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Murder by Television

as Mrs. Houghland

1935
Wild Boys of the Road

as Mrs. Smith

1933
The Phantom Express

as Ma Nolan

1932
An American Tragedy

as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

1931
The Flying Fleet

as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

1929
The Viking

as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

1928
The Shield of Honor

as Mrs. MacDowell

1927
Almost Human

as Mrs. Livingston

1927
The Shamrock Handicap

as Molly O'Shea

1926
The Big Parade

as Mrs. Apperson

1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Princess of Hur

2015
Nice People

as Margaret Rainsford

1922
The Mark of Zorro

as Dona Catalina Pulido

1920
His Trust

as Col. Frazier's wife

1911
His Trust Fulfilled

as Mrs. Frazier

1911
Swords and Hearts

as Irene Lambert

1911
The Primal Call

as The Woman

1911
Claire McDowell Claire McDowell

Birthday

1877-11-02

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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