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Josephine Whittell

Date of birth: 1883-11-29

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Josephine Cunningham

Josephine Whittell

Biography

Movie Credits

Chinatown at Midnight
2.8

Chinatown at Midnight

1949-11-17

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the

It's a Gift
3.1

It's a Gift

1934-11-30

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the groc

The Devil Thumbs a Ride
3.3

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

1947-02-20

Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station

Love Time
0

Love Time

1934-11-03

Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie hap

Caught Plastered
2.9

Caught Plastered

1931-08-21

Set in a drugstore the boys take on to save a nice old lady from the clutches of the local charming

Symphony of Six Million
2.7

Symphony of Six Million

1932-04-29

A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When

Peach-o-Reno
3

Peach-o-Reno

1931-12-25

After a quarrel at their 25th wedding anniversary, Joe and Aggie Bruno decide to divorce each other,

Larceny on the Air
2.5

Larceny on the Air

1937-01-11

A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent

Beware Of Ladies
2.5

Beware Of Ladies

1936-12-21

An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredi

Follow Your Heart
0

Follow Your Heart

1936-08-10

An eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions.

Adventure in Baltimore
2.5

Adventure in Baltimore

1949-04-19

Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's rights.

Boy Trouble
2.5

Boy Trouble

1939-01-27

A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.

Women Are Like That
2.9

Women Are Like That

1938-04-23

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries h

The Life of Vergie Winters
2.6

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934-06-14

A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman a

The Big Moment
0

The Big Moment

1954-03-07

Three individual stories that give an account of crucial moments in the lives of three different peo

The Accused
3

The Accused

1949-01-12

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

Shanghai
3.3

Shanghai

1935-07-19

A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian b

Blondie
3.5

Blondie

1938-11-30

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion i

Beg, Borrow or Steal
2.5

Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937-12-03

We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of

The Virginian
3

The Virginian

1946-05-05

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve a

Life with Henry
2.5

Life with Henry

1941-01-23

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

A Star Is Born
3.6

A Star Is Born

1954-10-01

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career

Lucky Night
3.3

Lucky Night

1939-05-05

Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own,

Fifth Avenue Girl
3.5

Fifth Avenue Girl

1939-09-22

A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglect

The Women
3.5

The Women

1939-09-01

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Sitting Pretty
3.5

Sitting Pretty

1948-03-10

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey

Shakedown
3.1

Shakedown

1950-09-01

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the succes

That Brennan Girl
2.5

That Brennan Girl

1946-12-23

Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hus

In the Good Old Summertime
3.3

In the Good Old Summertime

1949-07-29

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an

The Goldbergs
3.5

The Goldbergs

1950-12-23

Feature film using characters from the popular radio show and the pioneering 1949 TV series, about a

Having Wonderful Crime
3.1

Having Wonderful Crime

1945-04-12

Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort

Easy to Wed
3.1

Easy to Wed

1946-07-25

When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multi-million-dolla

Alimony
0

Alimony

1917-12-03

Bernice Bristol Flint, an attractive grass widow (a woman divorced or separated from her husband), a

Stage Door
3.5

Stage Door

1937-10-08

A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where a

Infernal Machine
0

Infernal Machine

1933-04-08

This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets f

What Price Hollywood?
3.4

What Price Hollywood?

1932-06-24

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film dir

Mills of the Gods
0

Mills of the Gods

1934-12-15

Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her ir

Tugboat Annie Sails Again
2.8

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

1940-10-26

Two rival tugboat captains compete for local business.

All Business
0

All Business

1936-02-14

Another hotel-room mix-up with the suspicious wife, Grace King (Josephine Whittell), checking up on

Marie, Ltd.
0

Marie, Ltd.

1919-03-23

When Drina Hilliard (Alice Brady) finishes college, she heads home to New York, where her mother Mar

A Place in the Sun
3.6

A Place in the Sun

1951-06-12

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy s

Easy to Take
0

Easy to Take

1936-11-06

To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who h

Baby Face
3.6

Baby Face

1933-07-13

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins t

The Fountainhead
3.4

The Fountainhead

1949-06-25

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite

Too Young to Kiss
2.4

Too Young to Kiss

1951-11-22

Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their

Jealousy
2.4

Jealousy

1934-11-23

Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her

The Search for Bridey Murphy
3.1

The Search for Bridey Murphy

1956-10-01

After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments o

Ziegfeld Girl
3.3

Ziegfeld Girl

1941-04-25

Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautif

The Magnificent Dope
3.6

The Magnificent Dope

1942-07-01

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure

Servants' Entrance
0

Servants' Entrance

1934-09-25

Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid.

Glamour Boy
3

Glamour Boy

1941-12-05

Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays

Kiddie Kure
3

Kiddie Kure

1940-11-23

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently br

Lady in a Jam
2.7

Lady in a Jam

1942-06-19

A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned

Zoo in Budapest
2.3

Zoo in Budapest

1933-04-28

Zani is an unusual young man who has spent his entire life in a zoo in Budapest. His only true frien

Too Hot to Handle
2.9

Too Hot to Handle

1938-09-16

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pi

The Climbers
0

The Climbers

1919-11-08

To keep his social-climbing wife and daughters in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed, wealth

The Lady Takes a Sailor
2.5

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949-12-16

Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greates