Edythe Chapman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 7, 1863
- Died
- October 15, 1948
- Birthplace
- 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
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Man Trouble 1930
as Aunt Maggie
Double Cross Roads 1930
as Mrs. Carlyle
- Take the Heir
Take the Heir 1930
as Lady Tweedham
Navy Blues 1929
as Mrs. Brown
Twin Beds 1929
as Ma Dolan
The Idle Rich 1929
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Synthetic Sin 1929
as Mrs. Fairfax
Three Week Ends 1928
as Ma O'Brien
Sally's Shoulders 1928
as Emily
Heart Trouble 1928
Actor
Happiness Ahead 1928
as Mrs. Randall
The Little Yellow House 1928
as Grandmother Pentland
Love Hungry 1928
as Ma Robinson
The Count of Ten 1928
as Mother McKinney
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg 1928
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
The Shepherd of the Hills 1928
as Aunt Mollie
- Man Crazy
Man Crazy 1927
as Grandmother Janeway
The Crystal Cup 1927
as Mrs. Carteret
American Beauty 1927
as Madame O'Riley
Naughty But Nice 1927
as Mrs. Altewood
- Faithful Wives
Faithful Wives 1926
as The Mother
One Minute to Play 1926
as Mrs. Wade
The Boob 1926
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
The Runaway 1926
as Mrs. Murrell
Three Faces East 1926
as Mrs. Bennett
Lazybones 1925
as Mrs. Tuttle
Havoc 1925
as Mrs. Chappel
- The Pride of the Force
The Pride of the Force 1925
as Mother Moore
Lightnin' 1925
as Mrs. Jones
In the Name of Love 1925
as Mother Melnotte
Soul Mates 1925
as Tancred's mother
Learning to Love 1925
as Aunt Penelope
Worldly Goods 1924
as Mrs. Lawson
Broken Barriers 1924
as Beulah Reynolds
The Wise Virgin 1924
as Mrs. John Farrington
Daughters of Pleasure 1924
as Mrs. Hadley
The Breaking Point 1924
as Lucy Livingstone
The Shadow of the East 1924
as Aunt Caroline
Chastity 1923
as Mrs. Harris
The Ten Commandments 1923
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
The Miracle Makers 1923
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
Hollywood 1923
as Edythe Chapman
Divorce 1923
as Mrs. George Reed
The Girl I Loved 1923
as Mother Middleton
My American Wife 1922
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Youth to Youth 1922
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
Manslaughter 1922
as Adeline Bennett
A Tailor-Made Man 1922
as Mrs. Nathan
North of the Rio Grande 1922
as Belle Hannon
Beyond the Rocks 1922
as Lady Bracondale
The Sleep Walker 1922
as Sister Ursula
Her Husband’s Trademark 1922
as Mother Berkeley
Saturday Night 1922
as Mrs. Prentiss
Voices of the City 1921
as Mrs. Rodman
Alias Ladyfingers 1921
as Rachel Stetherill
Dangerous Curve Ahead 1921
as Mrs. Mabee
Bits of Life 1921
Actor
A Wife's Awakening 1921
as Mrs. Kelcey
- One Wild Week
One Wild Week 1921
as Mrs. Dorn
A Tale of Two Worlds 1921
as Mrs. Newcombe
Bunty Pulls the Strings 1921
as Eelen Dunlap
Just Out of College 1920
as Mrs. Pickering
The County Fair 1920
as Aunt Abigail Prue
A Double-Dyed Deceiver 1920
as Senora Urique
Out of the Storm 1920
as Lady Bridgeminster
Huckleberry Finn 1920
as Aunt Polly
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 1920
as Mrs. Dean
Pinto 1920
as Mrs. Audry
Everywoman 1919
as Truth
Flame of the Desert 1919
as Lady Snowden
Deliverance 1919
as Sarah Fuller
Fires of Faith 1919
as Mrs. Booth
Secret Service 1919
as Mrs. Varney
An Innocent Adventuress 1919
as Aunt Heppy
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo 1919
as Teddy's Mother
The Home Town Girl 1919
as Mrs. Fanshawe
Experimental Marriage 1919
as Mrs. Ercoll
Alias Mike Moran 1919
as Ma Young
The Winning Girl 1919
as Second Mrs. Milligan
- You Never Saw Such a Girl
You Never Saw Such a Girl 1919
as Mrs. Burgess
Faith 1919
as Martha Owen
- Peg o' My Heart
Peg o' My Heart 1919
Actor
The Gypsy Trail 1918
as Grandma
Borrowed Clothes 1918
as Mary's Mother
Unexpected Places 1918
as Mrs. Penfield
Bound in Morocco 1918
as Ysail's Mother
Sandy 1918
as Mrs. Hollis
Say! Young Fellow 1918
as A Sweet Spinster
The Only Road 1918
as Clara Hawkins
Old Wives for New 1918
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
Rose o' Paradise 1918
as Peg Grandoken
His Majesty, Bunker Bean 1918
as Older Mrs. Breede
The Whispering Chorus 1918
as John Tremble's mother
Huck and Tom 1918
as Aunt Polly
The Spirit of '17 1918
as Mrs. Glidden
A Modern Musketeer 1917
as Mrs. Thacker
Tom Sawyer 1917
as Aunt Polly
A Little Princess 1917
as (uncredited)
The Ghost House 1917
as Mrs. Rawson
The Countess Charming 1917
as Mrs. Lovering
On the Level 1917
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
The Crystal Gazer 1917
as Mrs. Mannering
The Little American 1917
as Mrs. von Austreim
The Girl at Home 1917
as Mary Dexter
A Mormon Maid 1917
as Nancy Hogue
A School for Husbands 1917
as Mrs. Manners
- The Evil Eye
The Evil Eye 1917
Actor
Oliver Twist 1916
as Mrs. Brownlow
The Plow Girl 1916
as Lady Brentwood
The Heir to the Hoorah 1916
as Mrs. Kent
Anton the Terrible 1916
as Babushka (Anton's mother)
- Public Opinion
Public Opinion 1916
as Mrs. Carson Morgan
The Selfish Woman 1916
as Mrs. Hale
The Golden Chance 1915
as Mrs. Hillary
The Pretty Sister of Jose 1915
as The Mother
Richelieu 1914
as The Queen
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