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Claire McDowell Acting Filmography (252)

1945·Woman in Library (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944·Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)

Men on Her Mind

1944·Mother Goodwin

Keeper of the Flame

Hangmen Also Die!

1943·Counterwoman (uncredited)

This Land Is Mine

1943·Woman in Bathroom

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943·Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars

1941·Gossip (uncredited)

1941·Mrs. Tuckerman

A Failure at Fifty

1940·Minor Role (uncredited)

Young Tom Edison

1940·Woman at Station

The Golden Fleecing

1940·Pedestrian (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940·Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)

Stand Up and Fight

Idiot's Delight

1939·Crying Mother

1939·Nurse (uncredited)

Miracles for Sale

1939·Jack of Diamonds Woman

1939·Mother (uncredited)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

One Against the World

1939·Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)

1938·Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)

1938·Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)

1938·Nun (uncredited)

The Man on the Rock

1938·Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)

They're Always Caught

1938·Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)

A Night at the Movies

1937·Movie Patron (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Sheriff

1937·Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt

1937·Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)

August Week End

1936·Alma Washburne

Small Town Girl

1936·Woman in Bed (uncredited)

Murder by Television

1935·Mrs. Houghland

Two Heads on a Pillow

1934·Mrs. Helen Gorman

1934·Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)

Journal of a Crime

1934·Sister at Hospital (uncredited)

It Happened One Night

1934·Mother on Bus (uncredited)

1934·Miss Bryerly (uncredited)

Imitation of Life

1934·Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)

Wild Boys of the Road

1933·Mrs. Smith

The Working Man

1933·Benjamin's Secretary

By Appointment Only

1933·Mrs. Mary Carroll

Central Airport

1933·Mrs. Blaine

The Phantom Express

1932·Seamstress (uncredited)

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932·Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)

A Successful Calamity

1932·Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)

1932·Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)

1932·Jane's Aunt

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932·Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)

1932·Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)

Manhattan Parade

1931·Nancy - the Maid

An American Tragedy

1931·Mrs. Samuel Griffiths

1930·Mrs. Marlowe

The Second Floor Mystery

1930·Aunt Hattie

1930·Anna Pavlovna

1930·Mary's Mother

1930·Mrs. Spencer

1930·Mrs. Laura Grayson

1930·Bess Naughton

1929·Mrs. Abbott

Silks and Saddles

1929·Mrs. Calhoun

The Flying Fleet

1929·Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)

When Dreams Come True

1929·Martha Shelby

1928·Aunt Abigail Bowen

1928·Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)

The Tragedy of Youth

Marriage by Contract

Tillie the Toiler

The Black Diamond Express

1927·Martha Foster

1927·Mrs. Livingston

The Shield of Honor

1927·Mrs. MacDowell

A Little Journey

1927·Aunt Louise

1927·Mrs. Tim Eagan

The Taxi Dancer

1927·Aunt Mary

Winds of the Pampas

1927·Doña Maria Casandos

The Flaming Forest

1926·Mrs. McTavish

The Shamrock Handicap

1926·Molly O'Shea

The Devil's Circus

1926·Mrs. Peterson

The Unknown Soldier

1926·John Phillips' sister

The Dixie Merchant

1926·Josephine Fippany

1926·Mom Fisher

1925·Mrs. Apperson

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925·Princess of Hur

The Midnight Flyer

1925·Liza Slater

The Tower of Lies

The Reckless Sex

Waking Up the Town

1925·Mrs. Joyce

The End of the World

1925·Mrs. Joyce

The End of the World

1925·Mrs. Joyce

1925·Mrs. Meadows

Judgment of the Storm

1924·Mrs. Heath

1924·Elizabeth Channing

1924·Mrs. Rollins

Thy Name Is Woman

1924·Juan's Mother

1923·Mrs. Hope

Ashes of Vengeance

1923·Margot's Aunt

Michael O'Halloran

1923·Nancy Harding

Enemies of Children

1923·Godfrey sister

1923·Mrs. Brown

The West~Bound Limited

1923·Mrs. Bill Buckley

1923·Agnes Trevor

1922·Countess de Mourney

Quincy Adams Sawyer

1922·Mrs. Putnam

1922·Margaret Rainsford

1922·Mrs. Schofield

1922·May Caroline

The Ragged Heiress

1922·Sylvia Moreton

Prisoners of Love

1921·Her Mother

Midsummer Madness

1921·Mrs. Osborne

Love Never Dies

1921·Liz Trott

What Every Woman Knows

1921·Comtesse de la Brière

1921·Mrs. Dominick

1921·Mrs. Sheldon

The Mark of Zorro

1920·Dona Catalina Pulido

The Gift Supreme

1920·Lalia Graun

Something to Think About

1920·Housekeeper

The Jack-Knife Man

1920·Lize Merdin

The Woman in the Suitcase

1920·Mrs. James B. Moreland

Through Eyes of Men

1920·Mrs. Virginia All

1920·Elizabeth Monnier

The Devil's Riddle

1920·Mrs. Potts

1919·Mary Lynch

Heart o' the Hills

1919·Martha Hawn

Rosalind at Redgate

The Follies Girl

Prudence on Broadway

1919·Miss Grayson

Chasing Rainbows

1919·Mrs. Walters

Captain of His Soul

You Can't Believe Everything

1918·Grace Dardley

The Return of Mary

1918·Mrs. John Denby Sr.

The White Raven

1917·The Miserly Old Woman

1917·Vera Vincent

The Storm Woman

The Gates of Doom

1917·Indore / Agatha

The Bronze Bride

1917·A-Che-Chee

The Right to Be Happy

1916·Mrs. Cratchit

A Stranger from Somewhere

1916·Nita Valyez

A Day's Adventure

1915·Hogan's Moll

The Sheriff's Dilemma

The Miser's Legacy

1915·The Crook's Wife

The Gambler's I.O.U.

1915·Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter

The Canceled Mortgage

1915·The Widowed Mother

Truth Stranger Than Fiction

Her Dormant Love

1915·The Discontented Wife

1915·The Young School Teacher

1915·The Old Inventor's Daughter

1915·Joe's Wife

1915·The Ranchman's Daughter

The Heart of a Bandit

The Fatal Wedding

1914·The Mother

His Fireman's Conscience

1914·Mrs. Daily

A Nest Unfeathered

Her Father's Silent Partner

The Cracksman's Gratitude

1914·Mrs. Stephen Rodman

The Switchtower

1913·The Switchman's Wife

A Misappropriated Turkey

1913·Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan

The Wrong Bottle

1913·The Blind Sister

The Tenderfoot's Money

1913·The Prospector's Wife

The Stolen Loaf

1913·The Rich Woman

The Ranchero's Revenge

1913·The Schemer's Associate

1913·The Farmer's Wife

A Gamble with Death

The Vengeance of Galora

The Enemy's Baby

1913·Miller's Wife

A Gambler's Honor

Under the Shadow of the Law

1913·John Haywood's Sister

I Was Meant for You

The Crook and the Girl

1913·The Uncle's Adopted Daughter

1913·The Daughter in the City

The Stolen Treaty

The Law and His Son

1913·Marguerite, Manning's Sister

The Van Nostrand Tiara

The Detective's Stratagem

1913·Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart

All for Science

1913·Detective

The Stopped Clock

1913·The Antique Dealer's Daughter

The Abandoned Well

1913·The Widow

For Her Government

The House of Discord

1913·The Sister-in-Law

The Strong Man's Burden

1913·Ida Glynn, The Nurse

The Unwelcome Guest

The Telephone Girl and the Lady

1913·The Female Lover

The Stolen Bride

The House of Darkness

1913·The Doctor's Wife

A Tender-Hearted Crook

The New York Hat

1912·The Main Gossip

The Baby and the Stork

1912·The Mother

When the Fire-Bells Rang

1912·An Actress

The Sands of Dee

1912·Artist's fiancee

Two Daughters of Eve

1912·The Mother

In the Aisles of the Wild

1912·The Elder Daughter

1912·The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient

1912·Stephen's Belle - In Prologue

1912·At Audition

1912·The Spinster

The School Teacher and the Waif

1912·The Street Fakir's Sweetheart

1912·Cave Woman

Under Burning Skies

1912·The Friend

A Sailor’s Heart

1912·The Sailor's Third Sweetheart

Billy's Stratagem

1912·Billy's Mother

The Female of the Species

1912·The Miner's Wife

Lena and the Geese

1912·Lena's Mother

A Temporary Truce

1912·Mexican Jim's Wife

So Near, Yet So Far

1912·Rich Woman in Other Town

1912·The Woodsman's Wife

A String of Pearls

1912·The Italian Shoemaker's Wife

1911·Col. Frazier's wife

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

1911·The Old Carpenter's Wife

A Country Cupid

1911·The Half-Wit's Mother

His Trust Fulfilled

1911·Mrs. Frazier

Swords and Hearts

1911·Irene Lambert

The Primal Call

1911·The Woman

The Manicure Lady

1911·Lunchroom Hostess

A Decree of Destiny

1911·Ned's Wife

The Adventures of Billy

1911·Rich Woman

A Woman Scorned

1911·The Doctor's Wife

The Squaw's Love

1911·Silver Fawn

1911·At Hotel/At Wedding

The Spanish Gypsy

The Broken Cross

1911·Kate's Mother

The Sorrowful Example

Muggsy Becomes a Hero

1910·One of the Sisters Frost

A Flash of Light

1910·At First Party

Rose o' Salem Town

Love Among the Roses

The Golden Supper

1910·Lady-in-Waiting

1910·Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors

1910·The Chief of Police's Wife

1910·Housemaid

The Oath and the Man

The Message of the Violin

1910·The Other Woman's Servant

The Planter's Wife

1908·Mrs. John Holland

The Call of the Wild

1908·Party Guest