Claim: American scriptwriter and actress Josephine Rector worked for the Essanay Film Manufacturing company.
Evidence: Josephine Rector (September 25, 1885 in Indiana – October 1, 1958 in Castro Valley) was an American scriptwriter and actress. Working for the Essanay company based in Oakland, Rector had a short career in the silent film period of cinema, with all her known films released from between 1911 and 1914 for the Essanay company. The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an early American motion picture studio.