Claire McDowell (1877–1966)

Actress

Claire McDowell was born on November 2, 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, ...

Born: November 2, 1877
Died: October 23, 1966 (age 88)

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Filmography

Known For

The Big Parade Mrs. Apperson (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Princess of Hur (1925)
The Mark of Zorro Doña Catalina Pulido (1920)
Known For

Prisoners of Love Her Mother (1921)
Actress

Adventure Woman in Library (1945)
Having Wonderful Crime Guest (1945)
The Thin Man Goes Home Train Passenger in Passageway (1944)
Are These Our Parents? Miss Winfield (1944)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble Dr. Standish's Servant (1944)
Men on Her Mind Mother Goodwin (1944)
Teen Age Mrs. Mary Abbott (1943)
Black Market Rustlers Mrs. Prescott (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 (1943)
The Human Comedy Woman on Street (1943)
The Youngest Profession Woman (1943)
Keeper of the Flame Mourner (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind Ettie (1942)
Lady Scarface Mrs. Tuckerman (1941)
Your Last Act Old Lady with Memories (1941)
More Trifles of Importance Duchess (1941)
Whispers Gossip (1941)
Respect the Law Nun (1941)
Third Finger, Left Hand Witness at wedding (1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home Nurse for Mr. Winslow (1940)
The Golden Fleecing Pedestrian (1940)
A Failure at Fifty Minor Role (1940)
The Captain Is a Lady Old Lady (1940)
Young Tom Edison Woman at Station (1940)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Gossiper (1939)
Those High Grey Walls Mother (1939)
Thunder Afloat Nurse (1939)
One Against the World Townswoman (1939)
Miracles for Sale Jack of Diamonds Woman (1939)
Angel of Mercy Mother (1939)
Idiot's Delight Crying Mother (1939)
Stand Up and Fight Woman (1939)
Boys Town Catholic Nun (1938)
The Man on the Rock Napoleon's Mother (1938)
They're Always Caught Mrs. Fletcher (1938)
Three Comrades Landlady Frau Zalewski (1938)
Test Pilot Funeral Home Associate (1938)
Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris Glenn's Mother (1937)
A Night at the Movies Movie Patron (1937)
Give Till It Hurts Door-to-Door Saleswoman (1937)
High, Wide and Handsome Seamstress (1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt (1937)
Song of Revolt Artistocratic Dowager (1937)
Criminal Lawyer Night Court Judge (1937)
Small Town Girl Woman in Bed (1936)
August Weekend Alma Washburne (1936)
Murder by Television Mrs. Houghland (1935)
Black Fury Nurse (1935)
Imitation of Life Teacher Outside Classroom (1934)
Two Heads on a Pillow Mrs. Helen Gorman (1934)
British Agent Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (1934)
Dr. Monica Miss Bryerly (1934)
Journal of a Crime Sister at Hospital (1934)
It Happened One Night Mother on Bus (1934)
Bedside Nurse (1934)
Wild Boys of the Road Mrs. Smith (1933)
Paddy the Next Best Thing Miss Breen (1933)
By Appointment Only Mrs. Mary Carroll (1933)
The Working Man Benjamin's Secretary (1933)
Central Airport Mrs. Blaine (1933)
Lawyer Man Gilmurry's Secretary (1932)
The Phantom Express Ma Nolan (1932)
A Successful Calamity Struthers' Secretary (1932)
Cornered Jane's Aunt (1932)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Mrs. Randall (1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain Mrs. Schiller (1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case The Brookses' Landlady (1932)
Union Depot Little Boy's Mother (1932)
Under Eighteen Seamstress (1931)
Manhattan Parade Nancy - the Maid (1931)
An American Tragedy Mrs. Samuel Griffiths (1931)
Mothers Cry Mary's Mother (1930)
Brothers Mrs. 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 (1930)
Whispering Winds Mrs. Benton (1929)
The Quitter Mrs. Abbott (1929)
Silks and Saddles Mrs. Calhoun (1929)
The Flying Fleet Mrs. Hastings - Anita's Mother (1929)
When Dreams Come True Martha Shelby (1929)
Marriage by Contract Mother (1928)
The Viking Lady Editha (1928)
4 Devils Woman (1928)
Don't Marry Aunt Abigail Bowen (1928)
The Tragedy of Youth Mother (1928)
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)
Cheaters Mrs. Robin Carter (1927)
The Auctioneer Mrs. Tim Eagan (1927)
A Little Journey Aunt Louise (1927)
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 (1926)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Princess of Hur (1925)
The Midnight Flyer Liza Slater (1925)
The Big Parade Mrs. Apperson (1925)
One of the Bravest Mrs. Kelly (1925)
The Tower of Lies Katrina (1925)
Dollar Down Mrs. Meadows -Ruth's Sister (1925)
Waking Up the Town Mrs. Joyce (1925)
The Reckless Sex Concha (1925)
Those Who Dare Mrs. Rollins (1924)
A Fight for Honor Mrs. Hill (1924)
Secrets Elizabeth Channing (1924)
Thy Name Is Woman Juan's Mother (1924)
Leave It to Gerry Mrs. Brent (1924)
Judgment of the Storm Mrs. Heath (1924)
Black Oxen Agnes Trevor (1923)
Enemies of Children (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 (1923)
Quincy Adams Sawyer Mrs. Putnam (1922)
Heart's Haven May Caroline (1922)
In the Name of the Law Mrs. O'Hara (1922)
Nice People Margaret Rainsford (1922)
The Lying Truth Mrs. Sam Clairborne (1922)
The Ragged Heiress Sylvia Moreton (1922)
Penrod Mrs. Schofield (1922)
The Gray Dawn Mrs. Bennett (1922)
Rent Free Countess de Mourney (1922)
Love Never Dies Liz Trott (1921)
Wealth Mrs. Dominick (1921)
Mother o' Mine Mrs. Sheldon (1921)
What Every Woman Knows Comtesse de la Brière (1921)
Chickens Aunt Rebecca (1921)
Prisoners of Love Her Mother (1921)
Midsummer Madness Mrs. Osborne (1920)
The Mark of Zorro Doña Catalina Pulido (1920)
Something to Think About Housekeeper (1920)
The Jack-Knife Man Lize Merdin (1920)
Through Eyes of Men Mrs. Virginia All (1920)
Blind Youth Elizabeth Monnier (1920)
The Devil's Riddle Mrs. Potts (1920)
The Gift Supreme Lalia Graun (1920)
The Woman in the Suitcase Mrs. James B. Moreland (1920)
The Feud Mary Lynch (1919)
Heart o' the Hills Martha Hawn (1919)
Chasing Rainbows Mrs. Walters (1919)
Prudence on Broadway Miss Grayson (1919)
The Follies Girl Nina (1919)
Rosalind at Redgate (1919)
The Return of Mary Mrs. John Denby Sr. (1918)
Closin' In (1918)
You Can't Believe Everything Grace Dardley (1918)
Isn't It Warm? (1918)
Captain of His Soul Annette De Searcy (1918)
The Man Above the Law Natchah (1918)
The Ship of Doom Clara Gove (1917)
Fighting Back The Fury (1917)
The Storm Woman Maria Martelli (1917)
A Romany Rose Rozeska's Mother (1917)
A Dream of Egypt (1917)
The Empty Gun Mary (1917)
The Clean-Up Vera Vincent (1917)
The Black Mantilla Marachita (1917)
Doomed Anne Blackwood (1917)
The Pace That Kills The Wife (1917)
The Bronze Bride A-Che-Chee (1917)
The Gates of Doom Indore / Agatha (1917)
The Rented Man (1917)
Avarice The Miserly Old Woman (1917)
The White Raven Daisy (1917)
The Right to Be Happy Mrs. Cratchit (1916)
Mixed Blood Nita Valyez (1916)
A Stranger from Somewhere Olga (1916)
Sea Mates Jane Lavoir (1916)
Somewhere on the Battle Field Fraulein Emma (1916)
Husks of Love Mary Holmes (1916)
The Caravan Hathor (1916)
The Lady from the Sea The Shipwrecked Girl (1916)
Merry Mary Miss Twemlow (1916)
Celeste The Artist's Wife (1916)
Paths That Crossed Madame de Lisle (1916)
A Grip of Gold Kate Wiggin (1916)
What Happened to Peggy Tessie (1916)
His White Lie Linda Ford - Peter's Ward (1916)
The Chain of Evidence (1916)
Cupid Entangled The Actress (1915)
Love's Enduring Flame Elice Carter (1915)
Eyes of the Soul The Blind Woman (1915)
The Passing Storm The Blacksmith's Wife (1915)
Bad Money (1915)
The Inevitable The Wife (1915)
Her Renunciation Miriam Drayton (1915)
Behind the Mask Mrs. Rathbone (1915)
A Lasting Lesson The Daughter (1915)
The Stranger in the Valley Mabel Burton (1915)
Ashes of Inspiration Mrs. Adrian West (1915)
Mrs. Randolph's New Secretary Mrs. Randolph (1915)
His Singular Lesson Mrs. Smith - the Wife (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 Box of Chocolates Lorimer's Daughter (1915)
The Borrowed Necklace Florence Barlow (1915)
The Dancer's Ruse Lydia - the Dancer (1915)
The Inevitable Retribution His wife (1915)
From the Shadow His daughter (1915)
The Bond Sinister The Jeweler's Daughter (1914)
Just a Kid Alice - Jim's Best Girl (1914)
His Old Pal's Sacrifice The Nurse (1914)
The Child Thou Gavest Me Mrs. Graham (1914)
The Dole of Destiny Ruth - the Planter's Daugher (1914)
The Tides of Sorrow Ruth (1914)
Their Soldier Boy The Young Man's Sweetheart (1914)
The Guiding Fate The Wife (1914)
The Gold Thief The Stenographer (1914)
The Indian (1914)
The Peddler's Bag The Gamekeeper's Faithful Wife (1914)
The New Reporter The Newspaper Owner's Daughter (1914)
Men and Women Mrs. Stephen Rodman (1914)
The Man and the Master (1914)
The Cracksman's Gratitude (1914)
The Ragamuffin The Schoolteacher (1914)
Her Mother's Weakness The Daughter (1914)
The Scar The Wife (1914)
Her Hand Olga (1914)
For Auld Lang Syne The Wife (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 (1914)
The Abandoned Well The Widow (1913)
For Her Government (1913)
Beyond All Law (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)
Diversion Mrs. Wilson (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)
I Was Meant for You Lavina (1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law John Haywood's Sister (1913)
The Vengeance of Galora Galora (1913)
The Mirror Daisy (1913)
A Gambler's Honor Beth (1913)
The Enemy's Baby Miller's Wife (1913)
A Gamble with Death Kate (1913)
The Switch Tower The Switchman's Wife (1913)
The Well The Farmer's Wife (1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge The Schemer's Associate (1913)
Olaf-an Atom A Parent (1913)
The Stolen Loaf The Rich Woman (1913)
The House of Darkness The Doctor's Wife (1913)
The Tenderfoot's Money The Prospector's Wife (1913)
The Wanderer The Female Lover (1913)
The Stolen Bride The Wife (1913)
A Welcome Intruder A Widow (1913)
The Unwelcome Guest The Son's Wife (1913)
The Wrong Bottle The Blind Sister (1913)
Drink's Lure The Neglected Wife (1913)
A Father's Lesson The Wife (1913)
A Misappropriated Turkey Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan (1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady The Lady (1913)
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 First 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)
In the North Woods The Trapper's Wife (1912)
A Child's Remorse The Child's Mother (1912)
The Sands of Dee The Artist's Fiancée (1912)
Man's Genesis Tribe Member (1912)
Trying to Fool Uncle Dick's Wife (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 Kings Were the Law A Lady-in-Waiting (1912)
When the Fire-Bells Rang An Actress (1912)
The Old Actor At Audition (1912)
The Leading Man A Boarder (1912)
The Fickle Spaniard Margot (1912)
The Female of the Species The Miner's Wife (1912)
Iola's Promise Undetermined Secondary Role (1912)
A String of Pearls The Italian Shoemaker's Wife (1912)
The Sunbeam The Spinster (1912)
Under Burning Skies The Friend (1912)
Billy's Stratagem Billy's Mother (1912)
A Blot on the 'Scutcheon Gwendolyn - Tresham's Cousin (1912)
The Baby and the Stork Bobby's Mother (1912)
As in a Looking Glass The Wife (1911)
The Failure (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)
Josh's Suicide Girl at party (1911)
The Making of a Man Actress (1911)
The Squaw's Love Silver Fawn (1911)
Swords and Hearts Irene Lambert (1911)
The Sorrowful Example The Wife (1911)
The Ruling Passion Billy's Mother (1911)
A Country Cupid The Half-Wit's Mother (1911)
The Primal Call The Woman (1911)
A Romany Tragedy The Elder Sister (1911)
The Crooked Road A Neighbor (1911)
The Manicure Lady Lunchroom Hostess (1911)
In the Days of '49 Edith Weston - Bill's Wife (1911)
Misplaced Jealousy The Manicurist (1911)
The Chief's Daughter Susan - Frank's Fiancée (1911)
The Broken Cross Kate's Mother (1911)
The Spanish Gypsy Paula (1911)
Cured Old Woman (1911)
Conscience A Maid (1911)
A Decree of Destiny The Nun (1911)
Fisher Folks At Fair (1911)
What Shall We Do with Our Old? The Old Carpenter's Wife (1911)
Three Sisters Investigating Committee (1911)
Fate's Turning At Hotel / At Wedding (1911)
His Trust Fulfilled Mrs. Frazier (1911)
His Trust: The Faithful Devotion and Self-Sacrifice of an Old Negro Servant Colonel Frazier's Wife (1911)
The Italian Barber At Ball (1911)
The Recreation of an Heiress The Heiress' Maid (1910)
His Sister-in-Law The Maiden Aunt (1910)
The Golden Supper Lady-in-Waiting (1910)
Happy Jack, a Hero The Maid (1910)
A Child's Stratagem The Designing Woman (1910)
His New Lid Mourner (1910)
Simple Charity Charity Worker (1910)
The Fugitive Woman in Farewell Crowd (1910)
Waiter No. 5 The Chief of Police's Wife (1910)
Two Little Waifs Nun (1910)
The Message of the Violin The Other Woman's Servant (1910)
A Lucky Toothache A Cousin (1910)
How Hubby Got a Raise Neighbor (1910)
The Iconoclast The Worker's Wife (1910)
Rose o' Salem Town Indian / Puritan (1910)
The Oath and the Man Rebel (1910)
A Mohawk's Way Indian Mother (1910)
A Summer Idyll At Party (1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero One of the Sisters Frost (1910)
Wilful Peggy The Maid (1910)
The Usurer Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors (1910)
A Flash of Light At First Party (1910)
Love Among the Roses (1910)
His Last Burglary (1910)
The Call of the Wild Party Guest (1908)
The Planter's Wife Mrs. John Holland (1908)
Actress

The Devil Mrs. Harold Thornton (1908)
Archive footage

Project Twenty (1957)
Archive footage

MGM Parade (1956)
Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (1947)

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Silent actress, with Biograph (1908-16), Universal and MGM, noted for her intensity and screen presence. Often playing characters older than her own age, she was integral to several key films of the 1920s, including The Mark of Zorro (1920), Ben-Hur...