Acting
Edythe Chapman
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
Take the Heir
Film · 1930
Man Trouble
Film · 1930
Double Cross Roads
Film · 1930
Up the River
Film · 1930
The Idle Rich
Film · 1929
Navy Blues
Film · 1929
Synthetic Sin
Film · 1929
Twin Beds
Film · 1929
Love Hungry
Film · 1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Film · 1928
Three Week Ends
Film · 1928
Heart Trouble
Film · 1928
Happiness Ahead
Film · 1928
The Shepherd of the Hills
Film · 1928
The Little Yellow House
Film · 1928
Sally's Shoulders
Film · 1928
The Count of Ten
Film · 1928
Naughty But Nice
Film · 1927
American Beauty
Film · 1927
The Crystal Cup
Film · 1927
Man Crazy
Film · 1927
One Minute to Play
Film · 1926
The Boob
Film · 1926
Three Faces East
Film · 1926
The Runaway
Film · 1926
Faithful Wives
Film · 1926
In the Name of Love
Film · 1925
The Pride of the Force
Film · 1925
Lazybones
Film · 1925
Lightnin'
Film · 1925
Havoc
Film · 1925
Learning to Love
Film · 1925
Soul Mates
Film · 1925
Broken Barriers
Film · 1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Film · 1924
The Shadow of the East
Film · 1924
The Breaking Point
Film · 1924
The Wise Virgin
Film · 1924
Worldly Goods
Film · 1924
The Ten Commandments
Film · 1923
Hollywood
Film · 1923
Chastity
Film · 1923
The Girl I Loved
Film · 1923
Divorce
Film · 1923
The Miracle Makers
Film · 1923
North of the Rio Grande
Film · 1922
A Tailor-Made Man
Film · 1922
Manslaughter
Film · 1922
Saturday Night
Film · 1922
Her Husband’s Trademark
Film · 1922
Beyond the Rocks
Film · 1922
My American Wife
Film · 1922
Youth to Youth
Film · 1922
The Sleep Walker
Film · 1922
Bunty Pulls the Strings
Film · 1921
Bits of Life
Film · 1921
Alias Ladyfingers
Film · 1921
One Wild Week
Film · 1921
Voices of the City
Film · 1921
Dangerous Curve Ahead
Film · 1921
A Wife's Awakening
Film · 1921
A Tale of Two Worlds
Film · 1921
Pinto
Film · 1920
The County Fair
Film · 1920
Huckleberry Finn
Film · 1920
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Film · 1920
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Film · 1920
Just Out of College
Film · 1920
Out of the Storm
Film · 1920
Alias Mike Moran
Film · 1919
Flame of the Desert
Film · 1919
The Winning Girl
Film · 1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Film · 1919
Experimental Marriage
Film · 1919
Secret Service
Film · 1919
Everywoman
Film · 1919
Fires of Faith
Film · 1919
Peg o' My Heart
Film · 1919
An Innocent Adventuress
Film · 1919
The Home Town Girl
Film · 1919
Faith
Film · 1919
You Never Saw Such a Girl
Film · 1919
Deliverance
Film · 1919
Borrowed Clothes
Film · 1918
Huck and Tom
Film · 1918
The Whispering Chorus
Film · 1918
Unexpected Places
Film · 1918
The Spirit of '17
Film · 1918
Rose o' Paradise
Film · 1918
Old Wives for New
Film · 1918
Say! Young Fellow
Film · 1918
Bound in Morocco
Film · 1918
The Only Road
Film · 1918
The Gypsy Trail
Film · 1918
Sandy
Film · 1918
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Film · 1918
A Mormon Maid
Film · 1917
The Countess Charming
Film · 1917
The Evil Eye
Film · 1917
A Modern Musketeer
Film · 1917
The Little American
Film · 1917
A Little Princess
Film · 1917
Tom Sawyer
Film · 1917
The Girl at Home
Film · 1917
On the Level
Film · 1917
The Crystal Gazer
Film · 1917
A School for Husbands
Film · 1917
The Ghost House
Film · 1917
The Selfish Woman
Film · 1916
Oliver Twist
Film · 1916
The Heir to the Hoorah
Film · 1916
The Plow Girl
Film · 1916
Anton the Terrible
Film · 1916
Public Opinion
Film · 1916
The Pretty Sister of Jose
Film · 1915
The Golden Chance
Film · 1915
Richelieu
Film · 1914