Mary Clare Absalom (17 July 1892[1] – 29 August 1970)[2][3] was a British actress of stage, film and television.

Daughter of George Alfred Absalom,[4] Clare was educated at Wood Green secondary school, first worked in an office but a loan of £50 allowed her to train at a dramatic school and she began her thespian career on the London stage at the age of 18 in 1910,[5] following which she spent two years touring the provinces to appear back in London in "A Posy on a Ring" at the Earl's Court Exhibition Theatre.

Her first major sound film was in the 1931 Hindle Wakes, as Mrs Jeffcote; a role which she was to repeat in the 1952 remake.

[6][7] In 1915, she married Lieutenant Lionel Percival Mawhood,[8][9] of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; they had a son and a daughter.

[13] Daughter Rozanne was educated at RADA,[14] and acted on stage before the Second World War as Anne Clare.