Edythe Chapman
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieUp the River
1930
Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
movieMan Trouble
1930
Aunt Maggie
movieDouble Cross Roads
1930
Mrs. Carlyle
Take the Heir
1930
Lady Tweedham
movieNavy Blues
1929
Mrs. Brown
movieTwin Beds
1929
Ma Dolan
movieThe Idle Rich
1929
Mrs. Alice Thayer
movieSynthetic Sin
1929
Mrs. Fairfax
movieThree Week Ends
1928
Ma O'Brien
movieHappiness Ahead
1928
Mrs. Randall
movieThe Little Yellow House
1928
Grandmother Pentland
movieLove Hungry
1928
Ma Robinson
movieThe Count of Ten
1928
Mother McKinney
movieThe Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
movieThe Shepherd of the Hills
1928
Aunt Mollie
Man Crazy
1927
Grandmother Janeway
movieThe Crystal Cup
1927
Mrs. Carteret
movieAmerican Beauty
1927
Madame O'Riley
movieNaughty But Nice
1927
Mrs. Altewood
Faithful Wives
1926
The Mother
movieOne Minute to Play
1926
Mrs. Wade
movieThe Boob
1926
The Old Lady (uncredited)
movieThe Runaway
1926
Mrs. Murrell
movieThree Faces East
1926
Mrs. Bennett
movieLazybones
1925
Mrs. Tuttle
movieHavoc
1925
Mrs. Chappel
movieLightnin'
1925
Mrs. Jones
movieIn the Name of Love
1925
Mother Melnotte
movieSoul Mates
1925
Tancred's mother
movieLearning to Love
1925
Aunt Penelope
movieWorldly Goods
1924
Mrs. Lawson
movieBroken Barriers
1924
Beulah Reynolds
movieThe Wise Virgin
1924
Mrs. John Farrington
movieDaughters of Pleasure
1924
Mrs. Hadley
movieThe Breaking Point
1924
Lucy Livingstone
movieThe Shadow of the East
1924
Aunt Caroline
movieChastity
1923
Mrs. Harris
movieThe Ten Commandments
1923
Mrs. Martha McTavish
movieThe Miracle Makers
1923
Mrs. Martha Mansfield
movieHollywood
1923
Edythe Chapman
movieDivorce
1923
Mrs. George Reed
movieThe Girl I Loved
1923
Mother Middleton
movieMy American Wife
1922
Donna Isabella LaTassa
movieYouth to Youth
1922
Mrs. Cora Knittson
movieManslaughter
1922
Adeline Bennett
movieA Tailor-Made Man
1922
Mrs. Nathan
movieNorth of the Rio Grande
1922
Belle Hannon
movieBeyond the Rocks
1922
Lady Bracondale
movieThe Sleep Walker
1922
Sister Ursula
movieHer Husband’s Trademark
1922
Mother Berkeley
movieSaturday Night
1922
Mrs. Prentiss
movieVoices of the City
1921
Mrs. Rodman
movieAlias Ladyfingers
1921
Rachel Stetherill
movieDangerous Curve Ahead
1921
Mrs. Mabee
movieA Wife's Awakening
1921
Mrs. Kelcey
One Wild Week
1921
Mrs. Dorn
movieA Tale of Two Worlds
1921
Mrs. Newcombe
movieBunty Pulls the Strings
1921
Eelen Dunlap
movieJust Out of College
1920
Mrs. Pickering
movieThe County Fair
1920
Aunt Abigail Prue
movieA Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
Senora Urique
movieOut of the Storm
1920
Lady Bridgeminster
movieHuckleberry Finn
1920
Aunt Polly
moviePinto
1920
Mrs. Audry
movieEverywoman
1919
Truth
movieFlame of the Desert
1919
Lady Snowden
movieDeliverance
1919
Sarah Fuller
movieFires of Faith
1919
Mrs. Booth
movieSecret Service
1919
Mrs. Varney
movieAn Innocent Adventuress
1919
Aunt Heppy
movieThe Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
Teddy's Mother
movieThe Home Town Girl
1919
Mrs. Fanshawe
movieExperimental Marriage
1919
Mrs. Ercoll
movieAlias Mike Moran
1919
Ma Young
movieThe Winning Girl
1919
Second Mrs. Milligan
movieFaith
1919
Martha Owen
movieThe Gypsy Trail
1918
Grandma
movieBorrowed Clothes
1918
Mary's Mother
movieUnexpected Places
1918
Mrs. Penfield
movieBound in Morocco
1918
Ysail's Mother
movieSandy
1918
Mrs. Hollis
movieSay! Young Fellow
1918
A Sweet Spinster
movieThe Only Road
1918
Clara Hawkins
movieOld Wives for New
1918
Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
movieRose o' Paradise
1918
Peg Grandoken
movieHis Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
Older Mrs. Breede
movieThe Whispering Chorus
1918
John Tremble's mother
movieHuck and Tom
1918
Aunt Polly
movieThe Spirit of '17
1918
Mrs. Glidden
movieA Modern Musketeer
1917
Mrs. Thacker
movieTom Sawyer
1917
Aunt Polly
movieA Little Princess
1917
(uncredited)
movieThe Ghost House
1917
Mrs. Rawson
movieThe Countess Charming
1917
Mrs. Lovering
movieOn the Level
1917
Joe Blanchard's Mother
movieThe Crystal Gazer
1917
Mrs. Mannering
movieThe Little American
1917
Mrs. von Austreim
movieThe Girl at Home
1917
Mary Dexter
movieA Mormon Maid
1917
Nancy Hogue
movieA School for Husbands
1917
Mrs. Manners
movieOliver Twist
1916
Mrs. Brownlow
movieThe Plow Girl
1916
Lady Brentwood
movieThe Heir to the Hoorah
1916
Mrs. Kent
movieAnton the Terrible
1916
Babushka (Anton's mother)
Public Opinion
1916
Mrs. Carson Morgan
movieThe Selfish Woman
1916
Mrs. Hale
movieThe Golden Chance
1915
Mrs. Hillary
movieThe Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
The Mother
movieRichelieu
1914
The Queen