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 Die Geburt einer Nation (1915), her comedic performances in Harold Lloyd's Los - Harold - los (1928) and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's Blinde Wut (1929). She also played a succession of queens and princesses in such films as Main Street (1923), Der Weiberfeind (1926), König der Könige (1927) and Der Mann, der lacht (1928).
