Claire McDowell: movies and TV shows

Claire McDowell has 254 credits in the archive: 253 films and 1 TV series, from 1908 to 1955. Highest rated: It Happened One Night (7.8/10).

Career timeline

1908 – 1955 · busiest year: 1913 (33 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
1955	MGM Parade	Self	TV	7.5	77
1945	Adventure	Woman in Library (uncredited)	Film	6.4	67
1944	Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble	Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)	Film	6.3	66
1944	Men on Her Mind	Mother Goodwin	Film	6.5	66
1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Subway Passenger (uncredited)	Film	6.5	65
1943	Hangmen Also Die!	Counterwoman (uncredited)	Film	6.9	65
1943	This Land Is Mine	Woman in Bathroom	Film	7.1	65
1943	Presenting Lily Mars	Dowager	Film	6.4	65
1943	Keeper of the Flame		Film	6.6	65
1941	Lady Scarface	Mrs. Tuckerman	Film	5.4	63
1941	Whispers	Gossip (uncredited)	Film	8.0	63
1940	Young Tom Edison	Woman at Station	Film	5.9	62
1940	The Golden Fleecing	Pedestrian (uncredited)	Film	5.9	62
1940	Dr. Kildare Goes Home	Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)	Film	6.8	62
1940	A Failure at Fifty	Minor Role (uncredited)	Film	5.5	62
1939	Idiot's Delight	Crying Mother	Film	6.1	61
1939	Stand Up and Fight	Woman	Film	6.0	61
1939	Thunder Afloat	Nurse (uncredited)	Film	6.1	61
1939	Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President	Gossiper	Film	5.0	61
1939	One Against the World	Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)	Film	8.0	61
1939	Miracles for Sale	Jack of Diamonds Woman	Film	6.5	61
1939	Angel of Mercy	Mother (uncredited)	Film	7.7	61
1938	Boys Town	Nun (uncredited)	Film	6.8	60
1938	Test Pilot	Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)	Film	6.1	60
1938	Three Comrades	Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)	Film	7.3	60
1938	They're Always Caught	Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)	Film	6.3	60
1938	The Man on the Rock	Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)	Film	6.3	60
1937	Two-Fisted Sheriff	Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt	Film	3.8	59
1937	Song of Revolt	Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)	Film	6.3	59
1937	A Night at the Movies	Movie Patron (uncredited)	Film	5.9	59
1936	Small Town Girl	Woman in Bed (uncredited)	Film	6.0	58
1936	August Week End	Alma Washburne	Film	6.0	58
1935	Murder by Television	Mrs. Houghland	Film	4.2	57
1934	It Happened One Night	Mother on Bus (uncredited)	Film	7.8	56
1934	British Agent	Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)	Film	5.8	56
1934	Imitation of Life	Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)	Film	7.0	56
1934	Bedside	Nurse	Film	5.6	56
1934	Journal of a Crime	Sister at Hospital (uncredited)	Film	5.9	56
1934	Dr. Monica	Miss Bryerly (uncredited)	Film	5.0	56
1934	Two Heads on a Pillow	Mrs. Helen Gorman	Film	7.0	56
1933	Central Airport	Mrs. Blaine	Film	6.0	55
1933	Wild Boys of the Road	Mrs. Smith	Film	6.8	55
1933	The Working Man	Benjamin's Secretary	Film	6.5	55
1933	By Appointment Only	Mrs. Mary Carroll	Film	6.5	55
1932	Cornered	Jane's Aunt	Film	7.5	54
1932	Under Eighteen	Seamstress (uncredited)	Film	6.3	54
1932	A Successful Calamity	Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)	Film	5.6	54
1932	Union Depot	Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)	Film	6.1	54
1932	The Strange Love of Molly Louvain	Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)	Film	6.1	54
1932	The Famous Ferguson Case	Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)	Film	6.6	54
1932	Lawyer Man	Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)	Film	6.1	54
1932	The Phantom Express	Ma Nolan	Film	5.0	54
1931	An American Tragedy	Mrs. Samuel Griffiths	Film	6.3	53
1931	Manhattan Parade	Nancy - the Maid	Film	3.2	53
1930	Young Desire	Mrs. Spencer	Film	7.0	52
1930	The Big House	Mrs. Marlowe	Film	6.6	52
1930	Redemption	Anna Pavlovna	Film	5.7	52
1930	Wild Company	Mrs. Laura Grayson	Film	7.0	52
1930	Brothers	Bess Naughton	Film	9.0	52
1930	The Second Floor Mystery	Aunt Hattie	Film	8.0	52
1930	Mothers Cry	Mary's Mother	Film	6.0	52
1929	When Dreams Come True	Martha Shelby	Film	9.0	51
1929	The Flying Fleet	Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)	Film	6.9	51
1929	Silks and Saddles	Mrs. Calhoun	Film	10.0	51
1929	The Quitter	Mrs. Abbott	Film	8.0	51
1928	Don't Marry	Aunt Abigail Bowen	Film	10.0	50
1928	The Viking	Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)	Film	6.8	50
1928	The Tragedy of Youth	Mother	Film	3.0	50
1928	4 Devils	Woman	Film	7.6	50
1928	Marriage by Contract	Mother	Film	10.0	50
1927	Tillie the Toiler	Ma Jones	Film	8.0	49
1927	The Auctioneer	Mrs. Tim Eagan	Film	9.0	49
1927	Almost Human	Mrs. Livingston	Film	8.3	49
1927	Winds of the Pampas	Doña Maria Casandos	Film	7.0	49
1927	The Shield of Honor	Mrs. MacDowell	Film	6.0	49
1927	The Black Diamond Express	Martha Foster	Film	9.0	49
1927	A Little Journey	Aunt Louise	Film	8.0	49
1927	The Taxi Dancer	Aunt Mary	Film	7.7	49
1926	The Unknown Soldier	John Phillips' sister	Film	7.0	48
1926	The Show Off	Mom Fisher	Film	7.2	48
1926	The Flaming Forest	Mrs. McTavish	Film	9.0	48
1926	The Shamrock Handicap	Molly O'Shea	Film	5.4	48
1926	The Devil's Circus	Mrs. Peterson	Film	6.8	48
1926	The Dixie Merchant	Josephine Fippany	Film	7.0	48
1925	Dollar Down	Mrs. Meadows	Film	7.0	47
1925	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	Princess of Hur	Film	7.3	47
1925	The Big Parade	Mrs. Apperson	Film	7.6	47
1925	The End of the World	Mrs. Joyce	Film	8.0	47
1925	The Reckless Sex	Concha	Film	—	47
1925	The End of the World	Mrs. Joyce	Film	—	47
1925	The Tower of Lies	Katrina	Film	10.0	47
1925	The Midnight Flyer	Liza Slater	Film	10.0	47
1925	Waking Up the Town	Mrs. Joyce	Film	8.0	47
1924	Thy Name Is Woman	Juan's Mother	Film	7.0	46
1924	Judgment of the Storm	Mrs. Heath	Film	8.0	46
1924	Those Who Dare	Mrs. Rollins	Film	8.0	46
1924	Secrets	Elizabeth Channing	Film	6.0	46
1923	Ashes of Vengeance	Margot's Aunt	Film	6.0	45
1923	Michael O'Halloran	Nancy Harding	Film	10.0	45
1923	Black Oxen	Agnes Trevor	Film	5.8	45
1923	Circus Days	Martha	Film	7.3	45
1923	Human Wreckage	Mrs. Brown	Film	7.0	45
1923	Enemies of Children	Godfrey sister	Film	9.0	45
1923	The West~Bound Limited	Mrs. Bill Buckley	Film	6.3	45
1923	Ponjola	Mrs. Hope	Film	7.5	45
1922	Penrod	Mrs. Schofield	Film	10.0	44
1922	The Ragged Heiress	Sylvia Moreton	Film	7.0	44
1922	Quincy Adams Sawyer	Mrs. Putnam	Film	10.0	44
1922	Heart's Haven	May Caroline	Film	7.0	44
1922	Nice People	Margaret Rainsford	Film	8.0	44
1922	Rent Free	Countess de Mourney	Film	9.0	44
1921	Wealth	Mrs. Dominick	Film	10.0	43
1921	Mother o' Mine	Mrs. Sheldon	Film	8.0	43
1921	Prisoners of Love	Her Mother	Film	8.0	43
1921	What Every Woman Knows	Comtesse de la Brière	Film	10.0	43
1921	Midsummer Madness	Mrs. Osborne	Film	3.3	43
1921	Love Never Dies	Liz Trott	Film	5.8	43
1920	Blind Youth	Elizabeth Monnier	Film	7.0	42
1920	The Mark of Zorro	Dona Catalina Pulido	Film	7.1	42
1920	The Gift Supreme	Lalia Graun	Film	7.0	42
1920	The Devil's Riddle	Mrs. Potts	Film	9.0	42
1920	The Woman in the Suitcase	Mrs. James B. Moreland	Film	4.1	42
1920	Something to Think About	Housekeeper	Film	6.8	42
1920	Through Eyes of Men	Mrs. Virginia All	Film	7.0	42
1920	The Jack-Knife Man	Lize Merdin	Film	6.5	42
1919	Chasing Rainbows	Mrs. Walters	Film	—	41
1919	The Follies Girl	Nina	Film	8.0	41
1919	Heart o' the Hills	Martha Hawn	Film	6.3	41
1919	The Feud	Mary Lynch	Film	7.0	41
1919	Rosalind at Redgate		Film	7.0	41
1919	Prudence on Broadway	Miss Grayson	Film	10.0	41
1918	Captain of His Soul	Annette	Film	10.0	40
1918	The Return of Mary	Mrs. John Denby Sr.	Film	—	40
1918	You Can't Believe Everything	Grace Dardley	Film	—	40
1917	Avarice	The Miserly Old Woman	Film	—	39
1917	The Storm Woman		Film	10.0	39
1917	The Empty Gun	Mary	Film	—	39
1917	The Clean-Up	Vera Vincent	Film	—	39
1917	The White Raven	Daisy	Film	5.5	39
1917	The Gates of Doom	Indore / Agatha	Film	—	39
1917	The Bronze Bride	A-Che-Chee	Film	—	39
1916	The Right to Be Happy	Mrs. Cratchit	Film	10.0	38
1916	A Stranger from Somewhere	Olga	Film	—	38
1916	Mixed Blood	Nita Valyez	Film	—	38
1915	Her Convert	The Old Inventor's Daughter	Film	—	37
1915	As It Happened	The Ranchman's Daughter	Film	—	37
1915	Old Offenders	Joe's Wife	Film	—	37
1915	The Sheriff's Dilemma	Molly	Film	—	37
1915	Her Dormant Love	The Discontented Wife	Film	—	37
1915	The Gambler's I.O.U.	Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter	Film	—	37
1915	Truth Stranger Than Fiction	Crook	Film	—	37
1915	The Miser's Legacy	The Crook's Wife	Film	—	37
1915	The Canceled Mortgage	The Widowed Mother	Film	10.0	37
1915	The Way Out	The Young School Teacher	Film	—	37
1915	The Heart of a Bandit	Claire	Film	—	37
1915	A Day's Adventure	Hogan's Moll	Film	—	37
1914	Her Father's Silent Partner		Film	—	36
1914	Concentration	The Mother	Film	—	36
1914	Her Hand	Olga	Film	8.0	36
1914	His Fireman's Conscience	Mrs. Daily	Film	—	36
1914	Men and Women	Mrs. Stephen Rodman	Film	—	36
1914	The Fatal Wedding		Film	8.0	36
1914	A Nest Unfeathered	Kate	Film	—	36
1914	The Cracksman's Gratitude		Film	—	36
1914	Waifs		Film	—	36
1913	The Well	The Farmer's Wife	Film	—	35
1913	The Mirror	Daisy	Film	—	35
1913	The Stolen Bride	The Wife	Film	—	35
1913	The Detective's Stratagem	Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart	Film	7.0	35
1913	The Wrong Bottle	The Blind Sister	Film	—	35
1913	The Law and His Son	Marguerite, Manning's Sister	Film	8.0	35
1913	A Tender-Hearted Crook	Edith	Film	—	35
1913	The House of Discord	The Sister-in-Law	Film	—	35
1913	The Van Nostrand Tiara	Kate	Film	9.0	35
1913	The Stolen Treaty	Olga	Film	—	35
1913	The Vengeance of Galora	Galora	Film	—	35
1913	The Unwelcome Guest	The Wife	Film	5.0	35
1913	For Her Government		Film	9.0	35
1913	A Gamble with Death	Kate	Film	10.0	35
1913	I Was Meant for You	Lavina	Film	10.0	35
1913	The Wanderer	The Female Lover	Film	5.4	35
1913	The Crook and the Girl	The Uncle's Adopted Daughter	Film	—	35
1913	The House of Darkness	The Doctor's Wife	Film	5.0	35
1913	Olaf—An Atom	A Parent	Film	—	35
1913	A Gambler's Honor	Beth	Film	—	35
1913	The Ranchero's Revenge	The Schemer's Associate	Film	—	35
1913	The Enemy's Baby	Miller's Wife	Film	—	35
1913	The Switchtower	The Switchman's Wife	Film	5.0	35
1913	The Telephone Girl and the Lady	The Lady	Film	5.7	35
1913	The Stopped Clock	The Antique Dealer's Daughter	Film	9.0	35
1913	The Tenderfoot's Money	The Prospector's Wife	Film	9.0	35
1913	The Abandoned Well	The Widow	Film	—	35
1913	Under the Shadow of the Law	John Haywood's Sister	Film	6.0	35
1913	All for Science	Detective	Film	7.0	35
1913	The Strong Man's Burden	Ida Glynn, The Nurse	Film	7.0	35
1913	The Work Habit	The Daughter in the City	Film	9.0	35
1913	A Misappropriated Turkey	Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan	Film	—	35
1913	The Stolen Loaf	The Rich Woman	Film	—	35
1912	So Near, Yet So Far	Rich Woman in Other Town	Film	5.9	34
1912	The Sunbeam	The Spinster	Film	6.3	34
1912	The Baby and the Stork	The Mother	Film	—	34
1912	The Baby and the Stork	The Workman	Film	—	34
1912	The Massacre	Stephen's Belle - In Prologue	Film	5.9	34
1912	Two Daughters of Eve	The Mother	Film	—	34
1912	The New York Hat	The Main Gossip	Film	5.6	34
1912	The Female of the Species	The Miner's Wife	Film	4.2	34
1912	In the Aisles of the Wild	The Elder Daughter	Film	—	34
1912	A Cry for Help	The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient	Film	—	34
1912	A String of Pearls	The Italian Shoemaker's Wife	Film	—	34
1912	The School Teacher and the Waif	The Street Fakir's Sweetheart	Film	4.8	34
1912	The Old Actor	At Audition	Film	5.4	34
1912	A Temporary Truce	Mexican Jim's Wife	Film	4.0	34
1912	The Sands of Dee	Artist's fiancee	Film	5.6	34
1912	The God Within	The Woodsman's Wife	Film	—	34
1912	Under Burning Skies	The Friend	Film	4.7	34
1912	A Sailor’s Heart	The Sailor's Third Sweetheart	Film	—	34
1912	Lena and the Geese	Lena's Mother	Film	4.9	34
1912	Man's Genesis	Cave Woman	Film	4.6	34
1912	When the Fire-Bells Rang	An Actress	Film	—	34
1912	Billy's Stratagem	Billy's Mother	Film	5.0	34
1911	The Sorrowful Example	The Wife	Film	—	33
1911	The Spanish Gypsy	Paula	Film	—	33
1911	The Broken Cross	Kate's Mother	Film	—	33
1911	A Woman Scorned	The Doctor's Wife	Film	—	33
1911	A Decree of Destiny	A Nun	Film	—	33
1911	Fate's Turning	At Hotel/At Wedding	Film	5.0	33
1911	The Adventures of Billy	Rich Woman	Film	5.7	33
1911	A Country Cupid	The Half-Wit's Mother	Film	5.6	33
1911	His Trust Fulfilled	Mrs. Frazier	Film	3.7	33
1911	His Trust	Col. Frazier's wife	Film	4.1	33
1911	Swords and Hearts	Irene Lambert	Film	4.6	33
1911	Fisher Folks	At Fair	Film	—	33
1911	What Shall We Do with Our Old?	The Old Carpenter's Wife	Film	5.5	33
1911	The Manicure Lady	Lunchroom Hostess	Film	5.0	33
1911	The Unveiling		Film	—	33
1911	The Long Road	Ned's Wife	Film	—	33
1911	The Squaw's Love	Silver Fawn	Film	5.0	33
1911	The Primal Call	The Woman	Film	4.0	33
1910	The Usurer	Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors	Film	5.0	32
1910	Love Among the Roses		Film	4.7	32
1910	Wilful Peggy	Housemaid	Film	5.0	32
1910	Waiter No. 5	The Chief of Police's Wife	Film	—	32
1910	A Mohawk's Way		Film	—	32
1910	The Golden Supper	Lady-in-Waiting	Film	4.5	32
1910	A Flash of Light	At First Party	Film	5.0	32
1910	The Iconoclast		Film	—	32
1910	Muggsy Becomes a Hero	One of the Sisters Frost	Film	5.0	32
1910	The Oath and the Man	Rebel	Film	4.5	32
1910	The Message of the Violin	The Other Woman's Servant	Film	—	32
1910	Rose o' Salem Town		Film	5.2	32
1910	His New Lid		Film	—	32
1908	The Call of the Wild	Party Guest	Film	3.1	30
1908	The Devil		Film	1.5	30
1908	The Planter's Wife	Mrs. John Holland	Film	5.0	30

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