Actor

Claire McDowell

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Acting credits

191

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.5

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Movies: 190Series: 1

TMDB ID: 29974

IMDb ID: nm0568282

Known for: Acting

Born: October 31, 1877

Died: October 23, 1966

Age: 88

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1908 - 1955

Years active: 48

Average TMDB rating: 6.53

Wikidata: Q459580

Also known as

Claire MacDowell • Clare Mc Dowell • Doris Carlton

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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