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

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

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

1918

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

1917

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

1916

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

1915

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

1914

Richelieu as The Queen