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Overview
Date of Birth:
2 November
1877
,
New York City, New York, USA
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Date of Death:
23 October
1966
, Hollywood, California, USA
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Trivia:
Sons, with Mailes, Robert and Eugene
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Alternate Names:
Doris Carlton | Claire MacDowell
US TV Schedule:
Fri. Dec. 11
10:15 AM
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This Land Is Mine
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Filmography
Actress:
1940s
1930s
1920s
1910s
1900s
Adventure
(1945) (uncredited) .... Woman in library
Having Wonderful Crime
(1945) (uncredited) .... Guest
Are These Our Parents?
(1944) .... Miss Winfield
Teen Age
(1944) .... Mrs. Mary Abbott
... aka Teenage Jungle (USA: reissue title)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
(1944) (uncredited) .... Dr. Standish's servant
Men on Her Mind
(1944) .... Mayme Munson
Black Market Rustlers
(1943) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Prescott
This Land Is Mine
(1943) (uncredited) .... Woman in Bathroom
Presenting Lily Mars
(1943) (uncredited) .... Woman
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943) (uncredited) .... Counterwoman
... aka Hangmen Also Die! (UK)
... aka Lest We Forget
The Human Comedy
(1943) (uncredited) .... Woman on Street
The Youngest Profession
(1943) (uncredited) .... Woman
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942) (uncredited) .... Ettie - Guest at Ball
... aka Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (USA: complete title)
Lady Scarface
(1941) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Tuckerman (department hotel guest)
Your Last Act
(1941) (uncredited) .... Old Lady with Memories
... aka Passing Parade No. 25: Your Last Act (USA: series title)
More Trifles of Importance
(1941) (uncredited) .... Duchess
... aka Passing Parade No. 21: More Trifles of Importance (USA: series title)
Whispers
(1941) (uncredited) .... Gossip
... aka Dark River
... aka Passing Parade No. 20: Whispers (USA: series title)
Respect the Law
(1941) (uncredited) .... Nun
... aka Crime Does Not Pay No. 33: Respect the Law (USA: series title)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
(1940) (uncredited) .... Nurse for Mr. Winslow
The Golden Fleecing
(1940) (uncredited) .... Pedestrian
A Failure at Fifty
(1940) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
The Captain Is a Lady
(1940) (uncredited) .... Old Lady
Young Tom Edison
(1940) (uncredited) .... Woman at Station
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
(1939) (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
(1939) (uncredited) .... Mother
... aka The Gates of Alcatraz (UK)
... aka Those High Gray Walls
Thunder Afloat
(1939) (uncredited) .... Nurse
One Against the World
(1939) (uncredited) .... Jane Todd Crawford
... aka Passing Parade No. 9: One Against the World (USA: series title)
Miracles for Sale
(1939) (uncredited) .... Jack of Diamonds Woman
Angel of Mercy
(1939) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
... aka Passing Parade No. 5: Angel of Mercy (USA: series title)
Idiot's Delight
(1939) (uncredited) .... Crying mother
Stand Up and Fight
(1939) (uncredited) .... Woman
Boys Town
(1938) (uncredited) .... Catholic Nun
... aka Boys' Town (USA: poster title)
The Man on the Rock
(1938) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
A Crime Does Not Pay Subject: They're Always Caught
(1938) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Fletcher
... aka They're Always Caught (USA: short title)
Three Comrades
(1938) (uncredited) .... Frau Zalewski, Landlady
Decathlon Champion: The Story of Glenn Morris
(1937) (uncredited) .... Mother
... aka Decathlon Champion (USA: short title)
A Night at the Movies
(1937) (uncredited) .... Movie patron
Give Till It Hurts
(1937) (uncredited) .... Door-to-Door Saleswoman
... aka Crime Does Not Pay No. 12: Give Till It Hurts (USA: series title)
High, Wide, and Handsome
(1937) .... Seamstress
West Bound Limited
(1937) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role
Two Fisted Sheriff
(1937) .... Miss Herrick, Jane's Aunt
Song of Revolt
(1937) (uncredited) .... Artistocratic Dowager
Criminal Lawyer
(1937) (uncredited) .... Night Court Judge
Small Town Girl
(1936) (uncredited) .... Woman in Bed
... aka One Horse Town (USA: TV title)
August Weekend
(1936) .... Alma Washburne
... aka Weekend Madness
Murder by Television
(1935) .... Mrs. Houghland
Black Fury
(1935) (uncredited) .... Nurse
Imitation of Life
(1934) (uncredited) .... Teacher Outside Classroom
Two Heads on a Pillow
(1934) .... Mrs. Gorman
... aka Love Can't Lose (USA: TV title)
... aka Love Can't Wait (USA: reissue title)
British Agent
(1934) (uncredited) .... Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live'
... aka Brutal Agent
Dr. Monica
(1934) (uncredited) .... Miss Bryerly
Journal of a Crime
(1934) (uncredited) .... Sister at Hospital
It Happened One Night
(1934) (uncredited) .... Mother on Bus
Bedside
(1934) (uncredited) .... Nurse
Wild Boys of the Road
(1933) .... Mrs. Smith
... aka Dangerous Days (UK)
Paddy the Next Best Thing
(1933) (uncredited) .... Miss Breen
By Appointment Only
(1933) .... Mrs. Mary Carroll
The Working Man
(1933) .... Benjamin's Secretary
Central Airport
(1933) .... Mrs. Blaine
Lawyer Man
(1932) (uncredited) .... Gilmurry's Secretary
A Successful Calamity
(1932) (uncredited) .... Struthers' Secretary
The Phantom Express
(1932) .... Ma Nolan
Cornered
(1932) .... Jane's Aunt
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
(1932) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Randall
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
(1932) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Schiller
... aka Molly Louvain
The Famous Ferguson Case
(1932) (uncredited) .... Landlady
It's Tough to Be Famous
(1932) .... Mrs. Porter
Union Depot
(1932) (uncredited) .... Little Boy's Mother
... aka Gentleman for a Day (UK)
Manhattan Parade
(1931) (uncredited) .... Nancy - the Maid
Under 18
(1931) (uncredited) .... Seamstress
An American Tragedy
(1931) .... Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Mothers Cry
(1930) (uncredited) .... Mary's mother
... aka Mother's Cry (USA: review title)
Brothers
(1930) .... Mrs. Naughton
Wild Company
(1930) .... Mrs. Grayson
The Big House
(1930) .... Mrs. Marlowe
Young Desire
(1930) .... Mrs. Spencer
The Second Floor Mystery
(1930) .... Aunt Hattie
... aka The Second-Story Murder
Redemption
(1930) .... Anna Pavlovna
Whispering Winds
(1929)
The Quitter
(1929) .... Mrs. Abbott
Silks and Saddles
(1929) .... Mrs. Calhoun
... aka Thoroughbreds (UK)
The Flying Fleet
(1929) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Hastings, Anita's mother
When Dreams Come True
(1929) .... Martha Shelby
Marriage by Contract
(1928) .... Mother
The Viking
(1928) .... Lady Editha, Alwin's Mother
4 Devils
(1928) .... Woman
Don't Marry
(1928) .... Aunt Abigail Bowen
The Tragedy of Youth
(1928) .... Mother
Almost Human
(1927/I) .... Mrs. Livingston
The Shield of Honor
(1927) .... Mrs. MacDowell
Winds of the Pampas
(1927) .... Doña Maria Casandos
Tillie the Toiler
(1927) .... Ma Jones
The Black Diamond Express
(1927) .... Martha (Dan's sister)
The Taxi Dancer
(1927) .... Aunt Mary
Cheaters
(1927) .... Mrs. Robin Carter
The Auctioneer
(1927) .... Mrs. Tim Eagan
A Little Journey
(1927) .... Aunt Louise
The Flaming Forest
(1926) .... Mrs. McTavish
The Show Off
(1926) .... Mom Fisher
The Unknown Soldier
(1926) .... John Phillips' sister
The Shamrock Handicap
(1926) .... Molly O'Shea
... aka 1732
The Dixie Merchant
(1926) .... Josephine Fippany
The Devil's Circus
(1926) .... Mrs. Peterson
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925) .... Princess of Hur
... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title)
The Midnight Flyer
(1925) .... Liza Slater
The Big Parade
(1925) ....
Mrs. Apperson
One of the Bravest
(1925) .... Mrs. Kelly
The Tower of Lies
(1925) .... Katrina
Dollar Down
(1925) .... Mrs. Meadows (Craig's sister)
Waking Up the Town
(1925) .... Mrs. Joyce
The Reckless Sex
(1925) .... Concha
Those Who Dare
(1924) .... Mrs. Rollins
A Fight for Honor
(1924) .... Mrs. Hill
Secrets
(1924) .... Elizabeth Channing
Thy Name Is Woman
(1924) .... Juan's mother
The Judgment of the Storm
(1924) .... Mrs. Heath
Leave It to Gerry
(1924) .... Mrs. Brent
Black Oxen
(1923) .... Agnes Trevor
Enemies of Children
(1923)
Ponjola
(1923) .... Mrs. Hope
Ashes of Vengeance
(1923) .... Margot's Aunt
Circus Days
(1923) .... Martha
Human Wreckage
(1923) .... Mrs. Brown
Michael O'Halloran
(1923) .... Nancy Harding
The West~Bound Limited
(1923)
Quincy Adams Sawyer
(1922) .... Mrs. Putnam
Heart's Haven
(1922) .... May Caroline
Nice People
(1922) .... Margaret Rainsford
In the Name of the Law
(1922) .... Mrs. O'Hara
The Lying Truth
(1922) .... Mrs. Sam Clairborne
The Ragged Heiress
(1922) .... Sylvia Moreton
Penrod
(1922) .... Mrs. Schofield
The Gray Dawn
(1922) .... Mrs. Bennett
Rent Free
(1922)
Love Never Dies
(1921) .... Liz Trott
Wealth
(1921) .... Mrs. Dominick
Mother o' Mine
(1921) .... Mrs. Sheldon
What Every Woman Knows
(1921) .... Comtesse de la Brière
Chickens
(1921) .... Aunt Rebecca
Prisoners of Love
(1921) .... Her Mother
Midsummer Madness
(1920) .... Mrs. Osborne
The Mark of Zorro
(1920) .... Dona Catalina Pulido
Something to Think About
(1920) .... Housekeeper
The Jack-Knife Man
(1920) (as Claire MacDowell) .... Lize Merdin
Through Eyes of Men
(1920) .... Mrs. Virginia All
... aka Thru Eyes of Men (USA: promotional title)
Blind Youth
(1920) (as Claire MacDowell) .... Elizabeth Monnier
The Devil's Riddle
(1920) .... Mrs. Potts
The Gift Supreme
(1920) .... Lalia Graun
The Woman in the Suitcase
(1920) .... Mrs. James B. Moreland
The Feud
(1919) .... Mary Lynch
Heart o' the Hills
(1919) .... Martha Hawn
... aka Heart of the Hills
Chasing Rainbows
(1919) .... Mrs. Walters
Prudence on Broadway
(1919) .... Miss Grayson
The Follies Girl
(1919) .... Nina
Rosalind at Redgate
(1919)
... aka Rosalind at the Gate (USA: alternative title)
The Return of Mary
(1918) .... Mrs. John Denby Sr.
Closin' In
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
(1918) .... Grace Dardley
Isn't It Warm?
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
(1918) .... Annette De Searcy
The Man Above the Law
(1918) .... Natchah
The Ship of Doom
(1917) .... Clara Gove
Fighting Back
(1917) .... The Fury
The Storm Woman
(1917)
A Romany Rose
(1917)
A Dream of Egypt
(1917)
The Empty Gun
(1917) .... Mary
The Clean-Up
(1917) .... Vera Vincent
The Black Mantilla
(1917)
Doomed
(1917)
The Pace That Kills
(1917)
The Bronze Bride
(1917) .... A-Che-Chee
The Gates of Doom
(1917) .... Indore/Agatha
The Rented Man
(1917)
Avarice
(1917) .... The Miserly Old Woman
The Right to Be Happy
(1916) ....
Mrs. Cratchit
... aka Scrooge the Skinflint (UK)
Mixed Blood
(1916) .... Nita Valyez
A Stranger from Somewhere
(1916)
Sea Mates
(1916)
Somewhere on the Battle Field
(1916)
Husks of Love
(1916)
The Caravan
(1916)
The Lady from the Sea
(1916)
Merry Mary
(1916)
Celeste
(1916)
Paths That Crossed
(1916)
A Grip of Gold
(1916)
What Happened to Peggy
(1916)
His White Lie
(1916)
The Chain of Evidence
(1916)
Cupid Entangled
(1915) .... The Actress
Love's Enduring Flame
(1915)
Eyes of the Soul
(1915)
The Passing Storm
(1915)
Bad Money
(1915)
The Inevitable
(1915)
Her Renunciation
(1915)
Behind the Mask
(1915)
A Lasting Lesson
(1915)
The Stranger in the Valley
(1915)
Ashes of Inspiration
(1915)
Mrs. Randolph's New Secretary
(1915)
His Singular Lesson
(1915) .... The wife
As It Happened
(1915) .... The ranchman's daughter
Old Offenders
(1915) .... His wife
Her Convert
(1915) .... His assistant
The Way Out
(1915) .... The Young School Teacher
Her Dormant Love
(1915) .... The Discontented Wife
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
(1915) .... Crook
The Canceled Mortgage
(1915) .... The Widowed Mother
A Day's Adventure
(1915) .... Hogan's Moll
The Gambler's I.O.U.
(1915) .... Wilson's daughter
The Miser's Legacy
(1915) .... The Crook's Wife
The Sheriff's Dilemma
(1915) .... Molly
The Heart of a Bandit
(1915) (unconfirmed)
The Box of Chocolates
(1915) .... His daughter
The Borrowed Necklace
(1915) .... Florence Barlow
The Dancer's Ruse
(1915) .... Lydia
The Inevitable Retribution
(1915) .... His wife
From the Shadow
(1915)
The Bond Sinister
(1914)
Just a Kid
(1914)
His Old Pal's Sacrifice
(1914)
The Child Thou Gavest Me
(1914)
The Dole of Destiny
(1914)
The Tides of Sorrow
(1914)
Their Soldier Boy
(1914)
The Guiding Fate
(1914)
The Gold Thief
(1914)
The Indian
(1914)
The Peddler's Bag
(1914)
The New Reporter
(1914)
Men and Women
(1914) .... Mrs. Stephen Rodman
The Scar
(1914)
Her Hand
(1914)
The Massacre
(1914) .... Stephen's Belle, In Prologue
Her Father's Silent Partner
(1914)
A Nest Unfeathered
(1914)
The Fatal Wedding
(1914/II)
Concentration
(1914)
All for Science
(1913) .... In Detective Agency
The Detective's Stratagem
(1913) .... Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
Diversion
(1913) .... Mrs. Wilson
The Stopped Clock
(1913) .... The Antique Dealer's Daughter
... aka The Clock Stopped (USA: alternative title)
The Van Nostrand Tiara
(1913) .... Kate
A Tender-Hearted Crook
(1913) .... Edith
The Law and His Son
(1913) .... Marguerite, Manning's Sister
The Stolen Treaty
(1913) .... Olga
The Strong Man's Burden
(1913) .... The Nurse
The Crook and the Girl
(1913) .... The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
The Work Habit
(1913) .... The Daughter in the City
I Was Meant for You
(1913) .... Lavina
Under the Shadow of the Law
(1913) .... John Haywood's Sister
The Vengeance of Galora
(1913) .... Galora
The Mirror
(1913) .... Daisy
A Gambler's Honor
(1913) .... Beth
The Enemy's Baby
(1913) .... Miller's Wife
A Gamble with Death
(1913) .... Kate
The Switch Tower
(1913) .... The Switchman's Wife
The Well
(1913) .... The Farmer's Wife
The Ranchero's Revenge
(1913) .... The Schemer's Associate
Olaf-An Atom
(1913) .... A Parent
The House of Darkness
(1913) .... The Doctor's Wife
The Stolen Loaf
(1913) .... The Rich Woman
The Tenderfoot's Money
(1913) .... The Prospector's Wife
The Wanderer
(1913/II) .... The Female Lover
The Stolen Bride
(1913) .... The Wife
A Welcome Intruder
(1913) .... A Widow
The Unwelcome Guest
(1913) .... The Wife
... aka An Unwelcome Guest (USA: alternative title)
The Wrong Bottle
(1913) .... The Blind Sister
Drink's Lure
(1913) .... The Neglected Wife
A Father's Lesson
(1913) .... The Wife
A Misappropriated Turkey
(1913) .... Mrs. Fallon
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
(1913) .... The Lady
The God Within
(1912) .... The Woodsman's Wife
A Cry for Help
(1912) .... Charity Patient
The New York Hat
(1912) .... First Gossip
A Sailor's Heart
(1912) .... The Second Wife
In the Aisles of the Wild
(1912) .... The Elder Daughter
So Near, Yet So Far
(1912) .... Rich Woman in Other Town
Two Daughters of Eve
(1912) .... The Mother
In the North Woods
(1912) .... The Trapper's Wife
A Child's Remorse
(1912) .... The Child's Mother
The Sands of Dee
(1912) .... The Artist's Fiancée
Man's Genesis
(1912) (unconfirmed) .... Cave Woman
... aka Man's Genesis: A Psychological Comedy Founded on Darwin's Theory of the Genesis of Man (USA: complete title)
Trying to Fool Uncle
(1912) .... Dick's Wife
The School Teacher and the Waif
(1912) .... The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
Lena and the Geese
(1912) .... Lena's Mother
A Temporary Truce
(1912) .... Mexican Jim's Wife
When Kings Were the Law
(1912) .... A Lady-in-Waiting
When the Fire-Bells Rang
(1912) .... An Actress
The Old Actor
(1912) .... At Audition
The Fickle Spaniard
(1912) .... Margot
The Leading Man
(1912) .... A Boarder
The Female of the Species
(1912) .... The Miner's Wife
Iola's Promise
(1912)
A String of Pearls
(1912) .... In Tenement
The Sunbeam
(1912) .... Spinster
Under Burning Skies
(1912) .... A Friend
Billy's Stratagem
(1912) .... Billy's Mother
A Blot on the 'Scutcheon
(1912) .... A Lady
The Baby and the Stork
(1912) .... Bobby's Mother
As in a Looking Glass
(1911/I) .... The Wife
The Failure
(1911)
A Woman Scorned
(1911) .... The Doctor's Wife
The Long Road
(1911) .... Ned's Wife
... aka Destiny's Roadway with Its Many Turns (USA: subtitle)
The Adventures of Billy
(1911) .... Rich Woman
The Unveiling
(1911)
The Making of a Man
(1911) .... Actress
The Squaw's Love
(1911) .... Silver Fawn
Swords and Hearts
(1911) .... Irene Lambert
The Sorrowful Example
(1911) .... The Wife
The Ruling Passion
(1911) .... Billy's Mother
A Country Cupid
(1911) .... The Half-Wit's Mother
The Primal Call
(1911) .... The Woman
A Romany Tragedy
(1911) .... Elder Sister
The Crooked Road
(1911) .... A Neighbor
The Manicure Lady
(1911) .... Lunchroom Hostess
In the Days of '49
(1911) .... Edith Weston, Bill's Wife
Misplaced Jealousy
(1911) .... The Manicurist
The Chief's Daughter
(1911/I) .... Susan, Frank's Fiancée
The Broken Cross
(1911) .... Kate's Mother
The Spanish Gypsy
(1911) .... Paula
Cured
(1911) .... Old Woman
Conscience
(1911) .... A Maid
A Decree of Destiny
(1911) .... A Nun
Fisher Folks
(1911) .... At Fair
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
(1911) .... The Old Carpenter's Wife
Three Sisters
(1911) .... Investigating Committee
Fate's Turning
(1911) .... At Hotel/At Wedding
His Trust Fulfilled
(1911) .... Mrs. Frazier (the dying mother)
His Trust
(1911) .... Col. Frazier's wife
The Italian Barber
(1911) .... At Ball
The Recreation of an Heiress
(1910) .... The Heiress' Maid
His Sister-In-Law
(1910) .... Maiden Aunt
The Golden Supper
(1910) .... Lady-in-Waiting
Happy Jack, a Hero
(1910) .... The Maid
A Child's Stratagem
(1910) .... The Designing Woman
His New Lid
(1910) .... Mourner
Simple Charity
(1910) .... Charity Worker
The Fugitive
(1910) .... Woman in Farewell Crowd
Waiter No. 5
(1910) .... The Chief of Police's Wife
Two Little Waifs
(1910) .... Nun
The Message of the Violin
(1910) .... The Other Woman's Servant
A Lucky Toothache
(1910) .... A Cousin
How Hubby Got a Raise
(1910) .... Neighbor
The Iconoclast
(1910) .... The Worker's Wife
Rose O'Salem Town
(1910) .... Indian/Puritan
The Oath and the Man
(1910) .... Rebel
A Mohawk's Way
(1910) .... Indian Mother
A Summer Idyll
(1910) .... At Party
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
(1910) .... One of the Sisters Frost
Wilful Peggy
(1910) ....
The maid
The Usurer
(1910/I) ....
Despairing Mother
/ One of the Third Debtors
A Flash of Light
(1910) .... At First Party
Love Among the Roses
(1910)
His Last Burglary
(1910)
The Call of the Wild
(1908) .... Party Guest
The Planter's Wife
(1908) .... Mrs. John Holland
The Devil
(1908) .... Mrs. Thornton
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