Edythe Chapman
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1923)
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
Richelieu (1914)
as The Queen
Out of the Storm (1920)
as Lady Bridgeminster
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928)
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
The Boob (1926)
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
Up the River (1930)
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Hollywood (1923)
as Edythe Chapman
Twin Beds (1929)
as Ma Dolan
Sandy (1918)
as Mrs. Hollis
Navy Blues (1929)
as Mrs. Brown
The Shepherd of the Hills (1928)
as Aunt Mollie
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
as Lady Bracondale
The Count of Ten (1928)
as Mother McKinney
Manslaughter (1922)
as Adeline Bennett
Broken Barriers (1924)
as Beulah Reynolds
Unexpected Places (1918)
as Mrs. Penfield
Divorce (1923)
as Mrs. George Reed
Saturday Night (1922)
as Mrs. Prentiss
A Wife's Awakening (1921)
as Mrs. Kelcey
Her Husband’s Trademark (1922)
as Mother Berkeley
The Whispering Chorus (1918)
as John Tremble's mother
Love Hungry (1928)
as Ma Robinson
Alias Ladyfingers (1921)
as Rachel Stetherill
The Miracle Makers (1923)
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
Youth to Youth (1922)
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)
as Older Mrs. Breede
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
as Aunt Polly
In the Name of Love (1925)
as Mother Melnotte
The Home Town Girl (1919)
as Mrs. Fanshawe
Deliverance (1919)
as Sarah Fuller
Oliver Twist (1916)
as Mrs. Brownlow
Secret Service (1919)
as Mrs. Varney
Man Trouble (1930)
as Aunt Maggie
A Little Princess (1917)
as (uncredited)
On the Level (1917)
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
One Minute to Play (1926)
as Mrs. Wade
Three Week Ends (1928)
as Ma O'Brien
The Little American (1917)
as Mrs. von Austreim
Old Wives for New (1918)
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
Chastity (1923)
as Mrs. Harris
A School for Husbands (1917)
as Mrs. Manners
Bits of Life (1921)
Actor
Faith (1919)
as Martha Owen
A Tailor-Made Man (1922)
as Mrs. Nathan
The Crystal Cup (1927)
as Mrs. Carteret
The Ghost House (1917)
as Mrs. Rawson
Naughty But Nice (1927)
as Mrs. Altewood
Everywoman (1919)
as Truth
The Girl at Home (1917)
as Mary Dexter
Lightnin' (1925)
as Mrs. Jones
The Sleep Walker (1922)
as Sister Ursula
The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915)
as The Mother
Lazybones (1925)
as Mrs. Tuttle
A Mormon Maid (1917)
as Nancy Hogue
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
as Mrs. Thacker
The Evil Eye (1917)
Actor
Sally's Shoulders (1928)
as Emily
Voices of the City (1921)
as Mrs. Rodman
My American Wife (1922)
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
The Pride of the Force (1925)
as Mother Moore
The Idle Rich (1929)
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Just Out of College (1920)
as Mrs. Pickering
The Wise Virgin (1924)
as Mrs. John Farrington
The Shadow of the East (1924)
as Aunt Caroline
The Heir to the Hoorah (1916)
as Mrs. Kent
The Runaway (1926)
as Mrs. Murrell
Bunty Pulls the Strings (1921)
as Eelen Dunlap
Havoc (1925)
as Mrs. Chappel
Huck and Tom (1918)
as Aunt Polly
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919)
as Teddy's Mother
The Selfish Woman (1916)
as Mrs. Hale
Daughters of Pleasure (1924)
as Mrs. Hadley
The Only Road (1918)
as Clara Hawkins
Double Cross Roads (1930)
as Mrs. Carlyle
Learning to Love (1925)
as Aunt Penelope
Tom Sawyer (1917)
as Aunt Polly
American Beauty (1927)
as Madame O'Riley
Flame of the Desert (1919)
as Lady Snowden
Anton the Terrible (1916)
as Babushka (Anton's mother)
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1920)
as Mrs. Dean
Pinto (1920)
as Mrs. Audry
The Little Yellow House (1928)
as Grandmother Pentland
Heart Trouble (1928)
Actor
The Countess Charming (1917)
as Mrs. Lovering
A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)
as Senora Urique
Bound in Morocco (1918)
as Ysail's Mother
Worldly Goods (1924)
as Mrs. Lawson
The Girl I Loved (1923)
as Mother Middleton
A Tale of Two Worlds (1921)
as Mrs. Newcombe
The Golden Chance (1915)
as Mrs. Hillary
Take the Heir (1930)
as Lady Tweedham
Peg o' My Heart (1919)
Actor
Say! Young Fellow (1918)
as A Sweet Spinster
Alias Mike Moran (1919)
as Ma Young
The Breaking Point (1924)
as Lucy Livingstone
Synthetic Sin (1929)
as Mrs. Fairfax
Faithful Wives (1926)
as The Mother
An Innocent Adventuress (1919)
as Aunt Heppy
North of the Rio Grande (1922)
as Belle Hannon
The Crystal Gazer (1917)
as Mrs. Mannering
You Never Saw Such a Girl (1919)
as Mrs. Burgess
Dangerous Curve Ahead (1921)
as Mrs. Mabee
The Plow Girl (1916)
as Lady Brentwood
The County Fair (1920)
as Aunt Abigail Prue
Three Faces East (1926)
as Mrs. Bennett
Experimental Marriage (1919)
as Mrs. Ercoll
Fires of Faith (1919)
as Mrs. Booth
Rose o' Paradise (1918)
as Peg Grandoken
The Spirit of '17 (1918)
as Mrs. Glidden
Happiness Ahead (1928)
as Mrs. Randall
One Wild Week (1921)
as Mrs. Dorn
The Gypsy Trail (1918)
as Grandma
Soul Mates (1925)
as Tancred's mother
Borrowed Clothes (1918)
as Mary's Mother
Public Opinion (1916)
as Mrs. Carson Morgan
The Winning Girl (1919)
as Second Mrs. Milligan
Man Crazy (1927)
as Grandmother Janeway