Where to watch Claire McDowell in the UK
Find every Claire McDowell film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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 Charl…
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- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- It Happened One Night (1934) as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Princess of Hur
- Boys Town (1938) as Nun (uncredited)
- Keeper of the Flame (1943) Cast
- Test Pilot (1938) as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
- Three Comrades (1938) as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) as Counterwoman (uncredited)
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- Adventure (1945) as Woman in Library (uncredited)
- Imitation of Life (1934) as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
- Under Eighteen (1932) as Seamstress (uncredited)
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933) as Mrs. Smith
- This Land Is Mine (1943) as Woman in Bathroom
- Lawyer Man (1932) as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
- Thunder Afloat (1939) as Nurse (uncredited)
- British Agent (1934) as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
- An American Tragedy (1931) as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
- The Working Man (1933) as Benjamin's Secretary
- The Big Parade (1925) as Mrs. Apperson
- The Viking (1928) as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
- Bedside (1934) as Nurse
- Small Town Girl (1936) as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
- 4 Devils (1928) as Woman
- So Near, Yet So Far (1912) as Rich Woman in Other Town
- The Big House (1930) as Mrs. Marlowe
- Young Tom Edison (1940) as Woman at Station
- Central Airport (1933) as Mrs. Blaine
- The Massacre (1912) as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
- Idiot's Delight (1939) as Crying Mother
- Stand Up and Fight (1939) as Woman
- The Golden Fleecing (1940) as Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Union Depot (1932) as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
- Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
- Manhattan Parade (1931) as Nancy - the Maid
- Miracles for Sale (1939) as Jack of Diamonds Woman
- Redemption (1930) as Anna Pavlovna
- The Mark of Zorro (1920) as Dona Catalina Pulido
- A Successful Calamity (1932) as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
- Lady Scarface (1941) as Mrs. Tuckerman
- Presenting Lily Mars (1943) as Dowager
- Journal of a Crime (1934) as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
- A Flash of Light (1910) as At First Party
- Young Desire (1930) as Mrs. Spencer
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) as Gossiper
- The Tower of Lies (1925) as Katrina
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944) as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
- The Feud (1919) as Mary Lynch
- Murder by Television (1935) as Mrs. Houghland
- Heart o' the Hills (1919) as Martha Hawn
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
- A Night at the Movies (1937) as Movie Patron (uncredited)
- Dr. Monica (1934) as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
- Brothers (1930) as Bess Naughton
- Ashes of Vengeance (1923) as Margot's Aunt
- Cornered (1932) as Jane's Aunt
- Waking Up the Town (1925) as Mrs. Joyce
- Angel of Mercy (1939) as Mother (uncredited)
- They're Always Caught (1938) as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
- Wild Company (1930) as Mrs. Laura Grayson
- The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
- Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922) as Mrs. Putnam
- Two Heads on a Pillow (1934) as Mrs. Helen Gorman
- The Flying Fleet (1929) as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
- Ponjola (1923) as Mrs. Hope
- Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937) as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
- The Taxi Dancer (1927) as Aunt Mary
- The House of Darkness (1913) as The Doctor's Wife
- Secrets (1924) as Elizabeth Channing
- The Tragedy of Youth (1928) as Mother
- Almost Human (1927) as Mrs. Livingston
- The Old Actor (1912) as At Audition
- The Usurer (1910) as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
- The Shield of Honor (1927) as Mrs. MacDowell
- Men on Her Mind (1944) as Mother Goodwin
- The Storm Woman (1917) Cast
- The Shamrock Handicap (1926) as Molly O'Shea
- Tillie the Toiler (1927) as Ma Jones
- The Devil's Circus (1926) as Mrs. Peterson
- Midsummer Madness (1921) as Mrs. Osborne
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Most-watched Claire McDowell films currently: It Happened One Night (1934), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), Boys Town (1938), Keeper of the Flame (1943), Test Pilot (1938).
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Selected TV credits: MGM Parade (1955).
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