Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell
Motion Picture Classic Magazine (1915)
Born	November 2, 1877(1877-11-02) New York City, New York, United States
Died	October 23, 1966(1966-10-23) (aged 88) Hollywood, California, United States
Other names	Claire MacDowell
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1908 - 1945

Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945. Still somewhat 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 can be seen to good advantage 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, both in which she played mothers.

She 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 Mailes and Eugene Mailes.

Selected filmography

• 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 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)
• The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)
• The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
• Something to Think About (1920)
• The Mark of Zorro (1920)
• Mother o' Mine (1921)
• Love Never Dies (1921)
• Nice People (1922)
• Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
• Dollar Down (1925)
• The Big Parade (1925)
• Ben-Hur (1925)
• The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
• The Flaming Forest (1926)
• A Little Journey (1927)
• Central Airport (1933)

External links

• Claire McDowell at the Internet Movie Database