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Personal Info

Known Credits 234

Gender Female

Birthdate 1877-10-31 (148 Y.O)

Place Of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known For Claire MacDowellClare Mc DowellDoris Carlton

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 Chri ...

Known For

Adventure

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Men on Her Mind

Du Barry was a Lady

This Land Is Mine

Acting

1945 -- Adventure | Woman in Library (uncredited)

1944 -- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)

1944 -- Men on Her Mind | Mother Goodwin

1943 -- Du Barry was a Lady | Subway Passenger

1943 -- This Land Is Mine | Woman in Bathroom

1943 -- Presenting Lily Mars | Dowager

1943 -- Hangmen Also Die! | Counterwoman (uncredited)

1943 -- Keeper of the Flame |

1941 -- Lady Scarface | Mrs. Tuckerman

1941 -- Whispers | Gossip (uncredited)

1940 -- Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

1940 -- The Golden Fleecing | Pedestrian (uncredited)

1940 -- A Failure at Fifty | Minor Role (uncredited)

1940 -- Young Tom Edison | Woman at Station

1939 -- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Gossiper

1939 -- Thunder Afloat | Nurse (uncredited)

1939 -- One Against the World | Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

1939 -- Miracles for Sale | Jack of Diamonds Woman

1939 -- Angel of Mercy | Mother (uncredited)

1939 -- Idiot's Delight | Crying Mother

1939 -- Stand Up and Fight | Woman

1938 -- Boys Town | Nun (uncredited)

1938 -- The Man on the Rock | Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

1938 -- They're Always Caught | Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

1938 -- Three Comrades | Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

1938 -- Test Pilot | Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

1937 -- A Night at the Movies | Movie Patron (uncredited)

1937 -- Two-Fisted Sheriff | Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

1937 -- Song of Revolt | Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

1936 -- Small Town Girl | Woman in Bed (uncredited)

1936 -- August Week End | Alma Washburne

1935 -- Murder by Television | Mrs. Houghland

1934 -- Imitation of Life | Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

1934 -- Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Helen Gorman

1934 -- British Agent | Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

1934 -- Dr. Monica | Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

1934 -- Journal of a Crime | Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

1934 -- It Happened One Night | Mother on Bus (uncredited)

1934 -- Bedside | Nurse

1933 -- Wild Boys of the Road | Mrs. Smith

1933 -- By Appointment Only | Mrs. Mary Carroll

1933 -- The Working Man | Benjamin's Secretary

1933 -- Central Airport | Mrs. Blaine

1932 -- Lawyer Man | Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

1932 -- A Successful Calamity | Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

1932 -- The Phantom Express | Ma Nolan

1932 -- Cornered | Jane's Aunt

1932 -- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain | Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

1932 -- The Famous Ferguson Case | Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

1932 -- Union Depot | Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

1932 -- Under Eighteen | Seamstress (uncredited)

1931 -- Manhattan Parade | Nancy - the Maid

1931 -- An American Tragedy | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

1930 -- Mothers Cry | Mary's Mother

1930 -- Brothers | Bess Naughton

1930 -- Wild Company | Mrs. Laura Grayson

1930 -- The Big House | Mrs. Marlowe

1930 -- Young Desire | Mrs. Spencer

1930 -- The Second Floor Mystery | Aunt Hattie

1930 -- Redemption | Anna Pavlovna

1929 -- The Quitter | Mrs. Abbott

1929 -- Silks and Saddles | Mrs. Calhoun

1929 -- The Flying Fleet | Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

1928 -- The Viking | Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

1928 -- Don't Marry | Aunt Abigail Bowen

1928 -- The Tragedy of Youth | Mother

1927 -- Almost Human | Mrs. Livingston

1927 -- The Shield of Honor | Mrs. MacDowell

1927 -- Winds of the Pampas | Doña Maria Casandos

1927 -- Tillie the Toiler | Ma Jones

1927 -- The Black Diamond Express | Martha Foster

1927 -- The Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary

1927 -- The Auctioneer | Mrs. Tim Eagan

1927 -- A Little Journey | Aunt Louise

1926 -- The Flaming Forest | Mrs. McTavish

1926 -- The Show Off | Mom Fisher

1926 -- The Unknown Soldier | John Phillips' sister

1926 -- The Shamrock Handicap | Molly O'Shea

1926 -- The Dixie Merchant | Josephine Fippany

1926 -- The Devil's Circus | Mrs. Peterson

1925 -- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Princess of Hur

1925 -- The Midnight Flyer | Liza Slater

1925 -- The Big Parade | Mrs. Apperson

1925 -- The Tower of Lies | Katrina

1925 -- The End of the World | Mrs. Joyce

1925 -- Waking Up the Town | Mrs. Joyce

1925 -- The Reckless Sex | Concha

1924 -- Those Who Dare | Mrs. Rollins

1924 -- Secrets | Elizabeth Channing

1924 -- Thy Name Is Woman | Juan's Mother

1924 -- Judgment of the Storm | Mrs. Heath

1923 -- Enemies of Children | Godfrey sister

1923 -- Ponjola | Mrs. Hope

1923 -- Ashes of Vengeance | Margot's Aunt

1923 -- Circus Days | Martha

1923 -- Human Wreckage | Mrs. Brown

1923 -- Michael O'Halloran | Nancy Harding

1923 -- The West~Bound Limited | Mrs. Bill Buckley

1922 -- Quincy Adams Sawyer | Mrs. Putnam

1922 -- Heart's Haven | May Caroline

1922 -- Nice People | Margaret Rainsford

1922 -- Penrod | Mrs. Schofield

1922 -- Rent Free | Countess de Mourney

1921 -- Love Never Dies | Liz Trott

1921 -- What Every Woman Knows | Comtesse de la Brière

1921 -- Midsummer Madness | Mrs. Osborne

1921 -- Prisoners of Love | Her Mother

1920 -- The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido

1920 -- Something to Think About | Housekeeper

1920 -- The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin

1920 -- The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun

1920 -- The Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland

1919 -- The Feud | Mary Lynch

1919 -- Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn

1919 -- Prudence on Broadway | Miss Grayson

1919 -- The Follies Girl | Nina

1919 -- Rosalind at Redgate |

1918 -- You Can't Believe Everything | Grace Dardley

1918 -- Captain of His Soul | Annette

1917 -- The Storm Woman |

1917 -- The Empty Gun | Mary

1917 -- The Clean-Up | Vera Vincent

1917 -- The Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee

1917 -- The Gates of Doom | Indore / Agatha

1917 -- Avarice | The Miserly Old Woman

1917 -- The White Raven | Daisy

1916 -- The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit

1916 -- Mixed Blood | Nita Valyez

1916 -- A Stranger from Somewhere | Olga

1915 -- As It Happened | The Ranchman's Daughter

1915 -- Old Offenders | Joe's Wife

1915 -- Her Convert | The Old Inventor's Daughter

1915 -- The Way Out | The Young School Teacher

1915 -- Her Dormant Love | The Discontented Wife

1915 -- Truth Stranger Than Fiction | Crook

1915 -- The Canceled Mortgage | The Widowed Mother

1915 -- A Day's Adventure | Hogan's Moll

1915 -- The Gambler's I.O.U. | Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter

1915 -- The Miser's Legacy | The Crook's Wife

1915 -- The Sheriff's Dilemma | Molly

1915 -- The Heart of a Bandit | Claire

1914 -- Men and Women | Mrs. Stephen Rodman

1914 -- The Cracksman's Gratitude |

1914 -- Her Hand | Olga

1914 -- Her Father's Silent Partner |

1914 -- A Nest Unfeathered | Kate

1914 -- His Fireman's Conscience | Mrs. Daily

1914 -- The Fatal Wedding |

1914 -- Waifs |

1914 -- Concentration | The Mother

1913 -- The Abandoned Well | The Widow

1913 -- For Her Government |

1913 -- The House of Discord | The Sister-in-Law

1913 -- All for Science | Detective

1913 -- The Detective's Stratagem | Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart

1913 -- The Stopped Clock | The Antique Dealer's Daughter

1913 -- The Van Nostrand Tiara | Kate

1913 -- A Tender-Hearted Crook | Edith

1913 -- The Law and His Son | Marguerite, Manning's Sister

1913 -- The Stolen Treaty | Olga

1913 -- The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse

1913 -- The Crook and the Girl | The Uncle's Adopted Daughter

1913 -- The Work Habit | The Daughter in the City

1913 -- Under the Shadow of the Law | John Haywood's Sister

1913 -- I Was Meant for You | Lavina

1913 -- The Vengeance of Galora | Galora

1913 -- A Misappropriated Turkey | Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan

1913 -- The Mirror | Daisy

1913 -- A Gambler's Honor | Beth

1913 -- A Gamble with Death | Kate

1913 -- The Switchtower | The Switchman's Wife

1913 -- The Well | The Farmer's Wife

1913 -- The Enemy's Baby | Miller's Wife

1913 -- The Ranchero's Revenge | The Schemer's Associate

1913 -- Olaf—An Atom | A Parent

1913 -- The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife

1913 -- The Stolen Loaf | The Rich Woman

1913 -- The Tenderfoot's Money | The Prospector's Wife

1913 -- The Wanderer | The Female Lover

1913 -- The Stolen Bride | The Wife

1913 -- The Unwelcome Guest | The Wife

1913 -- The Wrong Bottle | The Blind Sister

1913 -- The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady

1912 -- The God Within | The Woodsman's Wife

1912 -- A Cry for Help | The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient

1912 -- The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

1912 -- The New York Hat | The Main Gossip

1912 -- A Sailor’s Heart | The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

1912 -- In the Aisles of the Wild | The Elder Daughter

1912 -- So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town

1912 -- Two Daughters of Eve | The Mother

1912 -- Man's Genesis | Cave Woman

1912 -- The School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

1912 -- Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother

1912 -- A Temporary Truce | Mexican Jim's Wife

1912 -- When the Fire-Bells Rang | An Actress

1912 -- The Old Actor | At Audition

1912 -- The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife

1912 -- The Sunbeam | The Spinster

1912 -- Under Burning Skies | The Friend

1912 -- The Sands of Dee | Artist's fiancee

1912 -- Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother

1912 -- The Baby and the Stork | The Workman

1912 -- The Baby and the Stork | The Mother

1911 -- A Woman Scorned | The Doctor's Wife

1911 -- The Long Road | Ned's Wife

1911 -- The Adventures of Billy | Rich Woman

1911 -- The Unveiling |

1911 -- The Squaw's Love | Silver Fawn

1911 -- Swords and Hearts | Irene Lambert

1911 -- A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother

1911 -- The Primal Call | The Woman

1911 -- The Manicure Lady | Lunchroom Hostess

1911 -- A Decree of Destiny | A Nun

1911 -- Fisher Folks | At Fair

1911 -- What Shall We Do with Our Old? | The Old Carpenter's Wife

1911 -- Fate's Turning | At Hotel/At Wedding

1911 -- His Trust Fulfilled | Mrs. Frazier

1911 -- His Trust | Col. Frazier's wife

1910 -- The Golden Supper | Lady-in-Waiting

1910 -- His New Lid |

1910 -- Waiter No. 5 | The Chief of Police's Wife

1910 -- The Iconoclast |

1910 -- Rose o' Salem Town |

1910 -- The Oath and the Man | Rebel

1910 -- A Mohawk's Way |

1910 -- Muggsy Becomes a Hero | One of the Sisters Frost

1910 -- Wilful Peggy | Housemaid

1910 -- The Usurer | Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

1910 -- A Flash of Light | At First Party

1910 -- Love Among the Roses |

1908 -- The Planter's Wife | Mrs. John Holland

1908 -- The Devil |