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 Nascita di una nazione (1915), her comedic performances in Harold Lloyd's A rotta di collo (1928) and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's Blue Boy, un cavallo per un quadro (1929). She also played a succession of queens and princesses in such films as Main Street (1923), Mantrap (1926), Il re dei re (1927) and L'uomo che ride (1928).
