Josephine Crowell(1859-1932)
- Actress
Josephine Crowell was a Canadian-born character actress. She appeared
in vaudeville as early as 1879. On screen, she is best remembered for
her dramatic portrayal of the mother in
D.W. Griffith's
The Birth of a Nation (1915),
her comedic performances in
Harold Lloyd's
Speedy (1928) and
Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy's
Wrong Again (1929). She also played a
succession of queens and princesses in such films as
Main Street (1923),
Mantrap (1926),
The King of Kings (1927) and
The Man Who Laughs (1928).