Josephine Crowell

Josephine Boneparte Crowell (January 11, 1859 – July 27, 1932) was a Canadian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 94 films between 1912 and 1929.

Josephine Crowell
Crowell in 1914
Born	(1859-01-11)January 11, 1859 Nova Scotia, British North America
Died	July 27, 1932(1932-07-27) (aged 73) Amityville, New York, USA
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1912–1929
Spouse(s)	Emile La Croix

Biography

Crowell was born in Nova Scotia and began her film acting career in the 1912 film The School Teacher and the Waif. By 1919, she had appeared in 50 films, many of which were film shorts. Her notable film appearances during this period were in the early films of D.W. Griffith, including her portrayals of Mrs. Cameron in the controversial 1915 historical drama The Birth of a Nation and Catherine de' Medici in the 1916 historical epic Intolerance. In 1920, she appeared with Gladys Brockwell in Flames of the Flesh, followed by another six film appearances that year. From 1921 until 1929, she had 34 more film appearances, including Hot Water in which she played Harold Lloyd's mother-in-law and The Splendid Crime starring Bebe Daniels in 1925.

Her last role was in the 1929 film Wrong Again, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. With the coming of sound films, her career abruptly ended. She had married actor Emile La Croix earlier in her career, and was residing in Amityville, New York at the time of her death on July 27, 1932 at the age of 73.

Selected filmography

• The Mothering Heart (1913, Short) - Woman Collecting Ironing (uncredited)
• Home, Sweet Home (1914) - Payne's Mother
• The Painted Lady (1914, Short) - The Mother
• The Tear That Burned (1914)
• The Sisters (1914)
• The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Mrs. Cameron
• The Penitentes (1915)
• Intolerance (1916) - Catherine de Médici
• The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
• The Little School Ma'am (1916) - Widow Larkin
• The Old Folks at Home (1916)
• The Bad Boy (1917)
• Cheerful Givers (1917)
• Betsy's Burglar (1917)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
• Hearts of the World (1918)
• Stella Maris (1918)
• Women's Weapons (1918)
• Diane of the Green Van (1919)
• Peppy Polly (1919)
• Josselyn's Wife (1919)
• The Greatest Question (1919)
• The Six Best Cellars (1920)
• Crooked Streets (1920)
• Dangerous to Men (1920)
• Held by the Enemy (1920)
• Bunty Pulls the Strings (1921)
• Live and Let Live
• Shattered Idols (1922)
• Seeing's Believing (1922)
• Minnie (1922)
• Main Street (1923)
• Ashes of Vengeance (1923)
• Yesterday's Wife (1923)
• Rupert of Hentzau (1923)
• Hot Water (1924)
• Flowing Gold (1924)
• The Sporting Venus (1925)
• Welcome Home (1925)
• The Merry Widow (1925)
• New Brooms (1925)
• Bred in Old Kentucky (1926)
• For Wives Only (1926)
• Yellow Fingers (1926)
• The Splendid Crime (1926)
• Mantrap (1926)
• Fighting Love (1927)
• The Man Who Laughs (1928)
• Speedy (1928)
• Wrong Again (1929)

External links

• Josephine Crowell on IMDb
• Josephine Crowell at the Internet Broadway Database
• Josephine Crowell at Find a Grave