Birthday
1877/10/31
Day of death
1966/10/23 (89 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Claire MacDowell, Clare Mc Dowell, Doris Carlton
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 Chri...Read more
(1912) The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
(1925) The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
(1923) Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
(1926) The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
(1917) The White Raven
as Daisy
(1918) Captain of His Soul
as Annette
(1935) Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
(1919) The Feud
as Mary Lynch
(1914) The Fatal Wedding
as ---
(1913) The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
(1927) Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
(1912) The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
(1912) The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
(1920) The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
(1922) Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
(1929) The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
(1912) When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
(1930) The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1918) You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
(1921) Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
(1922) Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
(1929) Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
(1933) Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
(1912) The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
(1912) Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
(1912) In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
(1912) A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
(1913) A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
(1913) The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
(1913) The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
(1913) The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
(1913) The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
(1913) The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
(1913) A Gamble with Death
as Kate
(1913) The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
(1913) A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
(1913) The Mirror
as Daisy
(1913) The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
(1928) Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
(1913) Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
(1913) I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
(1913) The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
(1913) The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
(1913) The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
(1913) The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
(1913) The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
(1913) The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
(1913) The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
(1913) All for Science
as Detective
(1913) For Her Government
as ---
(1913) The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
(1914) Concentration
as The Mother
(1933) The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
(1932) The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
(1932) Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
(1912) The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
(1914) Waifs
as ---
(1914) His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
(1914) A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
(1914) Her Father's Silent Partner
as ---
(1914) Her Hand
as Olga
(1915) The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
(1915) The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
(1915) The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
(1915) A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
(1915) The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
(1915) Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
(1915) Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
(1915) The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
(1915) Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
(1915) Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
(1915) As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
(1925) The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
(1927) The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
(1912) The Old Actor
as At Audition
(1934) Bedside
as Nurse
(1911) His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
(1913) The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
(1914) The Cracksman's Gratitude
as ---
(1914) Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
(1911) What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
(1916) The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
(1930) The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
(1930) Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
(1912) The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
(1911) A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
(1912) The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
(1911) His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
(1936) August Week End
as Alma Washburne
(1924) Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
(1943) Keeper of the Flame
as ---
(1923) Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
(1917) The Empty Gun
as Mary
(1919) Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
(1925) The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
(1926) The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
(1910) Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
(1933) By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
(1922) Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
(1921) Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
(1928) The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
(1924) Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
(1910) His New Lid
as ---
(1927) Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
(1911) Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
(1912) Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
(1936) Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
(1934) Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
(1934) British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
(1929) The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
(1910) A Flash of Light
as At First Party
(1931) Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
(1927) The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
(1937) A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1934) Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
(1911) The Primal Call
as The Woman
(1938) Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
(1920) The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
(1939) Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
(1932) The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
(1937) Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
(1939) Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
(1930) Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
(1939) Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939) Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
(1921) Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
(1943) Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
(1934) It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
(1940) A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1912) Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
(1924) Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
(1926) The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
(1911) The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
(1910) Rose o' Salem Town
as ---
(1917) Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
(1912) A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
(1940) Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
(1920) Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
(1908) The Devil
as ---
(1910) Love Among the Roses
as ---
(1920) The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
(1930) Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
(1912) Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
(1944) Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
(1913) The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
(1943) This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
(1930) Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
(1926) The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1940) Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
(1910) The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1931) An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
(1932) A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
(1934) Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
(1939) Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
(1933) Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
(1923) Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
(1938) Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
(1923) Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
(1925) The Reckless Sex
as Concha
(1926) The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
(1932) Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
(1932) Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
(1911) The Unveiling
as ---
(1927) A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
(1927) The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
(1925) Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
(1910) The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
(1927) The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
(1938) Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
(1910) Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
(1912) The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
(1911) A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
(1913) The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
(1912) Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
(1913) The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
(1922) Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
(1911) The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
(1911) The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
(1912) A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
(1911) Fisher Folks
as At Fair
(1941) Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1923) Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
(1937) Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
(1924) Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
(1921) What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
(1922) Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
(1932) The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
(1938) The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
(1938) They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
(1943) Du Barry was a Lady
as Subway Passenger
(1943) Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
(1916) A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
(1939) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
(1917) The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
(1941) Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
(1910) A Mohawk's Way
as ---
(1910) The Iconoclast
as ---
(1919) Rosalind at Redgate
as ---
(1913) The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
(1912) So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
(1912) The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
(1911) A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
(1923) Circus Days
as Martha
(1926) The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
(1928) The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
(1913) Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
(1934) Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
(1945) Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
(1916) Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
(1944) Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
(1913) The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
(1923) The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
(1917) The Storm Woman
as ---
(1917) The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
(1939) One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
(1920) The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
(1908) The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland
(1913) The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
(1932) Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
(1917) The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
(1913) A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
(1911) The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
(1910) Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
(1910) The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
(1911) Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
(1919) The Follies Girl
as Nina
(1919) Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
(1930) Brothers
as Bess Naughton
(1925) The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925) The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1927) Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
(1915) The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
(1910) The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant
(1920) Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All