Josephine Crowell

Born: 1859-01-10


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The Birth of a Nation

as Mrs. Cameron
Released: 1915-02-08

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons,...

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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as Catherine de Médici
Released: 1916-09-04

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven...

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The Man Who Laughs

as Queen Anne
Released: 1928-04-27

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in...

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Speedy

as Lady in Car (uncredited)
Released: 1928-04-07

Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then...

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Stella Maris

as Aunt Gladys Linden
Released: 1918-01-21

Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her...

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Wrong Again

as Painting owner's mother
Released: 1929-02-23

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear...

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The Avenging Conscience

as The Sweetheart's Mother (uncredited)
Released: 1914-08-02

Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark...

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Hot Water

as Wifey's Mother Winnifred Ward Stokes
Released: 1924-10-26

Lloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a...

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Welcome Home

as Miss Pringle
Released: 1925-05-17

Fred Prouty and his wife, Nettie, are living happily until the day that his aged father shows up...

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The Merry Widow

as Queen Milena
Released: 1926-09-27

When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of...

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The Greatest Question

as Mrs. Cain
Released: 1919-12-27

Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Css van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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Mantrap

as Mrs. McGavity
Released: 1926-07-24

A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town...

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Hearts of the World

as The Mother
Released: 1918-03-11

A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace...

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Dog Shy

as The Girl's Mother
Released: 1926-04-04

Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone...

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I Am Not a Racist

as the mother
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A parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes...

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Home, Sweet Home

as Payne's Mother
Released: 1914-05-16

John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his...

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The School Teacher and the Waif

as uncredited
Released: 1912-06-26

Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends...

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Flowing Gold

as Ma Briskow
Released: 1924-03-01

The film deals with the Texas Oil Industry. A silent film, it was famously remade in 1940 with...

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Scrambled Weddings

as Her Mother
Released: 1928-01-01

Edward Everett Horton and Ruth Dwyer are in love and expect to get married as soon as one of...

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Zander the Great

as Orphanage Trustee (uncredited)
Released: 1925-05-01

Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly...

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Peppy Polly

as Mrs. Crafton
Released: 1919-04-06

Polly has herself arrested and committed to a reformatory in order to investigate conditions at...

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Ashes of Vengeance

as Catherine de Medicis
Released: 1923-08-06

This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film...

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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Miranda Sawyer
Released: 1917-09-22

Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths,...

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New Brooms

as uncredited
Released: 1925-10-12

Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his...

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Padlocked

as Mrs. Galloway
Released: 1926-08-02

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No Publicity

as Mrs. Van Pelt
Released: 1927-08-01

Cameraman Eddie is sent to photograph a socialite at a private lecture on morals. The young...

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Shattered Idols

as Mrs. Chichester
Released: 1922-02-06

This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at...

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Dad's Choice

as A Bargain Hunter
Released: 1928-01-07

Eddie wants to marry a girl, but her father is strongly opposed to it. For her sake, she...

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Fighting Love

as uncredited
Released: 1927-02-14

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The Sisters

as uncredited
Released: 1914-11-29

May and her younger sister, Carol, live in a small town. May is the more lovely of the two, but...

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Nobody's Money

as Mrs. Judson
Released: 1923-01-28

Two newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real...

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Pillars of Society

as Karsten's Mother (as Josephine B. Crowell)
Released: 1916-08-27

Based on Henrik Ibsen's play from 1877.

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Crooked Streets

as Mrs. Griswold
Released: 1920-08-08

Gail Ellis, a secretary, accompanies Professor Silas Griswold and his wife to China on an...

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Bunty Pulls the Strings

as Susie Simpson
Released: 1921-01-02

A woman named Bunty Bigger struggles to keep her family in line in a small Scottish village. For...

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The Mountain Rat

as Mrs. Williams - Douglas's Mother
Released: 1914-05-01

A 1914 silent Western short

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No Father to Guide Him

as Jimmy's Mother-in-Law
Released: 1925-09-05

Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his...

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Live and Let Live

as Mrs. Boland
Released: 1921-07-03

While on a train trip, Mary Ryan runs into her old friend Jane Loomis. Mary was once a...

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Don't Neglect Your Wife

as Mrs. Abott
Released: 1921-07-31

The wife of a prominent San Francisco doctor, feeling neglected by her husband, finds herself...

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The Bravest Way

as Janitress
Released: 1918-06-16

Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa was one of the most popular leading men in American silent...

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Josselyn's Wife

as Aunt Elsie
Released: 1919-05-05

Bessie Barriscale and Nigel Barrie play Ellen and Gibbs Josselyn, a young married couple who...

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The Bad Boy

as Mrs. Bates
Released: 1917-02-18

Small town youth Jimmie Bates is a well-intentioned, but troubled youth. Jimmie is a rowdy boy...

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Martha's Vindication

as Jennie Hawkins
Released: 1916-02-20

A 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.

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Cheerful Givers

as Mrs. Harriet Gray
Released: 1917-04-21

A 1917 film directed by Paul Powell.

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Betsy's Burglar

as Mrs. Dunn
Released: 1917-03-04

Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a...

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A Homespun Vamp

as Mrs. Dobbs
Released: 1922-02-12

The story of Meg Mackenzie, the orphaned niece of two stingy Scotsmen, Donald and Duncan Craig....

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The Fair Barbarian

as Lady Theobald
Released: 1917-12-17

An Englishman who has made his fortune in America decides to return to England.

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Minnie

as uncredited
Released: 1922-12-01

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Held by the Enemy

as Sarah Hayne
Released: 1920-10-24

During the Civil War, Rachel Hayne, a young widow, is among those "held by the enemy" when her...

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A Child of the Paris Streets

as The Landlady
Released: 1916-05-21

When the son of a leader of a Paris underworld family known as The Apaches is arrested and tried...

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The Tear That Burned

as The Blind Mother
Released: 1914-11-08

The Tear That Burned is a silent movie drama.

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The Hop Smugglers

as Helen's Mother
Released: 1914-11-24

Short, silent movie about a female journalist who does a sensational article for the newspaper...

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The Six Best Cellars

as Mrs. Teak
Released: 1920-02-08

Henry Carpenter and his wife Millicent are the envy of their exclusive suburban set because of...

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