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...

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The New York Hat

As The Main Gossip

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The Big Parade

As Mrs. Apperson

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

As Princess of Hur

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Ponjola

As Mrs. Hope

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The Flaming Forest

As Mrs. McTavish

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The White Raven

As Daisy

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Captain of His Soul

As Annette

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Murder by Television

As Mrs. Houghland

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The Feud

As Mary Lynch

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The Fatal Wedding

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The Switchtower

As The Switchman's Wife

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Tillie the Toiler

As Ma Jones

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The Baby and the Stork

As The Mother

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The Mark of Zorro

As Dona Catalina Pulido

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Rent Free

As Countess de Mourney

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The Quitter

As Mrs. Abbott

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When the Fire-Bells Rang

As An Actress

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The Big House

As Mrs. Marlowe

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You Can't Believe Everything

As Grace Dardley

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Prisoners of Love

As Her Mother

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Quincy Adams Sawyer

As Mrs. Putnam

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Silks and Saddles

As Mrs. Calhoun

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Wild Boys of the Road

As Mrs. Smith

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The Sands of Dee

As Artist's fiancee

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Two Daughters of Eve

As The Mother

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In the Aisles of the Wild

As The Elder Daughter

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A Cry for Help

As The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient

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A Misappropriated Turkey

As Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan

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The Wrong Bottle

As The Blind Sister

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The Tenderfoot's Money

As The Prospector's Wife

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The Stolen Loaf

As The Rich Woman

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The Ranchero's Revenge

As The Schemer's Associate

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The Well

As The Farmer's Wife

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A Gamble with Death

As Kate

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The Enemy's Baby

As Miller's Wife

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A Gambler's Honor

As Beth

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The Mirror

As Daisy

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The Vengeance of Galora

As Galora

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Don't Marry

As Aunt Abigail Bowen

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Under the Shadow of the Law

As John Haywood's Sister

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I Was Meant for You

As Lavina

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The Work Habit

As The Daughter in the City

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The Crook and the Girl

As The Uncle's Adopted Daughter

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The Stolen Treaty

As Olga

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The Law and His Son

As Marguerite, Manning's Sister

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The Van Nostrand Tiara

As Kate

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The Stopped Clock

As The Antique Dealer's Daughter

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The Detective's Stratagem

As Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart

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All for Science

As Detective

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For Her Government

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The Abandoned Well

As The Widow

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Concentration

As The Mother

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The Working Man

As Benjamin's Secretary

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The Phantom Express

As Ma Nolan

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Under Eighteen

As Seamstress (uncredited)

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The Massacre

As Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

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Waifs

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His Fireman's Conscience

As Mrs. Daily

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A Nest Unfeathered

As Kate

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Her Father's Silent Partner

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Her Hand

As Olga

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The Sheriff's Dilemma

As Molly

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The Miser's Legacy

As The Crook's Wife

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The Gambler's I.O.U.

As Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter

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A Day's Adventure

As Hogan's Moll

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The Canceled Mortgage

As The Widowed Mother

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Truth Stranger Than Fiction

As Crook

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Her Dormant Love

As The Discontented Wife

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The Way Out

As The Young School Teacher

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Her Convert

As The Old Inventor's Daughter

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Old Offenders

As Joe's Wife

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As It Happened

As The Ranchman's Daughter

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The Midnight Flyer

As Liza Slater

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The Black Diamond Express

As Martha Foster

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The Old Actor

As At Audition

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Bedside

As Nurse

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His Trust

As Col. Frazier's wife

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The House of Discord

As The Sister-in-Law

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The Cracksman's Gratitude

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Men and Women

As Mrs. Stephen Rodman

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What Shall We Do with Our Old?

As The Old Carpenter's Wife

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The Right to Be Happy

As Mrs. Cratchit

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The Second Floor Mystery

As Aunt Hattie

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Redemption

As Anna Pavlovna

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The Sunbeam

As The Spinster

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A Country Cupid

As The Half-Wit's Mother

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The School Teacher and the Waif

As The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

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His Trust Fulfilled

As Mrs. Frazier

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August Week End

As Alma Washburne

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Judgment of the Storm

As Mrs. Heath

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Keeper of the Flame

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Ashes of Vengeance

As Margot's Aunt

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The Empty Gun

As Mary

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Heart o' the Hills

As Martha Hawn

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The Tower of Lies

As Katrina

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The Shamrock Handicap

As Molly O'Shea

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Muggsy Becomes a Hero

As One of the Sisters Frost

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By Appointment Only

As Mrs. Mary Carroll

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Nice People

As Margaret Rainsford

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Midsummer Madness

As Mrs. Osborne

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The Viking

As Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

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Secrets

As Elizabeth Channing

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His New Lid

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Almost Human

As Mrs. Livingston

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Swords and Hearts

As Irene Lambert

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Man's Genesis

As Cave Woman

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Small Town Girl

As Woman in Bed (uncredited)

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Two Heads on a Pillow

As Mrs. Helen Gorman

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British Agent

As Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

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The Flying Fleet

As Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

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A Flash of Light

As At First Party

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Manhattan Parade

As Nancy - the Maid

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The Shield of Honor

As Mrs. MacDowell

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A Night at the Movies

As Movie Patron (uncredited)

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Journal of a Crime

As Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

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The Primal Call

As The Woman

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Three Comrades

As Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

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The Gift Supreme

As Lalia Graun

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Stand Up and Fight

As Woman

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The Famous Ferguson Case

As Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

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Two-Fisted Sheriff

As Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

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Idiot's Delight

As Crying Mother

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Mothers Cry

As Mary's Mother

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Thunder Afloat

As Nurse (uncredited)

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Miracles for Sale

As Jack of Diamonds Woman

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Love Never Dies

As Liz Trott

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Hangmen Also Die!

As Counterwoman (uncredited)

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It Happened One Night

As Mother on Bus (uncredited)

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A Failure at Fifty

As Minor Role (uncredited)

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Under Burning Skies

As The Friend

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Those Who Dare

As Mrs. Rollins

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The Devil's Circus

As Mrs. Peterson

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The Manicure Lady

As Lunchroom Hostess

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Rose o' Salem Town

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Avarice

As The Miserly Old Woman

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A Sailor’s Heart

As The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

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Young Tom Edison

As Woman at Station

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Something to Think About

As Housekeeper

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The Devil

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Love Among the Roses

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The Jack-Knife Man

As Lize Merdin

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Young Desire

As Mrs. Spencer

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Billy's Stratagem

As Billy's Mother

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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

As Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)

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The Strong Man's Burden

As Ida Glynn, The Nurse

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This Land Is Mine

As Woman in Bathroom

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Wild Company

As Mrs. Laura Grayson

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The Unknown Soldier

As John Phillips' sister

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The Golden Fleecing

As Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

As Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

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The Golden Supper

As Lady-in-Waiting

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An American Tragedy

As Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

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A Successful Calamity

As Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

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Dr. Monica

As Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

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Angel of Mercy

As Mother (uncredited)

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Central Airport

As Mrs. Blaine

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Michael O'Halloran

As Nancy Harding

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Test Pilot

As Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

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Enemies of Children

As Godfrey sister

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The Reckless Sex

As Concha

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The Dixie Merchant

As Josephine Fippany

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Lawyer Man

As Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

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Cornered

As Jane's Aunt

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The Unveiling

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A Little Journey

As Aunt Louise

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The Auctioneer

As Mrs. Tim Eagan

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Waking Up the Town

As Mrs. Joyce

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The Usurer

As Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

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The Taxi Dancer

As Aunt Mary

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Boys Town

As Nun (uncredited)

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Waiter No. 5

As The Chief of Police's Wife

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The Female of the Species

As The Miner's Wife

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A Decree of Destiny

As A Nun

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The Unwelcome Guest

As The Wife

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Lena and the Geese

As Lena's Mother

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The Telephone Girl and the Lady

As The Lady

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Penrod

As Mrs. Schofield

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The Long Road

As Ned's Wife

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The Adventures of Billy

As Rich Woman

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A Temporary Truce

As Mexican Jim's Wife

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Fisher Folks

As At Fair

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Whispers

As Gossip (uncredited)

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Human Wreckage

As Mrs. Brown

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Song of Revolt

As Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

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Thy Name Is Woman

As Juan's Mother

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What Every Woman Knows

As Comtesse de la Brière

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Heart's Haven

As May Caroline

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The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

As Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

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The Man on the Rock

As Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

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They're Always Caught

As Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

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Du Barry was a Lady

As Subway Passenger

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Presenting Lily Mars

As Dowager

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A Stranger from Somewhere

As Olga

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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

As Gossiper

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The Clean-Up

As Vera Vincent

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Lady Scarface

As Mrs. Tuckerman

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A Mohawk's Way

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The Iconoclast

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Rosalind at Redgate

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The Wanderer

As The Female Lover

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So Near, Yet So Far

As Rich Woman in Other Town

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The God Within

As The Woodsman's Wife

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A Woman Scorned

As The Doctor's Wife

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Circus Days

As Martha

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The Show Off

As Mom Fisher

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The Tragedy of Youth

As Mother

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Olaf—An Atom

As A Parent

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Imitation of Life

As Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

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Adventure

As Woman in Library (uncredited)

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Mixed Blood

As Nita Valyez

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Men on Her Mind

As Mother Goodwin

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The Stolen Bride

As The Wife

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The West~Bound Limited

As Mrs. Bill Buckley

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The Storm Woman

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The Gates of Doom

As Indore / Agatha

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One Against the World

As Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

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The Woman in the Suitcase

As Mrs. James B. Moreland

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The Planter's Wife

As Mrs. John Holland

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The House of Darkness

As The Doctor's Wife

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Union Depot

As Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

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The Bronze Bride

As A-Che-Chee

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A Tender-Hearted Crook

As Edith

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The Squaw's Love

As Silver Fawn

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Wilful Peggy

As Housemaid

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The Oath and the Man

As Rebel

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Fate's Turning

As At Hotel/At Wedding

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The Follies Girl

As Nina

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Prudence on Broadway

As Miss Grayson

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Brothers

As Bess Naughton

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The End of the World

As Mrs. Joyce

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The End of the World

As Mrs. Joyce