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

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

Hollywood as Edythe Chapman
The Ten Commandments as Mrs. Martha McTavish
The Girl I Loved as Mother Middleton
Chastity as Mrs. Harris

1922

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

1921

Bits of Life
Alias Ladyfingers as Rachel Stetherill
Bunty Pulls the Strings as Eelen Dunlap
One Wild Week as Mrs. Dorn
Voices of the City as Mrs. Rodman
Dangerous Curve Ahead as Mrs. Mabee

1920

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

1919

Flame of the Desert as Lady Snowden
Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo as Teddy's Mother
Alias Mike Moran as Ma Young
Experimental Marriage as Mrs. Ercoll
Everywoman as Truth
Fires of Faith as Mrs. Booth
The Winning Girl as Second Mrs. Milligan
Peg o' My Heart

1918

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

1917

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

1916

Oliver Twist as Mrs. Brownlow
The Heir to the Hoorah as Mrs. Kent
The Selfish Woman as Mrs. Hale

1915

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

1914

Richelieu as The Queen