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

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

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
The Runaway as Mrs. Murrell
Three Faces East as Mrs. Bennett
Faithful Wives as The Mother

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

1918

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

1917

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

1916

Public Opinion as Mrs. Carson Morgan
The Plow Girl as Lady Brentwood
The Heir to the Hoorah as Mrs. Kent
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