Edythe Chapman
female
Born on October 07, 1863 (161 years old)
Passed Away on October 15, 1948
From Rochester, New York, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
- 1926
- 1925
- 1924
- 1923
- 1922
- 1921
- 1920
- 1919
Alias Mike Moran
as
Ma Young
1919
Flame of the Desert
as
Lady Snowden
1919
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The Winning Girl
as
Second Mrs. Milligan
1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as
Teddy's Mother
1919
Experimental Marriage
as
Mrs. Ercoll
1919
Secret Service
as
Mrs. Varney
1919
Everywoman
as
Truth
1919
Fires of Faith
as
Mrs. Booth
1919
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Peg o' My Heart
1919
- 1918
Borrowed Clothes
as
Mary's Mother
1918
Huck and Tom
as
Aunt Polly
1918
The Whispering Chorus
as
John Tremble's mother
1918
Unexpected Places
as
Mrs. Penfield
1918
The Spirit of '17
as
Mrs. Glidden
1918
Rose o' Paradise
as
Peg Grandoken
1918
Old Wives for New
as
Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
1918
Say! Young Fellow
as
A Sweet Spinster
1918
Bound in Morocco
as
Ysail's Mother
1918
The Only Road
as
Clara Hawkins
1918
The Gypsy Trail
as
Grandma
1918
- 1917
A Mormon Maid
as
Nancy Hogue
1917
The Countess Charming
as
Mrs. Lovering
1917
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The Evil Eye
1917
A Modern Musketeer
as
Mrs. Thacker
1917
The Little American
as
Mrs. von Austreim
1917
A Little Princess
as
(uncredited)
1917
Tom Sawyer
as
Aunt Polly
1917
The Girl at Home
as
Mary Dexter
1917
On the Level
as
Joe Blanchard's Mother
1917
The Crystal Gazer
as
Mrs. Mannering
1917
A School for Husbands
as
Mrs. Manners
1917
- 1916
- 1915
- 1914
