Edythe Chapman
Acting
Born October 7, 1863 · 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.
Films (113)
Up the River
1930
Man Trouble
1930
Double Cross Roads
1930
Take the Heir
1930
Navy Blues
1929
Twin Beds
1929
The Idle Rich
1929
Synthetic Sin
1929
Three Week Ends
1928
Sally's Shoulders
1928
Heart Trouble
1928
Happiness Ahead
1928
The Little Yellow House
1928
Love Hungry
1928
The Count of Ten
1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928
The Crystal Cup
1927
American Beauty
1927
Naughty But Nice
1927
Faithful Wives
1926
One Minute to Play
1926
The Boob
1926
The Runaway
1926
Three Faces East
1926
Lazybones
1925
Havoc
1925
The Pride of the Force
1925
Lightnin'
1925
In the Name of Love
1925
Soul Mates
1925
Learning to Love
1925
Worldly Goods
1924
Broken Barriers
1924
The Wise Virgin
1924
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
The Breaking Point
1924
The Shadow of the East
1924
Chastity
1923
The Ten Commandments
1923
The Miracle Makers
1923
Hollywood
1923
Divorce
1923
The Girl I Loved
1923
My American Wife
1922
Youth to Youth
1922
Manslaughter
1922
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
North of the Rio Grande
1922
Beyond the Rocks
1922
The Sleep Walker
1922
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
Saturday Night
1922
Voices of the City
1921
Alias Ladyfingers
1921
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921
Bits of Life
1921
A Wife's Awakening
1921
One Wild Week
1921
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921
Just Out of College
1920
The County Fair
1920
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
Out of the Storm
1920
Huckleberry Finn
1920
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920
Pinto
1920
Everywoman
1919
Flame of the Desert
1919
Fires of Faith
1919
Secret Service
1919
An Innocent Adventuress
1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
The Home Town Girl
1919
Experimental Marriage
1919
Alias Mike Moran
1919
The Winning Girl
1919
Faith
1919
Peg o' My Heart
1919
The Gypsy Trail
1918
Borrowed Clothes
1918
Unexpected Places
1918
Bound in Morocco
1918
Sandy
1918
Say! Young Fellow
1918
The Only Road
1918
Old Wives for New
1918
Rose o' Paradise
1918
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
The Whispering Chorus
1918
Huck and Tom
1918
The Spirit of '17
1918
A Modern Musketeer
1917
Tom Sawyer
1917
A Little Princess
1917
The Ghost House
1917
The Countess Charming
1917
On the Level
1917
The Crystal Gazer
1917
The Little American
1917
The Girl at Home
1917
A Mormon Maid
1917
A School for Husbands
1917
The Evil Eye
1917
Oliver Twist
1916
The Plow Girl
1916
The Heir to the Hoorah
1916
Anton the Terrible
1916
The Selfish Woman
1916
The Golden Chance
1915
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
Richelieu
1914