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Claire McDowell

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Claire McDowell

Oct 31, 1877 – Oct 23, 1966253 titles 252 movies · 1 TV
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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

Also known as

Claire MacDowell · Clare Mc Dowell · Doris Carlton

Born

Oct 31, 1877 – Oct 23, 1966

New York City, New York, USA

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Roles across career

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1908 3 title(s)

1910 13 title(s)

1911 18 title(s)

1912 21 title(s)

1913 33 title(s)

1914 9 title(s)

1915 12 title(s)

1916 3 title(s)

1917 7 title(s)

1918 3 title(s)

1919 6 title(s)

1920 8 title(s)

1921 6 title(s)

1922 6 title(s)

1923 8 title(s)

1924 4 title(s)

1925 9 title(s)

1926 6 title(s)

1927 8 title(s)

1928 5 title(s)

1929 4 title(s)

1930 7 title(s)

1931 2 title(s)

1932 8 title(s)

1933 4 title(s)

1934 7 title(s)

1935 1 title(s)

1936 2 title(s)

1937 3 title(s)

1938 5 title(s)

1939 7 title(s)

1940 4 title(s)

1941 2 title(s)

1943 5 title(s)

1944 2 title(s)

1945 1 title(s)

1955 1 title(s)