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Jane Cowl

Jane Cowl

Actor and writer · Died June 22, 1950, aged 66 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jane Cowl (December 14, 1883 - June 22, 1950) was an American film and stage actress and playwright "notorious for playing lacrymose parts". Actress Jane Russell was named in Cowl's honor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Cowl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 14, 1883
Died
June 22, 1950 (aged 66)
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Works as
Actor and writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 40% in 30 days

What are Jane Cowl's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
24%
Morality
20%
Ideas
12%
Society
6%
Survival
5%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Warm
2
Melancholic
2
Joyful
1
Romantic
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jane Cowl's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jane Cowl's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

14 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

  • Payment on Demand(1951)

    as Mrs. Emily Hedges

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • No Man of Her Own(1950)

    as Mrs. Harkness

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Secret Fury(1950)

    as Clara Ewing

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Once More, My Darling(1949)

    as Mrs. Laing

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Stage Door Canteen(1943)

    as Jane Cowl (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Smilin' Through (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Theatre Play

  • Smilin' Through(1932)

    Theatre Play

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Lilac Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Theatre Play

  • Flapper Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    Theatre Play

  • Smilin' Through (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Theatre Play

  • A Temperamental Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    Theatre Play

  • Daybreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Theatre Play

  • The Spreading Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl

  • Garden of Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Eleanor Mannering / Princess Eleanor

Career shape

Star power in the 62nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 14 titles from 1915 to 1951.

Highest rated

No Man of Her Own (1950)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Smilin' Through (1932)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting7 of 14: 7 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndWriting7 of 14: 7 only writing, 0 with another role

By decade

1910s4 · 2 acting · 2 crew1920s3 · crew1930s1 · crew1940s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew1950s3 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jane Cowl's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser6

Most loved · actor

No Man of Her Own (1950)

Midcredits 90th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jane Cowl work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jane Cowl's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Harry Marker shares the most, 2.

Cinematographers and editors

Producers