
Edythe Chapman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 7, 1863
- Died
- October 15, 1948 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Rochester, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 - October 15, 1948), was an American stage and silent film actress from Rochester, New York. As early as 1898 she appeared in New York, New York in the Charity Ball. Edythe performed at the Shubert Theater in Brooklyn, New York in a production of The Light Eternal in 1907. Mrs. Chapman played maternal roles in numerous silent motion pictures and became known in the 1920s as Hollywood's Mother. She played Ma Jones in the film version of Lightnin' (1925), a screen production which featured Will Rogers. Edythe was Grandmother Janeway in Man Crazy (1927). Miss Chapman came to Hollywood around 1909 with her husband, screen and stage actor, James Neill. The couple met in Cincinnati, Ohio when Miss Chapman was working in Mr. Neill's stock company. They were married in 1897. The two began making movies with Cecil B. Demille and other noteworthy directors and producers. They had leading roles in The Ten Commandments (1923), Manslaughter (1922), The Little American (1917), and other silent motion pictures. Mr. Neill died in 1931. The final movie in which Edythe appeared was Double Crossroads in 1930. Prior to this, she had a large role in Navy Blues (1929). Edythe Chapman Neill died in Glendale, California in 1948 after a brief illness.
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Filmography
Take the Heir
Movie · as Lady Tweedham

Man Trouble
Movie · as Aunt Maggie

Double Cross Roads
Movie · as Mrs. Carlyle

Up the River
Movie · as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

The Idle Rich
Movie · as Mrs. Alice Thayer

Navy Blues
Movie · as Mrs. Brown

Synthetic Sin
Movie · as Mrs. Fairfax

Twin Beds
Movie · as Ma Dolan

Love Hungry
Movie · as Ma Robinson

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Movie · as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)

Three Week Ends
Movie · as Ma O'Brien

Heart Trouble
Movie

Happiness Ahead
Movie · as Mrs. Randall

The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie · as Aunt Mollie

The Little Yellow House
Movie · as Grandmother Pentland

Sally's Shoulders
Movie · as Emily

The Count of Ten
Movie · as Mother McKinney

Naughty But Nice
Movie · as Mrs. Altewood

American Beauty
Movie · as Madame O'Riley

The Crystal Cup
Movie · as Mrs. Carteret
Man Crazy
Movie · as Grandmother Janeway

One Minute to Play
Movie · as Mrs. Wade

The Boob
Movie · as The Old Lady (uncredited)

Three Faces East
Movie · as Mrs. Bennett

The Runaway
Movie · as Mrs. Murrell
Faithful Wives
Movie · as The Mother

In the Name of Love
Movie · as Mother Melnotte
The Pride of the Force
Movie · as Mother Moore

Lazybones
Movie · as Mrs. Tuttle

Lightnin'
Movie · as Mrs. Jones

Havoc
Movie · as Mrs. Chappel

Learning to Love
Movie · as Aunt Penelope

Soul Mates
Movie · as Tancred's mother

Broken Barriers
Movie · as Beulah Reynolds

Daughters of Pleasure
Movie · as Mrs. Hadley

The Shadow of the East
Movie · as Aunt Caroline

The Breaking Point
Movie · as Lucy Livingstone

The Wise Virgin
Movie · as Mrs. John Farrington

Worldly Goods
Movie · as Mrs. Lawson

The Ten Commandments
Movie · as Mrs. Martha McTavish

Hollywood
Movie · as Edythe Chapman

Chastity
Movie · as Mrs. Harris

The Girl I Loved
Movie · as Mother Middleton

Divorce
Movie · as Mrs. George Reed

The Miracle Makers
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Mansfield

North of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Belle Hannon

A Tailor-Made Man
Movie · as Mrs. Nathan

Manslaughter
Movie · as Adeline Bennett

Saturday Night
Movie · as Mrs. Prentiss

Her Husband’s Trademark
Movie · as Mother Berkeley

Beyond the Rocks
Movie · as Lady Bracondale

My American Wife
Movie · as Donna Isabella LaTassa

Youth to Youth
Movie · as Mrs. Cora Knittson

The Sleep Walker
Movie · as Sister Ursula

Bunty Pulls the Strings
Movie · as Eelen Dunlap

Bits of Life
Movie

Alias Ladyfingers
Movie · as Rachel Stetherill
One Wild Week
Movie · as Mrs. Dorn

Voices of the City
Movie · as Mrs. Rodman

Dangerous Curve Ahead
Movie · as Mrs. Mabee

A Wife's Awakening
Movie · as Mrs. Kelcey

A Tale of Two Worlds
Movie · as Mrs. Newcombe

Pinto
Movie · as Mrs. Audry

The County Fair
Movie · as Aunt Abigail Prue

Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Aunt Polly

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Movie · as Mrs. Dean

A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Movie · as Senora Urique

Just Out of College
Movie · as Mrs. Pickering

Out of the Storm
Movie · as Lady Bridgeminster

Alias Mike Moran
Movie · as Ma Young

Flame of the Desert
Movie · as Lady Snowden

The Winning Girl
Movie · as Second Mrs. Milligan

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Movie · as Teddy's Mother

Experimental Marriage
Movie · as Mrs. Ercoll

Secret Service
Movie · as Mrs. Varney

Everywoman
Movie · as Truth

Fires of Faith
Movie · as Mrs. Booth
Peg o' My Heart
Movie

An Innocent Adventuress
Movie · as Aunt Heppy

The Home Town Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Fanshawe

Faith
Movie · as Martha Owen
You Never Saw Such a Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Burgess

Deliverance
Movie · as Sarah Fuller

Borrowed Clothes
Movie · as Mary's Mother

Huck and Tom
Movie · as Aunt Polly

The Whispering Chorus
Movie · as John Tremble's mother

Unexpected Places
Movie · as Mrs. Penfield

The Spirit of '17
Movie · as Mrs. Glidden

Rose o' Paradise
Movie · as Peg Grandoken

Old Wives for New
Movie · as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)

Say! Young Fellow
Movie · as A Sweet Spinster

Bound in Morocco
Movie · as Ysail's Mother

The Only Road
Movie · as Clara Hawkins

The Gypsy Trail
Movie · as Grandma

Sandy
Movie · as Mrs. Hollis

His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Movie · as Older Mrs. Breede

A Mormon Maid
Movie · as Nancy Hogue

The Countess Charming
Movie · as Mrs. Lovering
The Evil Eye
Movie

A Modern Musketeer
Movie · as Mrs. Thacker

The Little American
Movie · as Mrs. von Austreim

A Little Princess
Movie · as (uncredited)

Tom Sawyer
Movie · as Aunt Polly

The Girl at Home
Movie · as Mary Dexter

On the Level
Movie · as Joe Blanchard's Mother

The Crystal Gazer
Movie · as Mrs. Mannering

A School for Husbands
Movie · as Mrs. Manners

The Ghost House
Movie · as Mrs. Rawson

The Selfish Woman
Movie · as Mrs. Hale

Oliver Twist
Movie · as Mrs. Brownlow

The Heir to the Hoorah
Movie · as Mrs. Kent

The Plow Girl
Movie · as Lady Brentwood

Anton the Terrible
Movie · as Babushka (Anton's mother)
Public Opinion
Movie · as Mrs. Carson Morgan

The Pretty Sister of Jose
Movie · as The Mother

The Golden Chance
Movie · as Mrs. Hillary

Richelieu
Movie · as The Queen

