Edythe Chapman

Born: 1863-10-07 in Rochester, New York, USA

Died: 1948-10-15

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1930

Man Trouble as Aunt Maggie
Up the River as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Double Cross Roads as Mrs. Carlyle
Take the Heir as Lady Tweedham

1929

Navy Blues as Mrs. Brown
The Idle Rich as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Synthetic Sin as Mrs. Fairfax
Twin Beds as Ma Dolan

1928

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Love Hungry as Ma Robinson
The Little Yellow House as Grandmother Pentland
Heart Trouble
The Shepherd of the Hills as Aunt Mollie
Happiness Ahead as Mrs. Randall
The Count of Ten as Mother McKinney
Sally's Shoulders as Emily
Three Week Ends as Ma O'Brien

1927

American Beauty as Madame O'Riley
Naughty But Nice as Mrs. Altewood
The Crystal Cup as Mrs. Carteret
Man Crazy as Grandmother Janeway

1926

The Boob as The Old Lady (uncredited)
One Minute to Play as Mrs. Wade
Three Faces East as Mrs. Bennett
The Runaway as Mrs. Murrell
Faithful Wives as The Mother

1925

Lightnin' as Mrs. Jones
Lazybones as Mrs. Tuttle
Learning to Love as Aunt Penelope
The Pride of the Force as Mother Moore
In the Name of Love as Mother Melnotte
Havoc as Mrs. Chappel
Soul Mates as Tancred's mother

1924

Daughters of Pleasure as Mrs. Hadley
Broken Barriers as Beulah Reynolds
The Shadow of the East as Aunt Caroline
The Breaking Point as Lucy Livingstone
Worldly Goods as Mrs. Lawson
The Wise Virgin as Mrs. John Farrington

1923

The Ten Commandments as Mrs. Martha McTavish
Hollywood as Edythe Chapman
The Girl I Loved as Mother Middleton
Chastity as Mrs. Harris
Divorce as Mrs. George Reed
The Miracle Makers as Mrs. Martha Mansfield

1922

My American Wife as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Manslaughter as Adeline Bennett
Beyond the Rocks as Lady Bracondale
A Tailor-Made Man as Mrs. Nathan
Saturday Night as Mrs. Prentiss
North of the Rio Grande as Belle Hannon
Youth to Youth as Mrs. Cora Knittson
Her Husband’s Trademark as Mother Berkeley
The Sleep Walker as Sister Ursula

1921

A Tale of Two Worlds as Mrs. Newcombe
Voices of the City as Mrs. Rodman
Bunty Pulls the Strings as Eelen Dunlap
Alias Ladyfingers as Rachel Stetherill
Bits of Life
Dangerous Curve Ahead as Mrs. Mabee
One Wild Week as Mrs. Dorn
A Wife's Awakening as Mrs. Kelcey

1920

The County Fair as Aunt Abigail Prue
Pinto as Mrs. Audry
A Double-Dyed Deceiver as Senora Urique
Huckleberry Finn as Aunt Polly
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as Mrs. Dean
Out of the Storm as Lady Bridgeminster
Just Out of College as Mrs. Pickering

1919

The Winning Girl as Second Mrs. Milligan
An Innocent Adventuress as Aunt Heppy
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo as Teddy's Mother
Experimental Marriage as Mrs. Ercoll
Fires of Faith as Mrs. Booth
Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
Deliverance as Sarah Fuller
Everywoman as Truth
Alias Mike Moran as Ma Young
The Home Town Girl as Mrs. Fanshawe
Peg o' My Heart
Faith as Martha Owen
Flame of the Desert as Lady Snowden
You Never Saw Such a Girl as Mrs. Burgess

1918

The Only Road as Clara Hawkins
The Whispering Chorus as John Tremble's mother
Say! Young Fellow as A Sweet Spinster
Sandy as Mrs. Hollis
Borrowed Clothes as Mary's Mother
Old Wives for New as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
His Majesty, Bunker Bean as Older Mrs. Breede
Unexpected Places as Mrs. Penfield
Bound in Morocco as Ysail's Mother
The Gypsy Trail as Grandma
Huck and Tom as Aunt Polly
Rose o' Paradise as Peg Grandoken
The Spirit of '17 as Mrs. Glidden

1917

The Little American as Mrs. von Austreim
Tom Sawyer as Aunt Polly
A Little Princess as (uncredited)
On the Level as Joe Blanchard's Mother
The Crystal Gazer as Mrs. Mannering
A Modern Musketeer as Mrs. Thacker
A Mormon Maid as Nancy Hogue
The Countess Charming as Mrs. Lovering
The Ghost House as Mrs. Rawson
The Evil Eye
A School for Husbands as Mrs. Manners
The Girl at Home as Mary Dexter

1916

Public Opinion as Mrs. Carson Morgan
Oliver Twist as Mrs. Brownlow
The Selfish Woman as Mrs. Hale
Anton the Terrible as Babushka (Anton's mother)
The Plow Girl as Lady Brentwood
The Heir to the Hoorah as Mrs. Kent

1915

The Pretty Sister of Jose as The Mother
The Golden Chance as Mrs. Hillary

1914

Richelieu as The Queen