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Claire McDowell
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.
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As actor
Adventure
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Men on Her Mind
Keeper of the Flame
Hangmen Also Die!
This Land Is Mine
Du Barry Was a Lady
Presenting Lily Mars
Whispers
Lady Scarface
A Failure at Fifty
Young Tom Edison
The Golden Fleecing
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Stand Up and Fight
Idiot's Delight
Thunder Afloat
Miracles for Sale
Angel of Mercy
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
One Against the World
Three Comrades
Test Pilot
Boys Town
The Man on the Rock
They're Always Caught
A Night at the Movies
Two-Fisted Sheriff
Song of Revolt
August Week End