Josephine Earle (February 23, 1892 – April 26, 1960/1961) was an American silent film actress who worked in the United States and the United Kingdom. Born as Josephine MacEwan (sometimes listed as McEwan), she was of Scottish descent.
Her first role was in New York as the Beauty in Henry W. Savage's production of ''Everywoman'' (1911–12). In late 1917 she accepted an invitation to go to England and appear in the stage production of ''
The Lilac Domino''. After a very stormy passage she arrived mid December with bombs dropping on London; ''"I was really surprised when I arrived to find London was not nearly so black as it was painted in New York."''
At some point in mid 1919, she was snapped up by the Gaumont Film Company.
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Personal life
She was married twice, first, on the
Isle of Wight
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to Captain James Alpheus Glen,
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Education
* Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
* District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India
* Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Educational institutions
* Dyal Sin ...
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Royal Air Force
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), a Canadian air force pilot who flew with the RAF during the First World War, and, second, in
London
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to John T. Matthews. Both unions were childless.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Two Edged Sword'' (1916)
* ''
A Vampire Out of Work'' (1916)
* ''
The Blue Envelope Mystery'' (1916)
* ''
A Hungry Heart'' (1917)
* ''
Indiscretion'' (1917)
* ''
The Awakening'' (1917)
* ''The Fall of a Saint'' (UK, 1920)
* ''The Edge of Youth'' (1920)
* ''
Walls of Prejudice
''Walls of Prejudice'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Charles Calvert and starring Josephine Earle, Dallas Anderson and Humberston Wright. It was based on a play by Alexander Grossman.
Cast
* Josephine Earle as Margaret ...
'' (UK, 1920)
* ''
Branded'' (1920)
* ''The Way of a Man'' (UK, 1921)
* ''
The Knockout'' (1923)
* ''
The Hotel Mouse'' (UK, 1923)
* ''
Woman to Woman'' (UK, 1923)
* ''
Raise the Roof'' (UK, 1930)
References
External links
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1892 births
1960s deaths
American silent film actresses
American expatriate actresses
American expatriates in England
20th-century American actresses
Actresses from Brooklyn
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