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)
Double Cross Roads as Mrs. Carlyle
Man Trouble as Aunt Maggie
Take the Heir as Lady Tweedham

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

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

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

1918

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

1917

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

1916

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