Jennie Lee (American actress)


Mary Jane 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. Lee portrayed Mammy in The Birth of a Nation. Another notable performance of the actress occurs in Lloyd Ingraham's A Child of the Paris Streets, in which she portrays Madame Dufrane.

Selected filmography

The Mothering Heart - The Wash CustomerThe Sorrowful Shore - On Shore Two Men of the Desert - Old Indian WomanThe Battle at Elderbush Gulch - The Waifs' GuardianJudith of Bethulia - BethulianThe Yaqui Cur as Yaqui WomanAlmost a Wild Man as In AudienceBrute Force - CavewomanThe Birth of a Nation - Mammy - The Faithful ServantThe Slave Girl Her Shattered Idol - Ben's MotherA Child of the Paris Streets - Madame DufraneAn Innocent Magdalene - MammyPillars of Society - Nurse Intolerance - Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance The Little Liar - Boardinghouse Keeper The Children Pay - Susan - the Girls' GovernessNina, the Flower Girl - Nina's grandmotherStage Struck - Mrs. TeedlesA Woman's Awakening - MammieHer Official Fathers - Aunt LydiaSouls Triumphant Madame Bo-Peep - HousekeeperThe Innocent Sinner - Mother EllisThe Clever Mrs. Carfax - Mrs. Mary KeyesSandy - Aunt MelvyRiders of Vengeance - Harry's MotherBill Henry - Aunt Martha JenkinsRider of the Law - Jim's MotherThe Secret Gift - Aunt SoiphieThe Big Punch - Buck's MotherOne Man in a Million - Mrs. KoppelNorth of Hudson Bay - Mother DaneYoung Ideas - GrandmaHearts of Oak - Grandma Dunnivan