Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell
McDowell in 1916
Born	November 2, 1877 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	October 23, 1966 (aged 88) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1908–1945
Spouse(s)	Charles Hill Mailes (1906-1937) (his death) (2 children)
Children	Robert and Eugene

Claire McDowell (November 2, 1877 – October 23, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945.^[1] Still something of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films she appeared in numerous short, early feature films. She graduated to playing character and mother types. She appeared in Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 The Mark of Zorro. McDowell costarred in two of the biggest films of the silent era, The Big Parade and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in which she played mothers both times.

McDowell was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California, aged 88. She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The happy couple appeared in numerous silent films together including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert and Eugene.

Partial filmography

• The Devil (1908)
• The Planter's Wife (1908)
• A Flash of Light (1910)
• His Trust (1911)
• His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
• What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)
• A Decree of Destiny (1911)
• The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
• The Broken Cross (1911)
• The Crooked Road (1911)
• The Primal Call (1911)
• A Country Cupid (1911)
• The Making of a Man (1911)
• The Long Road (1911)
• A Woman Scorned (1911)
• Under Burning Skies (1912)
• A Temporary Truce (1912)
• Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
• So Near, yet So Far (1912)
• In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
• A Sailor's Heart (1912)
• The New York Hat (1912)
• A Cry for Help (1912)
• The God Within (1912)
• The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
• A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
• The Wrong Bottle (1913)
• The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
• The Stolen Bride (1913)
• The Wanderer (1913)
• The Tenderfoot's Money (1913)
• The Stolen Loaf (1913)
• The House of Darkness (1913)
• Olaf—An Atom (1913)
• The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
• The Well (1913)
• The Switch Tower (1913)
• A Gamble with Death (1913)
• The Enemy's Baby (1913)
• A Gambler's Honor (1913)
• The Mirror (1913)
• The Vengeance of Galora (1913)
• Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)
• I Was Meant for You (1913)
• The Crook and the Girl (1913)
• The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
• The Stolen Treaty (1913)
• The Law and His Son (1913)
• A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913)
• The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913)
• The Stopped Clock (1913)
• The Detective's Stratagem (1913)
• All for Science (1913)
• A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
• Her Father's Silent Partner (1914)
• The Heart of a Bandit (1915)
• The Sheriff's Dilemma (1915)
• The Miser's Legacy (1915)
• The Gambler's I.O.U. (1915)
• A Day's Adventure (1915)
• The Canceled Mortgage (1915)
• Truth Stranger Than Fiction (1915)
• Her Dormant Love (1915)
• The Way Out (1915)
• Her Convert (1915)
• Old Offenders (1915)
• As It Happened (1915)
• The Empty Gun (1917)
• You Can't Believe Everything (1918)
• Prudence on Broadway (1919)
• The Feud (1919)
• The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)
• Blind Youth (1920)
• The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
• Something to Think About (1920)
• The Mark of Zorro (1920)
• Prisoners of Love (1921)
• Midsummer Madness (1921)
• Mother o' Mine (1921)
• Love Never Dies (1921)
• Rent Free (1922)
• Nice People (1922)
• Human Wreckage (1923)
• Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
• Dollar Down (1925)
• The Big Parade (1925)
• Ben-Hur (1925)
• The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
• The Show Off (1926)
• The Flaming Forest (1926)
• A Little Journey (1927)
• Winds of the Pampas (1927)
• The Black Diamond Express (1927)
• The Viking (1928)
• The Big House (1930)
• Brothers (1930)
• An American Tragedy (1931)
• The Phantom Express (1932)
• Central Airport (1933)
• It Happened One Night (1934) as the collapsed Mother in the bus
• Murder by Television (1935)
• Criminal Lawyer (1937)

References

1. "The monumental Claire McDowell". 11east14thstreet. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

External links

• Claire McDowell at the Internet Movie Database