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 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.
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Acting
Movie
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
1943
Movie
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
1925
Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
1925
Movie
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
1938
Movie
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
1920
Movie
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
1943
Movie
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
1930
Movie
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
1933
Movie
Keeper of the Flame
1943
Movie
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
1938
Movie
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
1912
Movie
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
1911
Movie
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
1935
Movie
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
1912
Movie
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
1934
Movie
The Old Actor
as At Audition
1912
Movie
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
1931
Movie
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1943
Movie
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1937
Movie
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
1939
Movie
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
1939