Edythe Chapman
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.
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Movies (50)
Up the River
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
1930
Man Trouble
as Aunt Maggie
1930
Double Cross Roads
as Mrs. Carlyle
1930
Take the Heir
as Lady Tweedham
1930
Navy Blues
as Mrs. Brown
1929
Twin Beds
as Ma Dolan
1929
The Idle Rich
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
1929
Synthetic Sin
as Mrs. Fairfax
1929
Three Week Ends
as Ma O'Brien
1928
Sally's Shoulders
as Emily
1928
Heart Trouble
1928
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Randall
1928
The Little Yellow House
as Grandmother Pentland
1928
Love Hungry
as Ma Robinson
1928
The Count of Ten
as Mother McKinney
1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
1928
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Aunt Mollie
1928
The Crystal Cup
as Mrs. Carteret
1927
American Beauty
as Madame O'Riley
1927
Naughty But Nice
as Mrs. Altewood
1927
Faithful Wives
as The Mother
1926
One Minute to Play
as Mrs. Wade
1926
The Boob
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
1926
The Runaway
as Mrs. Murrell
1926
Three Faces East
as Mrs. Bennett
1926
Lazybones
as Mrs. Tuttle
1925
Havoc
as Mrs. Chappel
1925
The Pride of the Force
as Mother Moore
1925
Lightnin'
as Mrs. Jones
1925
In the Name of Love
as Mother Melnotte
1925
Soul Mates
as Tancred's mother
1925
Learning to Love
as Aunt Penelope
1925
Worldly Goods
as Mrs. Lawson
1924
Broken Barriers
as Beulah Reynolds
1924
The Wise Virgin
as Mrs. John Farrington
1924
Daughters of Pleasure
as Mrs. Hadley
1924
The Breaking Point
as Lucy Livingstone
1924
The Shadow of the East
as Aunt Caroline
1924
Chastity
as Mrs. Harris
1923
The Ten Commandments
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
1923
The Miracle Makers
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
1923
Hollywood
as Edythe Chapman
1923
Divorce
as Mrs. George Reed
1923
The Girl I Loved
as Mother Middleton
1923
My American Wife
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
1922
Youth to Youth
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
1922
Manslaughter
as Adeline Bennett
1922
A Tailor-Made Man
as Mrs. Nathan
1922
North of the Rio Grande
as Belle Hannon
1922
Beyond the Rocks
as Lady Bracondale
1922