A Nova Scotian native who entered the stage in the late 19th century, Josephine Crowell began her theatrical career in 1879 and later appeared on Broadway as Mrs. Pitcher in Captain Mollhy (1902). Transitioning to the silent screen with the 1912 short The School Teacher and the Waif, she quickly amassed a prolific output, reaching fifty film credits by 1919, many of them shorts. Her work with dire…
