Jennie Lee (American actress), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jennie Lee (American actress)

American actress

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1848

Place of Birth: Sacramento, California, United States

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1925

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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 58 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).
Incontestably, Lee's most famous portrayal was that of servant Mammy in The Birth of a Nation (1915), a role she played in blackface.