Josephine Hill

{{Short description|American actress (1899–1989)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Josephine Hill | image = Josephine Hill portrait in profile.jpg | caption = Hill in 1920 | birth_name = Malvina Josephine Hill | birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|10|03|mf=yes}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|12|17|1899|10|03|mf=yes}} | death_place = Palm Springs, California, U.S. | resting_place = Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California | other_names = Josephine Perrin, Josephine Hill Brown | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1917–1933 | spouse = Jack Perrin<br>Jack Valentine Brown }}

'''Malvina Josephine Hill''' '''Brown''' (October 3, 1899<ref>1899 is the date given for Hill's birth on her gravestone and in the U.S. Social Security Death Index, via Ancestry. However, her second husband's naturalization papers give the year as 1907, and other sources indicate 1902 or 1903 as the year.</ref> – December 17, 1989) was an American film actress, primarily during the silent era. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1917 and 1933.

== Early life == Hill was born in San Francisco, the daughter of C. L. Hill and Kate E. Schmidt Hill.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1916-09-19 |title=Daughter a Star, Father Wins Out |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-post-record-daughter/175183420/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |work=Los Angeles Evening Post-Record |pages=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Before she worked in films, Hill performed in Gus Edwards's ''School Days'' vaudeville act.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 12, 1921 |title=Secrets of the Movies Revealed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79283190/fort-worth-star-telegram/ |access-date=June 10, 2021 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Her parents' divorce in 1916 included negotiations about her stage income.<ref name=":0" />

== Career == Hill made more than a hundred films, most of the silent Westerns, starting with ''The Voice on the Wire'' in 1917. After her last picture in 1932, she worked in the wardrobe department of a film studio.<ref>1950 United States census, via Ancestry.</ref>

== Personal life == Hill's marriage to Western star Jack Perrin was announced in 1920;<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-05-06 |title=News at Universal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oklahoma-news-news-at-universal/175182259/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |work=The Oklahoma News |pages=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1921-01-30 |title=Cupid is Busy in Movieland's Realm |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-cupid-is-busy-in-movie/175182962/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |work=The Vancouver Sun |pages=34 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> they divorced in 1937. Hill married Spanish-born electrician Joaquin Valentine Barrena in 1940; he changed his named to "Jack Valentine Brown" when he was naturalized in 1942. Hill died in Palm Springs, California. She is buried at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California with a gravestone marked "Josephine Hill Brown".

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''The Voice on the Wire'' (1917) * ''The Fighting Heart'' (1919) * ''The Four-Bit Man'' (1919) * ''The Jack of Hearts'' (1919) * ''The Face in the Watch'' (1919) * ''The Tell Tale Wire'' (1919) * ''The Lone Hand'' (1919) * ''The Double Hold-Up'' (1919) * ''The Jay Bird'' (1920) * ''West Is Best'' (1920) * ''The Sheriff's Oath'' (1920) * ''Parlor, Bedroom and Bath'' (1920) * ''Burnt Wings'' (1920) * ''The Man Trackers'' (1921) * ''Night Life in Hollywood'' (1922) * ''Lone Fighter'' (1923) * ''Winning a Woman'' (1925) * ''Josselyn's Wife'' (1926) * ''The High Hand'' (1926) * ''The Man from Oklahoma'' (1926) * ''The Blind Trail'' (1926) * ''Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed'' (1927) * ''Heroes of the Wild'' (1927) * ''The Sky Rider'' (1928) * ''Silent Sentinel'' (1929) * ''The Kid from Arizona'' (1931) * ''Wild West Whoopee'' (1931) * ''West of Cheyenne'' (1931) * ''The Lone Trail'' (1932) {{Div col end}}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Josephine Hill}} *{{IMDb name|0384420|Josephine Hill}} * {{Find a Grave|7410003|Josephine Hill (Josephine Hill Brown)|work=Actress|author=John "J-Cat" Griffith|date=May 3, 2003|accessdate=June 30, 2011}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Josephine}} Category:1899 births Category:1989 deaths Category:Burials at Desert Memorial Park Category:American film actresses Category:American silent film actresses Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Actresses from San Francisco Category:American vaudeville performers Category:Western (genre) film actresses