Vés al contingut

Claire McDowell

De la Viquipèdia, l'enciclopèdia lliure
Plantilla:Infotaula personaClaire McDowell

Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Biografia
Naixement2 novembre 1877 Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Nova York Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Mort23 octubre 1966 Modifica el valor a Wikidata (88 anys)
Hollywood (Califòrnia) Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Activitat
Ocupacióactriu, actriu de cinema Modifica el valor a Wikidata
Activitat1908 Modifica el valor a Wikidata -
Família
CònjugeCharles Hill Mailes Modifica el valor a Wikidata

IMDB: nm0568282 Allocine: 7664 Allmovie: p47315 AFI: 32213 TMDB.org: 29974
Find a Grave: 8004380 Modifica el valor a Wikidata

Claire McDowell (Nova York, 2 de novembre de 1877Hollywood, 23 d'octubre de 1966)[1] va ser una actriu estatunidenca de cinema mut.

Biografia

[modifica]
Retrat de l'actriu el 1916

Va néixer a Nova York filla d'una família d'artistes. El seu pare era Eugene A. McDowell, actor i director teatral i la seva mare, Fanny Reeves, una popular actriu a finals del segle xix.[2] Es va educar al Sacred Heart Convent on es va especialitzar en dibuix i interpretació[3] També va ingressar a la Metropolitan School of Art de Nova York abans de formar part durant quatre anys de la companyia de teatre de Charles Frohman.[1] Entre altres obres, va participar en la producció “Sky Farm” el 1903.[4] El 1906 es va casar amb l'actor Charles Hill Mailes i es va retirar[5] per tenir els seus dos fills, Robert i Eugene.[3] Claire va retornar als escenaris amb èxit com a protagonista principal de “The Clansman” que més tard D. W. Griffith portaria al cinema amb el nom d'El naixement d'una nació.[5] El 1910 va ser contractada per la Biograph de Griffith sota les ordres del qual va participar en multitud de curtmetratges.[3] Més tard, passaria a ser dirigida per Anthony O'Sullivan dins de la mateixa companyia. A principis de 1915, juntament amb el seu marit, van canviar de companyia i ella va ser contractada per tal de donar la rèplica a King Baggot a la IMP[6] però poc després tornà a la Biograph.[7][8] El juliol de 1916, quan la Biograph va cessar la seva producció, va abandonar la companyia per signar per a la Universal.[9][10] L'any següent va canviar per la Triangle on s'hi va estar fins a finals del 1918. Cap al 1920 havia aparegut en a la vora de 200 entre pel·lícules d'una o dues bobines i llargmetratges. Entre el 1920 i el 1929 va continuar apareguent en unes 6-8 pel·lícules per any. Es va especialitzar sobretot en papers de mare. Entre les seves pel·lícules més recordades hi ha Ben-Hur, The Mark of Zorro (1920) i La gran desfilada. Amb l'arribada del sonor va realitzar sobretot només papers menors sense aparèixer moltes vegades en els crèdits de la pel·lícula. Va morir a Hollywood el 23 d'octubre de 1966.

Filmografia

[modifica]

Biograph

[modifica]
  • The Devil (1908)
  • The Planter's Wife (1908)
  • The Call of the Wild (1908)
  • His Last Burglary (1910)
  • Love Among the Roses (1910)
  • A Flash of Light (1910)
  • The Usurer (1910)
  • Wilful Peggy (1910)
  • Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
  • A Summer Idyll (1910)
  • A Mohawk's Way (1910)
  • The Oath and the Man (1910)
  • Rose O'Salem Town (1910)
  • The Iconoclast (1910)
  • How Hubby Got a Raise (1910)
  • A Lucky Toothache (1910)
  • The Message of the Violin (1910)
  • Two Little Waifs (1910)
  • Waiter No. 5 (1910)
  • The Fugitive (1910)
  • Simple Charity (1910)
  • His New Lid (1910)
  • A Child's Stratagem (1910)
  • Happy Jack, a Hero (1910)
  • The Golden Supper (1910)
  • His Sister-In-Law (1910)
  • The Recreation of an Heiress (1910)
  • The Italian Barber (1911)
  • His Trust (1911)
  • His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
  • Fate's Turning (1911)
  • Three Sisters (1911)
  • What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)
  • Fisher Folks (1911)
  • A Decree of Destiny (1911)
  • Conscience (1911)
  • Cured (1911)
  • The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
  • The Broken Cross (1911)
  • The Chief's Daughter (1911)
  • Misplaced Jealousy (1911)
  • In the Days of '49 (1911)
  • The Manicure Lady (1911)
  • The Crooked Road (1911)
  • A Romany Tragedy (1911)
  • The Primal Call (1911)
  • A Country Cupid (1911)
  • The Ruling Passion (1911)
  • The Sorrowful Example (1911)
  • Swords and Hearts (1911)
  • The Squaw's Love (1911)
  • The Making of a Man (1911)
  • The Unveiling (1911)
  • The Adventures of Billy (1911)
  • The Long Road (1911)
  • A Woman Scorned (1911)
  • The Failure (1911)
  • As in a Looking Glass (1911)
  • The Baby and the Stork (1912)
  • A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912)
  • Billy's Stratagem (1912)
  • Under Burning Skies (1912)
  • The Sunbeam (1912)
  • A String of Pearls (1912)
  • Iola's Promise (1912)
  • The Female of the Species (1912)
  • The Leading Man (1912)
  • The Fickle Spaniard (1912)
  • The New York Hat (1912)
  • The God Within (1912)
  • The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
  • A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
  • A Father's Lesson (1913)
  • Drink's Lure (1913)
  • The Wrong Bottle (1913)
  • The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
  • A Welcome Intruder (1913)
  • The Stolen Bride (1913)
  • The Wanderer (1913)
  • The Stolen Loaf (1913)
  • The House of Darkness (1913)
  • The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
  • The Enemy's Baby (1913)
  • The Tenderfoot's Money (1913)
  • Olaf-An Atom (1913)
  • The Well (1913)
  • The Switch Tower (1913)
  • A Gamble with Death (1913)
  • A Gambler's Honor (1913)
  • The Mirror (1913)
  • The Vengeance of Galora (1913)
  • Under the Shadow of the Law (1913)
  • I Was Meant for You (1913)
  • The Work Habit (1913)
  • The Crook and the Girl (1913)
  • The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
  • The Stolen Treaty (1913)
  • The Law and His Son (1913)
  • A Tender-Hearted Crook (1913)
  • The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913)
  • The Stopped Clock (1913)
  • Diversion (1913)
  • The Detective's Stratagem (1913)
  • All for Science (1913)
  • The House of Discord (1913)
  • Beyond All Law (1913)
  • For Her Government (1913)
  • The Abandoned Well (1913)
  • Concentration (1914)
  • Waifs (1914)
  • The Fatal Wedding (1914)
  • His Fireman's Conscience (1914)
  • A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
  • Her Father's Silent Partner (1914)
  • For Auld Lang Syne (1914)
  • Her Hand (1914)
  • The Scar (1914)
  • Her Mother's Weakness (1914)
  • The Ragamuffin (1914)
  • The Cracksman's Gratitude (1914)
  • Men and Women (1914)
  • The New Reporter (1914)
  • The Peddler's Bag (1914)
  • The Indian (1914)
  • The Gold Thief (1914)
  • The Guiding Fate (1914)
  • Their Soldier Boy (1914)
  • The Tides of Sorrow (1914)
  • The Dole of Destiny (1914)
  • The Child Thou Gavest Me (1914)
  • His Old Pal's Sacrifice (1914)
  • Just a Kid (1914)
  • The Bond Sinister (1914)
  • From the Shadow (1915)
  • The Inevitable Retribution (1915)
  • The Dancer's Ruse (1915)
  • The Borrowed Necklace (1915)
  • The Box of Chocolates (1915)
  • The Sheriff's Dilemma (1915)
  • The Miser's Legacy (1915)
  • The Gambler's I.O.U. (1915)
  • A Day's Adventure (1915)
  • The Canceled Mortgage (1915)
  • Truth Stranger Than Fiction (1915)
  • Her Dormant Love (1915)
  • The Way Out (1915)
  • Her Convert (1915)
  • Old Offenders (1915)
  • As It Happened (1915)
  • His Singular Lesson (1915)
  • Mrs. Randolph's New Secretary (1915)
  • Ashes of Inspiration (1915)
  • The Stranger in the Valle (1915)
  • A Lasting Lesson (1915)
  • Behind the Mask (1915)
  • Her Renunciation (1915)
  • The Inevitable (1915)
  • Bad Money (1915)
  • The Passing Storm (1915)
  • Eyes of the Soul (1915)
  • Love's Enduring Flame (1915)
  • Cupid Entangled (1915)
  • The Chain of Evidence (1916)
  • His White Lie (1916)
  • What Happened to Peggy (1916)
  • A Grip of Gold (1916)
  • Paths That Crossed (1916)
  • Celeste (1916)
  • Merry Mary (1916)

Universal

[modifica]
  • The Lady from the Sea (1916)
  • The Caravan (1916)
  • Husks of Love (1916)
  • Somewhere on the Battle Field (1916)
  • Sea Mates (1916)
  • A Stranger from Somewhere (1916)
  • Mixed Blood (1916)
  • The Right to Be Happy (1916)
  • The White Raven (1917)
  • Avarice (1917)
  • The Rented Man
  • The Gates of Doom (1917)
  • The Bronze Bride (1917)
  • The Pace That Kills
  • Doomed (1917)
  • The Black Mantilla (1917)
  • The Clean-Up” (1917)
  • The Empty Gun” (1917)
  • A Dream of Egypt” (1917)
  • A Romany Rose (1917)
  • The Storm Woman” (1917)

Triangle

[modifica]
  • Fighting Back” (1917)
  • The Ship of Doom” (1917)
  • The Man Above the Law” (1918)
  • Captain of His Soul (1918)
  • You Can't Believe Everythingh (1918)
  • Closin' In (1918)
  • The Follies Girl (1919)
  • Prudence on Broadway (1919)

Free Lance en el cinema mut

[modifica]
  • Isn't It Warm? (1918)
  • The Return of Mary (1918)
  • Rosalind at Redgate (1919)
  • Chasing Rainbows (1919)
  • Heart o’ the Hills (1919)
  • The Feud (1919)
  • The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)
  • The Gift Supreme (1920)
  • The Devil's Riddle (1920)
  • Blind Youth (1920)
  • Through Eyes of Men (1920)
  • The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
  • Something to Think About (1920)
  • The Mark of Zorro (1920)
  • Midsummer Madness (1920)
  • Prisoners of Love (1921)
  • Chickens (1921)
  • What Every Woman Knows (1921)
  • Mother o’ Mine (1921)
  • Wealth (1921)
  • Love Never Dies (1921)
  • Rent Free (1922)
  • The Gray Dawn (1922)
  • Penrod (1922)
  • The Ragged Heiress (1922)
  • The Lying Truth (1922)
  • In the Name of the Law (1922)
  • Nice People (1922)
  • Heart's Haven (1922)
  • Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
  • The West-Bound Limited (1923)
  • Michael O’Halloran (1923)
  • Human Wreckage (1923)
  • Circus Days (1923)
  • Ashes of Vengeance (1923)
  • Ponjola (1923)
  • Enemies of Children (1923)
  • Black Oxen (1924)
  • Judgement of the Storm (1924)
  • Leave it to Gerry (1924)
  • Thy Name is Woman (1924)
  • Secrets (1924)
  • A Fight for Honor (1924)
  • Those Who Dare (1924)
  • The Reckless Sex (1925)
  • Waking up the Town (1925)
  • Dollar Down (1925)
  • The Tower of Lies (1925)
  • One of the Bravest (1925)
  • La gran desfilada (1925)
  • The Midnight Flyer (1925)
  • Ben-Hur (1925)
  • The Devil's Circus (1926)
  • The Dixie Merchant (1926)
  • The Show-Off (1926)
  • The Unknown Soldier (1926)
  • The Flaming Forest (1926)
  • A Little Journey (1927)
  • The Auctioneer (1927)
  • Cheaters (1927)
  • The Taxi Dancer (1927)
  • The Black Diamond Express (1927)
  • Tillie the Toiler (1927)
  • Winds of the Pampas (1927)
  • The Shield of Honor (1927)
  • Almost Human (1927)
  • The Tragedy of Youth (1928)
  • Don't Marry (1928)
  • The Viking (1928)
  • When Dreams Come True (1929)
  • Silks and Saddles (1929)
  • The Quitter (1929)
  • Brothers (1930)

Cinema sonor

[modifica]
  • 4 Devils (1928)
  • Marriage by Contract' (1928)
  • The Flying Fleet (1929)
  • Whispering Winds (1929)
  • Redemption (1930)
  • The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
  • Young Desire (1930)
  • The Big House (1930)
  • Wild Company (1930)
  • Mothers Cry (1930)
  • The Big House (1930)
  • An American Tragedy (1931)
  • Manhattan Parade (1932)
  • Under Eighteen (1931)
  • Union Depot (1932)
  • The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
  • The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932)
  • Cornered (1932)
  • A Successful Calamity (1932)
  • The Phantom Express (1932)
  • Lawyer Man (1932)
  • Central Airport (1933)
  • The Working Man (1933)
  • By Appointment Only (1933)
  • Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933)
  • Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
  • Bedside (1934)
  • It Happened One Night (1934)
  • Journal of a Crime (1934)
  • Dr. Monica (1934)
  • British Agent (1934)
  • Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
  • Murder by Television (1935)
  • August Week End (1936)
  • Two-Fisted Sheriff (1937)
  • Boys Town (1938)
  • Idiot's Delight (1939)
  • Keeper of the Flame (1942)
  • The Human Comedy (1943)
  • Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
  • Teen Age (1943)
  • Men on Her Mind (1944)
  • Are This Our Parents? (1944)
  • Adventure (1945)

Referències

[modifica]
  1. 1,0 1,1 Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses (en anglès). McFarland, 2015-05-20, p. 246-247. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. 
  2. «Fanny Reeves McDowell dead». Moving Picture World, 03-03-1917, pàg. 1367.
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 Motion Picture News Booking Guide (en anglès). Nova York: Motion Picture News Inc., 1929, p. 156. 
  4. Sweyd, Lester «What they were doing a few years ago». Motion Picture Magazine IX, 1, 2-1915, pàg. 110.
  5. 5,0 5,1 «Raymond Lee Claire McDowell's feats unparalleled». Valley Times, 02-04-1957, pàg. 28.
  6. «Brevities of the business». Motography XIII, 6, pàg. 215.
  7. «Answer Department». Motion Picture Magazine IX, 8, 6-1915, pàg. 158.
  8. «Greenroom jottings». Motion Picture Magazine IX, 4, 5-1915, pàg. 128.
  9. «Claire McDowell joins Universal». The Moving Picture World, 08-07-1916, pàg. 230.
  10. «The Picture Oracle». Picture Play Magazine V, 2, 10-1916, pàg. 315.

Enllaços externs

[modifica]