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Claire McDowell
Oct 31, 1877 (147 years old) in New York City, New York, USA
Known For
It Happened One Night
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Hangmen Also Die!
Boys Town
This Land Is Mine
Credits
1945 ·
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
1944 ·
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
1944 ·
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
1943 ·
Du Barry was a Lady
as Subway Passenger
1943 ·
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
1943 ·
Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
1943 ·
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
1943 ·
Keeper of the Flame
as
1941 ·
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
1941 ·
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
1940 ·
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
1940 ·
The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1940 ·
A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940 ·
Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
1939 ·
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
1939 ·
Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939 ·
One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
1939 ·
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
1939 ·
Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
1939 ·
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
1939 ·
Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
1938 ·
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
1938 ·
The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
1938 ·
They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
1938 ·
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
1938 ·
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
1937 ·
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1937 ·
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
1937 ·
Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
1936 ·
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
1936 ·
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
1935 ·
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
1934 ·
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
1934 ·
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
1934 ·
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
1934 ·
Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
1934 ·
Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
1934 ·
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
1934 ·
Bedside
as Nurse
1933 ·
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
1933 ·
By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
1933 ·
The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
1933 ·
Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
1932 ·
Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
1932 ·
A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
1932 ·
The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
1932 ·
Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
1932 ·
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
1932 ·
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
1932 ·
Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
1932 ·
Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
1931 ·
Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
1931 ·
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
1930 ·
Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
1930 ·
Brothers
as Bess Naughton
1930 ·
Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
1930 ·
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
1930 ·
Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
1930 ·
The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
1930 ·
Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
1929 ·
The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
1929 ·
Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
1929 ·
The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
1928 ·
The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
1928 ·
Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
1928 ·
The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
1927 ·
Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
1927 ·
The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
1927 ·
Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
1927 ·
Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
1927 ·
The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
1927 ·
The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
1927 ·
The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
1927 ·
A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
1926 ·
The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
1926 ·
The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
1926 ·
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
1926 ·
The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
1926 ·
The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
1926 ·
The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
1925 ·
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
1925 ·
The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
1925 ·
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
1925 ·
The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
1925 ·
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
1925 ·
Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
1925 ·
The Reckless Sex
as Concha
1924 ·
Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
1924 ·
Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
1924 ·
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
1924 ·
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
1923 ·
Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
1923 ·
Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
1923 ·
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
1923 ·
Circus Days
as Martha
1923 ·
Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
1923 ·
Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
1923 ·
The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
1922 ·
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
1922 ·
Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
1922 ·
Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
1922 ·
Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
1922 ·
Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
1921 ·
Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
1921 ·
What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
1921 ·
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
1921 ·
Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
1920 ·
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
1920 ·
Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
1920 ·
The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
1920 ·
Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All
1920 ·
The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
1920 ·
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
1919 ·
The Feud
as Mary Lynch
1919 ·
Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
1919 ·
Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
1919 ·
The Follies Girl
as Nina
1919 ·
Rosalind at Redgate
as
1918 ·
You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
1918 ·
Captain of His Soul
as Annette
1917 ·
The Storm Woman
as
1917 ·
The Empty Gun
as Mary
1917 ·
The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
1917 ·
The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
1917 ·
The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
1917 ·
Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
1917 ·
The White Raven
as Daisy
1916 ·
The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
1916 ·
Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
1916 ·
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
1915 ·
As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
1915 ·
Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
1915 ·
Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
1915 ·
The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
1915 ·
Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
1915 ·
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
1915 ·
The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
1915 ·
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
1915 ·
The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
1915 ·
The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
1915 ·
The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
1915 ·
The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
1914 ·
Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
1914 ·
The Cracksman's Gratitude
as
1914 ·
Her Hand
as Olga
1914 ·
Her Father's Silent Partner
as
1914 ·
A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
1914 ·
His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
1914 ·
The Fatal Wedding
as
1914 ·
Waifs
as
1914 ·
Concentration
as The Mother
1913 ·
The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
1913 ·
For Her Government
as
1913 ·
The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
1913 ·
All for Science
as Detective
1913 ·
The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
1913 ·
The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
1913 ·
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
1913 ·
A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
1913 ·
The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
1913 ·
The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
1913 ·
The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
1913 ·
The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
1913 ·
The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
1913 ·
Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
1913 ·
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
1913 ·
The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
1913 ·
A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
1913 ·
The Mirror
as Daisy
1913 ·
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
1913 ·
A Gamble with Death
as Kate
1913 ·
The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
1913 ·
The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
1913 ·
The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
1913 ·
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
1913 ·
Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
1913 ·
The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
1913 ·
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
1913 ·
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
1913 ·
The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
1913 ·
The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
1913 ·
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
1913 ·
The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
1913 ·
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
1912 ·
The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
1912 ·
A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
1912 ·
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
1912 ·
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
1912 ·
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
1912 ·
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
1912 ·
So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
1912 ·
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
1912 ·
Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
1912 ·
The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
1912 ·
Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
1912 ·
A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
1912 ·
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
1912 ·
The Old Actor
as At Audition
1912 ·
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
1912 ·
The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
1912 ·
The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
1912 ·
Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
1912 ·
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
1912 ·
The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
1912 ·
The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
1911 ·
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
1911 ·
The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
1911 ·
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
1911 ·
The Unveiling
as
1911 ·
The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
1911 ·
Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
1911 ·
A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
1911 ·
The Primal Call
as The Woman
1911 ·
The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
1911 ·
A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
1911 ·
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
1911 ·
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
1911 ·
Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
1911 ·
His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
1911 ·
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
1910 ·
The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
1910 ·
His New Lid
as
1910 ·
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
1910 ·
The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant
1910 ·
The Iconoclast
as
1910 ·
Rose o' Salem Town
as
1910 ·
The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
1910 ·
A Mohawk's Way
as
1910 ·
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
1910 ·
Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
1910 ·
The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
1910 ·
A Flash of Light
as At First Party
1910 ·
Love Among the Roses
as
1908 ·
The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland
1908 ·
The Devil
as
2025 ·
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
