
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.

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