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Claire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945.
Born
Friday, 02 November 1877
Died
Sunday, 23 October 1966
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| MGM Parade | Napoleon's Mother in 'The Man on the Rock' | 1955 |
| 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 |
| The Human Comedy | Woman on Street | 1944 |
| Men on Her Mind | Mother Goodwin | 1944 |
| Teen Age | Mrs. Mary Abbott | 1943 |
| Black Market Rustlers | Mrs. Prescott | 1943 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| MGM Parade | Napoleon's Mother in 'The Man on the Rock' | 1955 |
| 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 |
| The Human Comedy | Woman on Street | 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 Youngest Profession | Woman | 1943 |
| Keeper of the Flame | Mourner | 1943 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Ettie | 1942 |
| Lady Scarface | Mrs. Tuckerman | 1941 |
| More Trifles of Importance | Duchess | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| They're Always Caught | Mrs. Fletcher | 1938 |
| Three Comrades | Landlady Frau Zalewski | 1938 |
| Test Pilot | Funeral Home Associate | 1938 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Manhattan Parade | Nancy - the Maid | 1932 |
| An American Tragedy | Mrs. Samuel Griffiths | 1931 |
| Under Eighteen | Seamstress | 1931 |
| Mother's 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 |
| Redemption | Anna Pavlovna | 1930 |
| The Second Floor Mystery | Aunt Hattie | 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 |
| Marriage by Contract | Mother | 1928 |
| The Viking | Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell) / 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 Taxi Dancer | Aunt Mary | 1927 |
| A Little Journey | Aunt Louise | 1927 |
| Winds of the Pampas | Doña Maria Casandos | 1927 |
| The Flaming Forest | Mrs. McTavish | 1926 |
| One of the Bravest | Mrs. Kelly | 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 |
| The Tower of Lies | Katrina | 1925 |
| Dollar Down | Mrs. Meadows -Ruth's Sister | 1925 |
| Waking Up the Town | Mrs. Joyce | 1925 |
| Those Who Dare | Mrs. Rollins | 1924 |
| Secrets | Elizabeth Channing | 1924 |
| Thy Name Is Woman | Juan's Mother | 1924 |
| Judgment of the Storm | Mrs. Heath | 1924 |
| Black Oxen | Agnes Trevor | 1923 |
| Enemies of Children | Godfrey sister | 1923 |
| Ponjola | Mrs. Hope | 1923 |
| Ashes of Vengeance | Margot's Aunt | 1923 |
| Human Wreckage | Mrs. Brown | 1923 |
| The West~Bound Limited | Mrs. Bill Buckley | 1923 |
| Quincy Adams Sawyer | Mrs. Putnam | 1922 |
| Nice People | Margaret Rainsford | 1922 |
| Heart's Haven | May Caroline | 1922 |
| The Ragged Heiress | Sylvia Moreton | 1922 |
| The Gray Dawn | Mrs. Bennett | 1922 |
| Love Never Dies | Liz Trott | 1921 |
| Mother o' Mine | Mrs. Sheldon | 1921 |
| Chickens | Aunt Rebecca | 1921 |
| Midsummer Madness | Mrs. Osborne | 1921 |
| Prisoners of Hope | Her Mother | 1921 |
| The Mark of Zorro | Dona Catalina Pulido / Doña Catalina Pulido | 1920 |
| Something to Think About | Housekeeper | 1920 |
| The Jack-Knife Man | Lize Merdin | 1920 |
| The Gift Supreme | Lalia Graun | 1920 |
| The Woman in the Suitcase | Mrs. James B. Moreland | 1920 |
| Through Eyes of Men | Mrs. Virginia All | 1920 |
| Heart o' the Hills | Martha Hawn | 1919 |
| Chasing Rainbows | Mrs. Walters | 1919 |
| Prudence on Broadway | Miss Grayson | 1919 |
| The Return of Mary | Mrs. John Denby Sr. | 1918 |
| You Can't Believe Everything | Grace Dardley | 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 Bronze Bride | A-Che-Chee | 1917 |
| The Right to Be Happy | Mrs. Cratchit | 1916 |
| A Stranger from Somewhere | Olga | 1916 |
| The Abandoned Well | The Widow | 1913 |
| The Strong Man's Burden | Ida Glynn, The Nurse | 1913 |
| The Switch Tower | The Switchman's Wife | 1913 |
| The House of Darkness | The Doctor's Wife | 1913 |
| The Wanderer | The Female Lover | 1913 |
| The Telephone Girl and the Lady | The Lady | 1913 |
| The Ghost Within | The Woodsman's Wife | 1912 |
| The Massacre | Stephen's Belle - In Prologue | 1912 |
| The New York Hat | First Gossip / The Main Gossip | 1912 |
| So Near, Yet So Far | Rich Woman in Other Town | 1912 |
| The Sands of Dee | The Artist's Fiancée / Artist's fiancee | 1912 |
| Man's Genesis | Cave Woman / Tribe Member | 1912 |
| The School Teacher and the Waif | The Street Fakir's Sweetheart | 1912 |
| Lena and the Geese | Lena's Mother | 1912 |
| The Old Actor | At Audition | 1912 |
| The Fickle Spaniard | Margot | 1912 |
| The Female of the Species | The Miner's Wife | 1912 |
| Iola's Promise | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1912 |
| The Sunbeam | The Spinster | 1912 |
| Under Burning Skies | The Friend | 1912 |
| Billy's Stratagem | Billy's Mother | 1912 |
| The Adventures of Billy | Rich Woman | 1911 |
| The Making of a Man | Actress | 1911 |
| The Squaw's Love | Silver Fawn | 1911 |
| Swords and Hearts | Irene Lambert | 1911 |
| A Country Cupid | The Half-Wit's Mother | 1911 |
| The Primal Call | The Woman | 1911 |
| The Manicure Lady | Lunchroom Hostess | 1911 |
| What Shall We Do with Our Old? | The Old Carpenter's Wife | 1911 |
| Fate's Turning | At Hotel / At Wedding / 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 / Col. Frazier's wife | 1911 |
| The Golden Supper | Lady-in-Waiting | 1910 |
| His New Lid | Mourner | 1910 |
| The Fugitive | Woman in Farewell Crowd | 1910 |
| Rose o' Salem Town | Indian / Puritan | 1910 |
| The Oath and the Man | Rebel | 1910 |
| Wilful Peggy | Housemaid / The Maid | 1910 |
| The Usurer | One of the Third Debtors / Despairing Mother | 1910 |
| A Flash of Light | At First Party | 1910 |
