Josephine Earle

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}} {{one source|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Josephine Earle | image = The Fall of a Saint (1920) - 1.jpg | caption = American advertisement for ''The Fall of a Saint'' (1920) | birth_name = Josephine MacEwan (or McEwan) | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|02|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | death_date = April 26, 1960<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records?firstname=josephine&firstname_variants=true&lastname=matthews&yearofdeath=1960&yearofdeath_offset=2 Josephine Matthews 1892-1960 death record], findmypast.co.uk; accessed January 24, 2018.</ref> or 1961<ref name="jazzageclub"/> (68 or 69) | death_place = Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK | years_active = 1912–1930 | occupation = Actress | spouse = John T. Matthews (1932-?; his death)<br>Captain James Alpheus Glen (1918-?; dissolved) }}

'''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."''<ref name="jazzageclub"/> At some point in mid 1919, she was snapped up by the Gaumont Film Company.<ref name="jazzageclub">[http://www.jazzageclub.com/personalities/josephine-earle Josephine Earle biodata], jazzageclub.com; accessed January 24, 2018.</ref>

==Personal life== She was married twice, first, on the Isle of Wight to Captain James Alpheus Glen, DSC (Royal Air Force), a Canadian air force pilot who flew with the RAF during the First World War, and, second, in London to John T. Matthews. Both unions were childless.<ref name="jazzageclub"/>

==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'' (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== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0247330}}

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