Joseph R. Grismer was born on November 4, 1848 in Albany, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for
Way Down East (1920),
The New South (1916) and
Way Down East (1908). He was married to Olive E. Harper Chamberlaine and Phoebe Davies (actress). He died on March 5, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA.