Biography
Mary Jane Lee (September 4, 1848 β 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.
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Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
Grandma Dunnivan
Hearts of Oak (1924)
Movie
Grandma
Young Ideas (1924)
Movie
Dane's Mother
North of Hudson Bay (1923)
Movie
Buck's Mother
The Big Punch (1921)
Movie
Aunt Sophie
The Secret Gift (1920)
Movie
Jim's mother
Rider of the Law (1919)
Movie
Aunt Martha Jenkins
Bill Henry (1919)
Movie
Harry's Mother
Riders of Vengeance (1919)
Movie
Mrs. Mary Keyes
The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917)
Movie
Housekeeper
Madame Bo-Peep (1917)
Movie
Actress
Souls Triumphant (1917)
Movie
Aunt Lydia
Her Official Fathers (1917)
Movie
Mammie
A Woman's Awakening (1917)
Movie
Mrs. Teedles
Stage Struck (1917)
Movie
Nina's grandmother
Nina, the Flower Girl (1917)
Movie
Susan - the Girls' Governess
The Children Pay (1916)
Movie
Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Movie
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Nurse
Pillars of Society (1916)
Movie
Mammy
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Movie
Madame Dufrane
A Child of the Paris Streets (1916)
Movie
The Mother Superior
Her Mother's Daughter (1915)
Movie
Actress
Victorine (1915)
Movie
Mammy
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Movie
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Actress
The Saving Grace (1914)
Movie
Actress
The Odalisque (1914)
Movie
Rejected Cavewoman
Brute Force (1914)
Movie
The Waifs' Guardian
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
Movie
The Old Indian Woman
Two Men of the Desert (1913)
Movie
The Mother
The Reformers (1913)
Movie
The Mother
Her Mother's Oath (1913)
Movie
The Wash Customer
The Mothering Heart (1913)
Movie
On Shore
The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
Movie
The Mother
His Mother's Son (1913)
Movie
The Mother
His Mother's Son (1913)
Movie
Yaqui Woman
The Yaqui Cur (1913)
Movie
Theresa's mother
The Coming of Angelo (1913)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1848-09-04
Deathday1925-08-05 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceSacramento, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMary Jane Lee, Yee, Kenny, Jennie Lee Courtright, Jenny Lee
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