Edythe Chapman
Acting
1863-10-07 · Rochester, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Up the River
1930 · Movie
Man Trouble
1930 · Movie
Double Cross Roads
1930 · Movie
Take the Heir
1930 · Movie
Navy Blues
1929 · Movie
Twin Beds
1929 · Movie
The Idle Rich
1929 · Movie
Synthetic Sin
1929 · Movie
Three Week Ends
1928 · Movie
Sally's Shoulders
1928 · Movie
Heart Trouble
1928 · Movie
Happiness Ahead
1928 · Movie
The Little Yellow House
1928 · Movie
Love Hungry
1928 · Movie
The Count of Ten
1928 · Movie
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 · Movie
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928 · Movie
Man Crazy
1927 · Movie
The Crystal Cup
1927 · Movie
American Beauty
1927 · Movie
Naughty But Nice
1927 · Movie
Faithful Wives
1926 · Movie
One Minute to Play
1926 · Movie
The Boob
1926 · Movie
The Runaway
1926 · Movie
Three Faces East
1926 · Movie
Lazybones
1925 · Movie
Havoc
1925 · Movie
The Pride of the Force
1925 · Movie
Lightnin'
1925 · Movie
In the Name of Love
1925 · Movie
Soul Mates
1925 · Movie
Learning to Love
1925 · Movie
Worldly Goods
1924 · Movie
Broken Barriers
1924 · Movie
The Wise Virgin
1924 · Movie
Daughters of Pleasure
1924 · Movie
The Breaking Point
1924 · Movie
The Shadow of the East
1924 · Movie
Chastity
1923 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
1923 · Movie
The Miracle Makers
1923 · Movie
Hollywood
1923 · Movie
Divorce
1923 · Movie
The Girl I Loved
1923 · Movie
My American Wife
1922 · Movie
Youth to Youth
1922 · Movie
Manslaughter
1922 · Movie
A Tailor-Made Man
1922 · Movie
North of the Rio Grande
1922 · Movie
Beyond the Rocks
1922 · Movie
The Sleep Walker
1922 · Movie
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922 · Movie
Saturday Night
1922 · Movie
Voices of the City
1921 · Movie
Alias Ladyfingers
1921 · Movie
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921 · Movie
Bits of Life
1921 · Movie
A Wife's Awakening
1921 · Movie
One Wild Week
1921 · Movie
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921 · Movie
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921 · Movie
Just Out of College
1920 · Movie
The County Fair
1920 · Movie
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920 · Movie
Out of the Storm
1920 · Movie
Huckleberry Finn
1920 · Movie
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920 · Movie
Pinto
1920 · Movie
Everywoman
1919 · Movie
Flame of the Desert
1919 · Movie
Deliverance
1919 · Movie
Fires of Faith
1919 · Movie
Secret Service
1919 · Movie
An Innocent Adventuress
1919 · Movie
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919 · Movie
The Home Town Girl
1919 · Movie
Experimental Marriage
1919 · Movie
Alias Mike Moran
1919 · Movie
The Winning Girl
1919 · Movie
You Never Saw Such a Girl
1919 · Movie
Faith
1919 · Movie
Peg o' My Heart
1919 · Movie
The Gypsy Trail
1918 · Movie
Borrowed Clothes
1918 · Movie
Unexpected Places
1918 · Movie
Bound in Morocco
1918 · Movie
Sandy
1918 · Movie
Say! Young Fellow
1918 · Movie
The Only Road
1918 · Movie
Old Wives for New
1918 · Movie
Rose o' Paradise
1918 · Movie
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918 · Movie
The Whispering Chorus
1918 · Movie
Huck and Tom
1918 · Movie
The Spirit of '17
1918 · Movie
A Modern Musketeer
1917 · Movie
Tom Sawyer
1917 · Movie
A Little Princess
1917 · Movie
The Ghost House
1917 · Movie
The Countess Charming
1917 · Movie
On the Level
1917 · Movie
The Crystal Gazer
1917 · Movie
The Little American
1917 · Movie
The Girl at Home
1917 · Movie
A Mormon Maid
1917 · Movie
A School for Husbands
1917 · Movie
The Evil Eye
1917 · Movie
Oliver Twist
1916 · Movie
The Plow Girl
1916 · Movie
The Heir to the Hoorah
1916 · Movie
Anton the Terrible
1916 · Movie
Public Opinion
1916 · Movie
The Selfish Woman
1916 · Movie
The Golden Chance
1915 · Movie
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915 · Movie
Richelieu
1914 · Movie