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