
I Was Meant for You
1913 as Lavina
movie
A Day's Adventure
1915 as Hogan's Moll
movie
As It Happened
1915 as The Ranchman's Daughter
movie
Don't Marry
1928 as Aunt Abigail Bowen
The Planter's Wife
The Planter's Wife
1908 as Mrs. John Holland
★ 5.0
Prudence on Broadway
Prudence on Broadway
1919 as Miss Grayson
movie
Avarice
1917 as The Miserly Old Woman
A Cry for Help
A Cry for Help
1912 as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910 as One of the Sisters Frost
★ 5.0
movie
A Decree of Destiny
1911 as A Nun
The Woman in the Suitcase
The Woman in the Suitcase
1920 as Mrs. James B. Moreland
★ 3.1
movie
The Law and His Son
1913 as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
The Man on the Rock
The Man on the Rock
1938 as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Midnight Flyer
The Midnight Flyer
1925 as Liza Slater
movie
The Crook and the Girl
1913 as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
Midsummer Madness
Midsummer Madness
1921 as Mrs. Osborne
★ 1.0
The Manicure Lady
The Manicure Lady
1911 as Lunchroom Hostess
★ 5.0
The Baby and the Stork
The Baby and the Stork
1912 as The Mother
The Baby and the Stork
The Baby and the Stork
1912 as The Workman
movie
The Stolen Bride
1913 as The Wife
Prisoners of Love
Prisoners of Love
1921 as Her Mother
Swords and Hearts
Swords and Hearts
1911 as Irene Lambert
★ 4.6
movie
The Work Habit
1913 as The Daughter in the City
movie
The Sheriff's Dilemma
1915 as Molly
Those Who Dare
Those Who Dare
1924 as Mrs. Rollins
The Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier
1926 as John Phillips' sister
movie
Her Convert
1915 as The Old Inventor's Daughter
Circus Days
Circus Days
1923 as Martha
★ 6.3
movie
movie
When the Fire-Bells Rang
1912 as An Actress
The Follies Girl
The Follies Girl
1919 as Nina
movie
All for Science
1913 as Detective
movie
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913 as The Schemer's Associate
The Old Actor
The Old Actor
1912 as At Audition
★ 5.4
Heart's Haven
Heart's Haven
1922 as May Caroline
Captain of His Soul
Captain of His Soul
1918 as Annette
His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust Fulfilled
1911 as Mrs. Frazier
★ 3.7
Billy's Stratagem
Billy's Stratagem
1912 as Billy's Mother
★ 5.0
movie
Winds of the Pampas
1927 as Doña Maria Casandos
movie
The Way Out
1915 as The Young School Teacher
movie
The Gambler's I.O.U.
1915 as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
movie
The God Within
1912 as The Woodsman's Wife
movie
A Country Cupid
A Country Cupid
1911 as The Half-Wit's Mother
★ 5.6
movie
The Stolen Treaty
1913 as Olga
The House of Darkness
The House of Darkness
1913 as The Doctor's Wife
★ 5.0
movie
The Wrong Bottle
1913 as The Blind Sister
The Return of Mary
The Return of Mary
1918 as Mrs. John Denby Sr.
movie
The Van Nostrand Tiara
1913 as Kate
Through Eyes of Men
Through Eyes of Men
1920 as Mrs. Virginia All
movie
movie
The Miser's Legacy
1915 as The Crook's Wife
The Canceled Mortgage
The Canceled Mortgage
1915 as The Widowed Mother
The Heart of a Bandit
The Heart of a Bandit
1915 as Claire
movie
A Misappropriated Turkey
1913 as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
movie
His Fireman's Conscience
1914 as Mrs. Daily
The Ragged Heiress
The Ragged Heiress
1922 as Sylvia Moreton
Wealth
Wealth
1921 as Mrs. Dominick
Blind Youth
Blind Youth
1920 as Elizabeth Monnier
When Dreams Come True
When Dreams Come True
1929 as Martha Shelby
movie
The Spanish Gypsy
1911 as Paula
The West~Bound Limited
The West~Bound Limited
1923 as Mrs. Bill Buckley
★ 6.0
The Quitter
The Quitter
1929 as Mrs. Abbott
movie
Her Hand
1914 as Olga
The Devil's Riddle
The Devil's Riddle
1920 as Mrs. Potts
movie
A Nest Unfeathered
1914 as Kate
Mother o' Mine
Mother o' Mine
1921 as Mrs. Sheldon
movie
The Abandoned Well
1913 as The Widow
movie
movie
The Broken Cross
1911 as Kate's Mother
Marriage by Contract
Marriage by Contract
1928 as Mother
Chasing Rainbows
Chasing Rainbows
1919 as Mrs. Walters
movie
The Sorrowful Example
1911 as The Wife