Born in New York City, New York, USA — Oct 31 1877• Died Oct 23 1966

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 marrie…
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Mother on Bus (uncredited)

Rich Woman in Other Town

Benjamin's Secretary

Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

Princess of Hur

Nun (uncredited)

Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

Mrs. Apperson

Woman in Bed (uncredited)

Woman in Library (uncredited)

Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

Subway Passenger (uncredited)


Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

Woman

Mrs. Tuckerman

Mrs. Smith

Crying Mother

Counterwoman (uncredited)

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Jane's Aunt

Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

Nurse

Bess Naughton

Gossiper

The Spinster

Margot's Aunt

Woman in Bathroom

Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

Nancy Harding

Minor Role (uncredited)

Seamstress (uncredited)

Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

Anna Pavlovna

Mom Fisher

Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

The Main Gossip

Dowager

Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

Nancy - the Maid

Ma Jones

Nurse (uncredited)

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

Woman at Station

Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

Mrs. Marlowe
The Prospector's Wife

Mother (uncredited)

Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

Mrs. Stephen Rodman

Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
The Old Inventor's Daughter

Katrina

Mrs. Schofield

Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

Martha Hawn
Lavina
Mrs. Joyce

Mrs. Blaine

Dona Catalina Pulido

Agnes Trevor

Molly O'Shea
Kate

Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

The Sister-in-Law
Joe's Wife

Lalia Graun

Josephine Fippany

Mary Lynch

The Wife

Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

Elizabeth Channing

The Female Lover

Mrs. Houghland

Aunt Mary

Mrs. Laura Grayson

Mrs. MacDowell

Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

Woman

Elizabeth Monnier

Juan's Mother
Mary

Housemaid
Daisy

Mother Goodwin

Daisy

The Friend

Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

Ma Nolan

Mrs. Spencer

Mrs. Rollins

Nina

Mrs. Abbott
Galora

John Phillips' sister
The Daughter in the City

The Lady
Concha

Comtesse de la Brière

At Fair

At Audition

Godfrey sister

Nita Valyez
Aunt Abigail Bowen

Alma Washburne

Margaret Rainsford

Jack of Diamonds Woman

Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

The Elder Daughter

Martha

Mrs. Tim Eagan
The Blind Sister

At First Party

Mrs. Helen Gorman
The Woodsman's Wife
Marguerite, Manning's Sister
The Other Woman's Servant

Mexican Jim's Wife

Miss Grayson

Mrs. McTavish

The Doctor's Wife

Rebel

The Switchman's Wife

The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
Kate

Mrs. Mary Carroll

The Mother
John Haywood's Sister

Mrs. Putnam

Mrs. Joyce

Mrs. Joyce
Detective

Ned's Wife

Col. Frazier's wife

Mrs. Meadows
Beth

Lize Merdin

A Parent

Liz Trott

Ida Glynn, The Nurse

At Hotel/At Wedding

Aunt Hattie

The Woman
The Farmer's Wife

Mrs. Peterson

Mrs. Brown
Crook

Cave Woman

Mrs. James B. Moreland

Mrs. Calhoun
An Actress
Hogan's Moll

Olga

Lena's Mother

Lunchroom Hostess

Countess de Mourney

Housekeeper

Mother


Martha Foster

The Italian Shoemaker's Wife

Mary's Mother

Silver Fawn
The Crook's Wife
Miller's Wife

The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

Liza Slater
Molly

The Chief of Police's Wife

The Mother

Mrs. John Denby Sr.
Olga

A-Che-Chee

The Ranchman's Daughter

Mother
The Young School Teacher
Olga

Party Guest

Artist's fiancee

Mrs. Osborne

Mrs. Heath
Edith

Mrs. Cratchit

One of the Sisters Frost
The Rich Woman
Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart

Indore / Agatha

The Half-Wit's Mother
Mrs. Daily

Mrs. Livingston

The Doctor's Wife

Vera Vincent

Lady-in-Waiting
The Widow
The Schemer's Associate

Gossip (uncredited)

Her Mother

Aunt Louise
Kate
Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter

Irene Lambert
A Nun
The Wife


The Miner's Wife

Sylvia Moreton

The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
The Uncle's Adopted Daughter

Martha Shelby
The Antique Dealer's Daughter

Mrs. Virginia All

Mrs. John Holland

Mrs. Bill Buckley

Billy's Mother

The Old Carpenter's Wife
Kate's Mother
Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan

The Mother

May Caroline

Claire

Mrs. Hope

Grace Dardley

Rich Woman

The Wife

Mrs. Frazier

Annette

Mrs. Walters

Mrs. Potts
The Miserly Old Woman

Mrs. Dominick
Doña Maria Casandos
Paula


The Widowed Mother

Mrs. Sheldon
The Discontented Wife