- Films
- 39
- Avg rating
- 7.08
- Peak run
- 1925’33
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Claire by the numbers
Average
7.08
18 rated films
Vote weighted
7.14
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.55
rating spread
Career
27y
1919 to 1945
Total votes
192K
across every film
Best
8.1
It Happened One Night
Worst
7.2
Boys Town
Newest first
Filmography
| 1945 | Adventure | · | 6.2 | 1,395 |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine | · | 7.6 | 4,298 |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars | · | 6.8 | 1,468 |
| 1943 |  Hangmen Also Die! | · | 7.4 | 7,482 |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | · | · | 507 |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | · | 6.6 | 3,891 |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | · | 6.8 | 1,387 |
| 1939 | Miracles for Sale | · | · | 912 |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | · | 6.5 | 1,975 |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | · | · | 348 |
| 1938 |  Boys Town | · | 7.2 | 7,003 |
| 1938 | Three Comrades | · | 7.1 | 2,373 |
| 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome | · | · | 482 |
| 1935 | Murder by Television | Mrs. Houghland | · | 847 |
| 1935 | Black Fury | · | 6.4 | 1,244 |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime | · | · | 536 |
| 1934 | British Agent | · | · | 839 |
| 1934 |  It Happened One Night | · | 8.1 | 121K |
| 1933 | Wild Boys of the Road | Mrs. Smith | 7.5 | 2,695 |
| 1933 | The Working Man | · | 7.2 | 1,475 |
Better together?
Claire McDowell's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Fred Niblo and Claire McDowell movies
Takes
On Claire McDowell
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