Myrtle Stedman

Myrtle Stedman

Known for
Acting
Born
March 3, 1883
Died
January 8, 1938 (aged 54)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. Myrtle did not enter the field of light opera because of her preference for light opera. She starred for a number of seasons in Isle of Spice and The Chocolate Soldier. She performed for a year at the Whitney Theater in Chicago and was a prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Her first appearances in movies were in Selig studio western and action short films. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair. In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers to play bit and extra roles. Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938. Myrtle Stedman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938 at the age of 54. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California. Her husband Marshall Stedman was a drama school conductor. They were divorced by 1920. Their son Lincoln Stedman was a prolific silent film character actor.

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Filmography

1938
Accidents Will Happen poster

Accidents Will Happen

Movie · as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)

1938
A Slight Case of Murder poster

A Slight Case of Murder

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1937
Alcatraz Island poster

Alcatraz Island

Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)

1937
Under Southern Stars poster

Under Southern Stars

Movie · as Arlene's Mother

1937
Ready, Willing and Able poster

Ready, Willing and Able

Movie · as Junior's Mother

1937
Draegerman Courage poster

Draegerman Courage

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1937
That Man's Here Again poster

That Man's Here Again

Movie · as Hospital Nurse

1937
She Loved a Fireman poster

She Loved a Fireman

Movie · as Mrs. Brown

1937
The Great O'Malley poster

The Great O'Malley

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1937
Back in Circulation poster

Back in Circulation

Movie · as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)

1937
Over the Goal poster

Over the Goal

Movie · as Marshall's Secretary

1937
Missing Witnesses poster

Missing Witnesses

Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)

1937
Green Light poster

Green Light

Movie · as A Nurse

1937
The Go-Getter poster

The Go-Getter

Movie · as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)

1937
That Certain Woman poster

That Certain Woman

Movie · as Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)

1936
Song of the Saddle poster

Song of the Saddle

Movie · as Mrs. Coburn

1936
Give Me Liberty poster

Give Me Liberty

Movie · as Martha Washington

1935
Here's to Romance poster

Here's to Romance

Movie · as Bit Part

1934
School for Girls poster

School for Girls

Movie · as Mrs. Winters

1934
Beggars in Ermine poster

Beggars in Ermine

Movie · as Nurse

1932
Klondike poster

Klondike

Movie · as Miss Fielding

1932
Alias Mary Smith poster

Alias Mary Smith

Movie · as Mrs. Hayes

1932
The Widow in Scarlet

The Widow in Scarlet

Movie · as Alice Lawton-Bond

1931
Beau Ideal poster

Beau Ideal

Movie · as Mrs. Frank Madison

1930
The Truth About Youth poster

The Truth About Youth

Movie · as Mrs. Ericson

1930
Little Accident poster

Little Accident

Movie · as Mrs. Overbeck

1929
The Sin Sister poster

The Sin Sister

Movie · as Sister Burton

1929
The Love Racket poster

The Love Racket

Movie

1929
The Wheel of Life poster

The Wheel of Life

Movie · as Mrs. Faraker

1929
The Jazz Age poster

The Jazz Age

Movie · as Mrs Maxwell

1928
Sporting Goods poster

Sporting Goods

Movie · as Mrs. Elliott

1928
Their Hour

Their Hour

Movie · as Peggy's Mother

1927
No Place to Go poster

No Place to Go

Movie · as Mrs. Montgomery

1927
The Black Diamond Express poster

The Black Diamond Express

Movie · as Mrs. Harmon

1927
The Life of Riley poster

The Life of Riley

Movie · as Penelope Jones

1927
Women's Wares poster

Women's Wares

Movie · as Mrs. James Crane

1927
Alias The Deacon poster

Alias The Deacon

Movie · as Mrs. Betsy Clark

1927
The Irresistible Lover poster

The Irresistible Lover

Movie · as Hortense Brown

1926
The Far Cry poster

The Far Cry

Movie · as Louise Marsh

1926
Don Juan's 3 Nights poster

Don Juan's 3 Nights

Movie · as Madame Cavallar

1926
The Prince of Pilsen poster

The Prince of Pilsen

Movie · as Princess Bertha of Thorwald

1926
The Man in the Shadow

The Man in the Shadow

Movie · as Mary Alvoid

1925
If I Marry Again poster

If I Marry Again

Movie · as Madame Margot

1925
The Mad Whirl poster

The Mad Whirl

Movie · as Gladys Herrington

1925
Sally poster

Sally

Movie · as Mrs. Ten Brock

1925
Tessie

Tessie

Movie · as Mrs. Wells

1925
Chickie poster

Chickie

Movie · as Janina

1925
The Goose Hangs High poster

The Goose Hangs High

Movie · as Eunice Ingals

1924
Judgment of the Storm poster

Judgment of the Storm

Movie · as Mrs. Trevor

1924
Lilies of the Field poster

Lilies of the Field

Movie · as Mazie

1924
The Woman on the Jury poster

The Woman on the Jury

Movie · as Marion Masters

1924
Wine poster

Wine

Movie · as Mrs. Warriner

1924
The Breath of Scandal poster

The Breath of Scandal

Movie · as Helen Hale

1923
Crashin' Thru poster

Crashin' Thru

Movie · as Celia

1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair poster

The Famous Mrs. Fair

Movie · as Mrs. Fair

1923
Flaming Youth poster

Flaming Youth

Movie · as Mona Fentriss

1923
Six Days poster

Six Days

Movie · as Olive Kingston

1923
The Dangerous Age poster

The Dangerous Age

Movie · as Mrs. Sanderson

1923
Temporary Marriage poster

Temporary Marriage

Movie · as Mrs. Hugh Manners

1923
The Age of Desire poster

The Age of Desire

Movie · as Janet Loring

1922
Ashes poster

Ashes

Movie · as Mrs. Crafton

1922
Reckless Youth poster

Reckless Youth

Movie · as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster

1922
Nancy from Nowhere poster

Nancy from Nowhere

Movie · as Mrs. Halliday

1922
Rich Men's Wives poster

Rich Men's Wives

Movie · as Mrs. Davenport

1922
The Hands of Nara poster

The Hands of Nara

Movie · as Vanessa Yates

1921
The Whistle poster

The Whistle

Movie · as Mrs. Chapple

1921
Black Roses poster

Black Roses

Movie · as Blanche De Vore

1921
Sowing the Wind poster

Sowing the Wind

Movie · as Baby Brabant

1921
The Concert poster

The Concert

Movie · as Mary Martinot

1920
Sex poster

Sex

Movie · as Mrs. Overman

1920
Harriet and the Piper poster

Harriet and the Piper

Movie · as Isabelle Carter

1920
The Silver Horde poster

The Silver Horde

Movie · as Cherry Malotté

1920
The Tiger's Coat poster

The Tiger's Coat

Movie

1920
Old Dad poster

Old Dad

Movie · as Virginia Bretton

1919
The Teeth of the Tiger poster

The Teeth of the Tiger

Movie · as Marie Forbes

1919
In Honor's Web poster

In Honor's Web

Movie · as Olive Meade

1918
In the Hollow of Her Hand poster

In the Hollow of Her Hand

Movie · as Sara Wrandell

1917
The Rustler's Vindication poster

The Rustler's Vindication

Movie

1917
The Prison Without Walls poster

The Prison Without Walls

Movie · as Helen Ainsworth

1917
The World Apart poster

The World Apart

Movie · as Beth Hoover

1917
Happiness of Three Women poster

Happiness of Three Women

Movie · as Constance Barr

1916
The Call of the Cumberlands poster

The Call of the Cumberlands

Movie · as Adrienne Lescott

1916
The Soul of Kura San poster

The Soul of Kura San

Movie · as Anne Willoughby

1916
The American Beauty poster

The American Beauty

Movie · as Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth

1916
Pasquale poster

Pasquale

Movie · as Banker's wife

1915
Kilmeny poster

Kilmeny

Movie · as Lady Leigh

1915
Hypocrites poster

Hypocrites

Movie · as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)

1915
It's No Laughing Matter poster

It's No Laughing Matter

Movie · as Bess Judd

1915
The Caprices of Kitty

The Caprices of Kitty

Movie · as Elaine Vernon

1915
Nearly a Lady

Nearly a Lady

Movie · as Mrs. Reginald Brooks

1915
The Majesty of the Law poster

The Majesty of the Law

Movie · as Virginia Fairfax

1915
Peer Gynt poster

Peer Gynt

Movie · as Solveig

1915
The Reform Candidate poster

The Reform Candidate

Movie

1915
The Wild Olive poster

The Wild Olive

Movie · as Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'

1914
By Unseen Hand

By Unseen Hand

Movie · as Margaret Warrington

1914
The Chechako poster

The Chechako

Movie · as Joy Gastell

1914
The Country Mouse poster

The Country Mouse

Movie · as Myrtle Marshall

1914
The Pursuit of the Phantom

The Pursuit of the Phantom

Movie · as Helen Alden

1914
Martin Eden poster

Martin Eden

Movie

1914
The Valley of the Moon

The Valley of the Moon

Movie · as Saxon

1913
The Rustler's Reformation poster

The Rustler's Reformation

Movie

1913
The Taming of Texas Pete poster

The Taming of Texas Pete

Movie · as The Baby's Mother

1913
Taming a Tenderfoot poster

Taming a Tenderfoot

Movie · as Jessie Reardon

1913
Sallie's Sure Shot poster

Sallie's Sure Shot

Movie · as Sallie

1913
Made a Coward poster

Made a Coward

Movie · as One of the Girls

1913
Religion and Gun Practice poster

Religion and Gun Practice

Movie · as Winona Judell

1913
That Mail Order Suit

That Mail Order Suit

Movie · as Betty

1913
The Marshal's Capture poster

The Marshal's Capture

Movie · as The Marshal's Wife

1913
Juggling with Fate poster

Juggling with Fate

Movie · as Dolores

1913
The Life Timer

The Life Timer

Movie · as Mona

1913
The Range Law poster

The Range Law

Movie · as Dora

1913
The Sheriff of Yavapai County poster

The Sheriff of Yavapai County

Movie · as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)

1913
The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver poster

The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver

Movie · as One of the Girls

1913
Mother Love vs Gold poster

Mother Love vs Gold

Movie · as Mrs. Bryson

1913
The Escape of Jim Dolan poster

The Escape of Jim Dolan

Movie · as Grace Wellington

1913
The Law and the Outlaw poster

The Law and the Outlaw

Movie · as Grace

1912
A Cowboy's Best Girl poster

A Cowboy's Best Girl

Movie · as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl

1912
The Scapegoat poster

The Scapegoat

Movie · as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart

1912
A War Time Romance poster

A War Time Romance

Movie · as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister

1912
So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law poster

So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law

Movie · as So-Jun-Wah

1911
Told in Colorado poster

Told in Colorado

Movie · as Edythe Bellaires

1911
The Bully of Bingo Gulch poster

The Bully of Bingo Gulch

Movie · as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter

1911
Western Hearts poster

Western Hearts

Movie · as Mrs. Long

1911
A Romance of the Rio Grande poster

A Romance of the Rio Grande

Movie · as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart

1911
The Two Orphans poster

The Two Orphans

Movie · as Countess de Linieres

1910
The Range Riders

The Range Riders

Movie