Born as Josephine MacEwan (sometimes listed as McEwan), she was of Scottish descent.

Her first role was in New York as the Beauty in Henry W. Savage's production of Everywoman (1911–12).

In late 1917 she accepted an invitation to go to England and appear in the stage production of The Lilac Domino.

[2] She was married twice, first, on the Isle of Wight to Captain James Alpheus Glen, DSC (Royal Air Force), a Canadian air force pilot who flew with the RAF during the First World War, and, second, in London to John T. Matthews.

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