Josephine Crowell was a Canadian-born character actress of the silent film era, active from the early 1910s through the late 1920s. She is best known for her maternal and royal supporting roles in major historical epics directed by D.W. Griffith, including The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance, as well as prominent silent comedies and melodramas.
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Josephine Crowell was a prolific Canadian-born silent film character actress known for playing maternal figures and queens in early Hollywood.
She is best recognized for her prominent supporting roles in D.W. Griffith's historical epics The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance, as well as Paul Leni's The Man Who Laughs.
She performed extensively in silent-era historical dramas, melodramas, and slapstick comedies alongside major silent stars.
