
Acting
Born March 3, 1883 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. Myrtle did not enter the field of light opera because of her preference for light opera. She starred for a number of seasons in Isle of Spice and The Chocolate Soldier. She performed for a year at the Whitney Theater in Chicago and was a prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Her first appearances in movies were in Selig studio western and action short films. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair. In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers to play bit and extra roles. Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938. Myrtle Stedman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938 at the age of 54. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California. Her husband Marshall Stedman was a drama school conductor. They were divorced by 1920. Their son Lincoln Stedman was a prolific silent film character actor.

Accidents Will Happen
1938

A Slight Case of Murder
1938

She Loved a Fireman
1937

Missing Witnesses
1937

Over the Goal
1937

Alcatraz Island
1937

That Certain Woman
1937

Back in Circulation
1937

The Go-Getter
1937

Draegerman Courage
1937

That Man's Here Again
1937

Ready, Willing and Able
1937
Under Southern Stars
1937

Green Light
1937

The Great O'Malley
1937

Give Me Liberty
1936

Song of the Saddle
1936

Here's to Romance
1935

School for Girls
1934

Beggars in Ermine
1934

Klondike
1932

Alias Mary Smith
1932

Beau Ideal
1931

The Truth About Youth
1930

Little Accident
1930

The Love Racket
1929

The Wheel of Life
1929

The Sin Sister
1929

The Jazz Age
1929

Sporting Goods
1928

No Place to Go
1927

The Irresistible Lover
1927

Women's Wares
1927

The Life of Riley
1927

Alias The Deacon
1927

The Black Diamond Express
1927
The Man in the Shadow
1926

Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926

The Prince of Pilsen
1926

The Far Cry
1926
Tessie
1925

Chickie
1925

The Goose Hangs High
1925

Sally
1925

The Mad Whirl
1925

If I Marry Again
1925

The Breath of Scandal
1924

Wine
1924

The Woman on the Jury
1924

Lilies of the Field
1924

Judgment of the Storm
1924

Flaming Youth
1923

Six Days
1923

The Age of Desire
1923

Temporary Marriage
1923

Crashin' Thru
1923

The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923

The Dangerous Age
1923

Rich Men's Wives
1922

The Hands of Nara
1922

Reckless Youth
1922

Ashes
1922

Nancy from Nowhere
1922

Black Roses
1921

The Whistle
1921

Sowing the Wind
1921

The Concert
1921

The Tiger's Coat
1920

Old Dad
1920

Harriet and the Piper
1920

The Silver Horde
1920

Sex
1920

In Honor's Web
1919

The Teeth of the Tiger
1919

In the Hollow of Her Hand
1918

The Rustler's Vindication
1917

The World Apart
1917

The Prison Without Walls
1917

Happiness of Three Women
1917

The Soul of Kura San
1916

The American Beauty
1916

Pasquale
1916

The Call of the Cumberlands
1916

The Reform Candidate
1915

Peer Gynt
1915

The Majesty of the Law
1915
Nearly a Lady
1915

Kilmeny
1915

The Wild Olive
1915
The Caprices of Kitty
1915

Hypocrites
1915

It's No Laughing Matter
1915

The Chechako
1914

The Country Mouse
1914
The Pursuit of the Phantom
1914

Martin Eden
1914
By Unseen Hand
1914

Mother Love vs Gold
1913

The Rustler's Reformation
1913

The Escape of Jim Dolan
1913

The Taming of Texas Pete
1913

Made a Coward
1913

Sallie's Sure Shot
1913

The Marshal's Capture
1913

Taming a Tenderfoot
1913

The Law and the Outlaw
1913

Religion and Gun Practice
1913
That Mail Order Suit
1913

The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
1913
The Life Timer
1913

The Sheriff of Yavapai County
1913

Juggling with Fate
1913

The Range Law
1913

So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
1912

A War Time Romance
1912

The Scapegoat
1912

A Cowboy's Best Girl
1912

The Bully of Bingo Gulch
1911

A Romance of the Rio Grande
1911

Western Hearts
1911

Told in Colorado
1911

The Two Orphans
1911
The Range Riders
1910