Claire McDowell
Actor
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 Christ (1925), both in which she played mothers.
She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The couple appeared in numerous silent films together, including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert Mailes and Eugene Mailes.
Claire McDowell died, aged 88, in Hollywood, California.
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Filmography
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited) 1943
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson 1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur 1925
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited) 1938
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited) 1934
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited) 1938
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido 1920
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom 1943
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe 1930
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith 1933
Keeper of the Flame
1943
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited) 1938
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip 1912
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife 1911
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland 1935
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue 1912