Edythe Chapman
Acting
- Born:
- 1863-10-07
- Died:
- 1948-10-15
- Place of birth:
- Rochester, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Up the River
Man Trouble
Double Cross Roads
Take the Heir
Navy Blues
Twin Beds
The Idle Rich
Synthetic Sin
Three Week Ends
Sally's Shoulders
Heart Trouble
Happiness Ahead
The Little Yellow House
Love Hungry
The Count of Ten
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Shepherd of the Hills
Man Crazy
The Crystal Cup
American Beauty
Naughty But Nice
Faithful Wives
One Minute to Play
The Boob
The Runaway
Three Faces East
Lazybones
Havoc
The Pride of the Force
Lightnin'
In the Name of Love
Soul Mates
Learning to Love
Worldly Goods
Broken Barriers
The Wise Virgin
Daughters of Pleasure
The Breaking Point
The Shadow of the East
Chastity
The Ten Commandments
The Miracle Makers
Hollywood
Divorce
The Girl I Loved
My American Wife
Youth to Youth
Manslaughter
A Tailor-Made Man
North of the Rio Grande
Beyond the Rocks
The Sleep Walker
Her Husband’s Trademark
Saturday Night
Voices of the City
Alias Ladyfingers
Dangerous Curve Ahead
Bits of Life
A Wife's Awakening
One Wild Week
A Tale of Two Worlds
Bunty Pulls the Strings
Just Out of College
The County Fair
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Out of the Storm
Huckleberry Finn
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Pinto
Everywoman
Flame of the Desert
Deliverance
Fires of Faith
Secret Service
An Innocent Adventuress
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
The Home Town Girl
Experimental Marriage
Alias Mike Moran
The Winning Girl
You Never Saw Such a Girl
Faith
Peg o' My Heart
The Gypsy Trail
Borrowed Clothes
Unexpected Places
Bound in Morocco
Sandy
Say! Young Fellow
The Only Road
Old Wives for New
Rose o' Paradise
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
The Whispering Chorus
Huck and Tom
The Spirit of '17
A Modern Musketeer
Tom Sawyer
A Little Princess
The Ghost House
The Countess Charming
On the Level
The Crystal Gazer
The Little American
The Girl at Home
A Mormon Maid
A School for Husbands
The Evil Eye
Oliver Twist
The Plow Girl
The Heir to the Hoorah
Anton the Terrible
Public Opinion
The Selfish Woman
The Golden Chance
The Pretty Sister of Jose
Richelieu