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6.0
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Mammy
Jennie Lee
Acting
Born:September 3, 1848
Died:August 5, 1925(aged 76)
Birthplace:Sacramento, California, USA
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Mary Jane Lee (September 4, 1848 – August 5, 1925; known professionally as Jennie Lee) was an American actress of the stage and screen. Lee appeared in more than 50 films between 1912 and 1924, working especially in character parts under the directors John Ford and D. W. Griffith. She began her stage career at age nine and went on to support such actors as John Edward McCullough, Joseph Jefferson, Edwin Booth, and Helena Modjeska. She and her husband, actor William Courtright, appeared together in Griffith's Intolerance (1916). Lee portrayed Mammy in The Birth of a Nation (1915). Another notable performance of the actress occurs in Lloyd Ingraham's A Child of the Paris Streets, in which she portrays Madame Dufrane.
Filmography (39 movies)
5.9
5.9
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
as The Waifs' Guardian
5.6
5.6
The Mothering Heart
1913
as The Wash Customer
5.6
5.6
North of Hudson Bay
1923
as Dane's Mother
5.3
5.3
Brute Force
1914
as Rejected Cavewoman
5.0
5.0
The Big Punch
1921
as Buck's Mother
5.0
5.0
Rider of the Law
1919
as Jim's mother
4.0
4.0
Hearts of Oak
1924
as Grandma Dunnivan
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3.0
Riders of Vengeance
1919
as Harry's Mother
The Coming of Angelo
1913
as Theresa's mother
An Innocent Magdalene
1916
as Mammy
The Children Pay
1916
as Susan, the Girls' Governess
The Secret Gift
1920
as Aunt Sophie
Madame Bo-Peep
1917
as Housekeeper
Souls Triumphant
1917
Her Official Fathers
1917
as Aunt Lydia
A Woman's Awakening
1917
as Mammie
Stage Struck
1917
as Mrs. Teedles
Pillars of Society
1916
as Nurse (uncredited)
Young Ideas
1924
as Grandma
Two Men of the Desert
1913
as Old Indian Woman
The Yaqui Cur
1913
as Yaqui Woman
The Reformers
1913
as The Mother
Bill Henry
1919
as Aunt Martha Jenkins
A Child of the Paris Streets
1916
as Madame Dufrane
Nina, the Flower Girl
1917
as Nina's grandmother
The Clever Mrs. Carfax
1917
as Mrs. Mary Keyes
Victorine
1915
The Odalisque
1914
His Mother's Son
1913
as The Mother
Her Mother's Oath
1913
as The Mother
The Saving Grace
1914
Her Mother's Daughter
1915
as The Mother Superior
The Cause of It All
1915
as Jennie - Spencer's Cook
Her Buried Past
1915
as Mrs. Manning - Muriel's Mother
The Innocent Sinner
1917
as Mother Ellis
The Kid Magicians
1915
as The Cook
My Lady's Ankle
1920
Sandy
1918
as Aunt Melvy
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