Josephine Crowell
The Birth of a Nation
as Mrs. CameronTwo families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons,...
Movie pageIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Catherine de MédiciThe story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven...
Movie pageThe Man Who Laughs
as Queen AnneGwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in...
Movie pageSpeedy
as Lady in Car (uncredited)Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then...
Movie pageStella Maris
as Aunt Gladys LindenStella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her...
Movie pageWrong Again
as Painting owner's motherStable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear...
Movie pageThe Avenging Conscience
as The Sweetheart's Mother (uncredited)Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark...
Movie pageHot Water
as Wifey's Mother Winnifred Ward StokesLloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a...
Movie pageWelcome Home
as Miss PringleFred Prouty and his wife, Nettie, are living happily until the day that his aged father shows up...
Movie pageThe Merry Widow
as Queen MilenaWhen Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of...
Movie pageThe Greatest Question
as Mrs. CainYoung Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man...
Movie pageThe Big Parade of Comedy
as Css van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Movie pageMantrap
as Mrs. McGavityA sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town...
Movie pageHearts of the World
as The MotherA group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace...
Movie pageDog Shy
as The Girl's MotherCharley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone...
Movie pageI Am Not a Racist
as the motherA parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes...
Movie pageHome, Sweet Home
as Payne's MotherJohn Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his...
Movie pageThe School Teacher and the Waif
as uncreditedNora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends...
Movie pageFlowing Gold
as Ma BriskowThe film deals with the Texas Oil Industry. A silent film, it was famously remade in 1940 with...
Movie pageScrambled Weddings
as Her MotherEdward Everett Horton and Ruth Dwyer are in love and expect to get married as soon as one of...
Movie pageZander the Great
as Orphanage Trustee (uncredited)Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly...
Movie pagePeppy Polly
as Mrs. CraftonPolly has herself arrested and committed to a reformatory in order to investigate conditions at...
Movie pageAshes of Vengeance
as Catherine de MedicisThis historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film...
Movie pageRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Miranda SawyerBehind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths,...
Movie pageNew Brooms
as uncreditedThomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his...
Movie pageNo Publicity
as Mrs. Van PeltCameraman Eddie is sent to photograph a socialite at a private lecture on morals. The young...
Movie pageShattered Idols
as Mrs. ChichesterThis exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at...
Movie pageDad's Choice
as A Bargain HunterEddie wants to marry a girl, but her father is strongly opposed to it. For her sake, she...
Movie pageThe Sisters
as uncreditedMay and her younger sister, Carol, live in a small town. May is the more lovely of the two, but...
Movie pageNobody's Money
as Mrs. JudsonTwo newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real...
Movie pagePillars of Society
as Karsten's Mother (as Josephine B. Crowell)Based on Henrik Ibsen's play from 1877.
Movie pageCrooked Streets
as Mrs. GriswoldGail Ellis, a secretary, accompanies Professor Silas Griswold and his wife to China on an...
Movie pageBunty Pulls the Strings
as Susie SimpsonA woman named Bunty Bigger struggles to keep her family in line in a small Scottish village. For...
Movie pageThe Mountain Rat
as Mrs. Williams - Douglas's MotherA 1914 silent Western short
Movie pageNo Father to Guide Him
as Jimmy's Mother-in-LawCharley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his...
Movie pageLive and Let Live
as Mrs. BolandWhile on a train trip, Mary Ryan runs into her old friend Jane Loomis. Mary was once a...
Movie pageDon't Neglect Your Wife
as Mrs. AbottThe wife of a prominent San Francisco doctor, feeling neglected by her husband, finds herself...
Movie pageThe Bravest Way
as JanitressJapanese actor Sessue Hayakawa was one of the most popular leading men in American silent...
Movie pageJosselyn's Wife
as Aunt ElsieBessie Barriscale and Nigel Barrie play Ellen and Gibbs Josselyn, a young married couple who...
Movie pageThe Bad Boy
as Mrs. BatesSmall town youth Jimmie Bates is a well-intentioned, but troubled youth. Jimmie is a rowdy boy...
Movie pageMartha's Vindication
as Jennie HawkinsA 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
Movie pageCheerful Givers
as Mrs. Harriet GrayA 1917 film directed by Paul Powell.
Movie pageBetsy's Burglar
as Mrs. DunnBetsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a...
Movie pageA Homespun Vamp
as Mrs. DobbsThe story of Meg Mackenzie, the orphaned niece of two stingy Scotsmen, Donald and Duncan Craig....
Movie pageThe Fair Barbarian
as Lady TheobaldAn Englishman who has made his fortune in America decides to return to England.
Movie pageHeld by the Enemy
as Sarah HayneDuring the Civil War, Rachel Hayne, a young widow, is among those "held by the enemy" when her...
Movie pageA Child of the Paris Streets
as The LandladyWhen the son of a leader of a Paris underworld family known as The Apaches is arrested and tried...
Movie pageThe Tear That Burned
as The Blind MotherThe Tear That Burned is a silent movie drama.
Movie pageThe Hop Smugglers
as Helen's MotherShort, silent movie about a female journalist who does a sensational article for the newspaper...
Movie pageThe Six Best Cellars
as Mrs. TeakHenry Carpenter and his wife Millicent are the envy of their exclusive suburban set because of...
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