Edythe Chapman
Acting · Born Oct 7, 1863 · Died Oct 15, 1948 (85) · Rochester, New York, USA
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
Films
Up the River
19305.7
Man Trouble
19307.5
Double Cross Roads
19309.0
Navy Blues
19297.0
Twin Beds
192910.0
The Idle Rich
19296.6
Synthetic Sin
192910.0
Three Week Ends
19287.0
Sally's Shoulders
192810.0
Heart Trouble
19288.0
Happiness Ahead
19288.0
The Little Yellow House
19289.0
Love Hungry
19288.0
The Count of Ten
19287.0
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
19287.2
The Shepherd of the Hills
19287.0
The Crystal Cup
19277.0
American Beauty
19273.0
Naughty But Nice
19279.0
One Minute to Play
19265.0
The Boob
19266.0
The Runaway
192610.0
Three Faces East
19268.0
Lazybones
19256.8
Havoc
19257.0
Lightnin'
19256.6
In the Name of Love
192510.0
Soul Mates
19257.0
Learning to Love
19259.0
Worldly Goods
19247.0
Broken Barriers
19243.7
The Wise Virgin
19247.0
Daughters of Pleasure
19248.0
The Breaking Point
1924
The Shadow of the East
19249.0
Chastity
19239.0
The Ten Commandments
19236.4
The Miracle Makers
192310.0
Hollywood
19239.0
Divorce
19239.0
The Girl I Loved
19238.0
My American Wife
192210.0
Youth to Youth
19227.0
Manslaughter
19225.5
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
North of the Rio Grande
192210.0
Beyond the Rocks
19226.0
The Sleep Walker
19228.0
Her Husband’s Trademark
192210.0
Saturday Night
19225.9
Voices of the City
19217.0
Alias Ladyfingers
19217.0
Dangerous Curve Ahead
19219.0
Bits of Life
192110.0
A Wife's Awakening
19217.0
A Tale of Two Worlds
19216.3
Bunty Pulls the Strings
19218.0
Just Out of College
192010.0
The County Fair
19205.3
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
19209.0
Out of the Storm
19209.0
Huckleberry Finn
19206.8
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
192010.0
Pinto
19209.0
Everywoman
19198.0
Flame of the Desert
19197.0
Deliverance
19197.0
Fires of Faith
191910.0
Secret Service
19198.0
An Innocent Adventuress
19199.0
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
19197.0
The Home Town Girl
191910.0
Experimental Marriage
19198.0
Alias Mike Moran
1919
The Winning Girl
19199.0
Faith
19197.0
The Gypsy Trail
1918
Borrowed Clothes
1918
Unexpected Places
19189.0
Bound in Morocco
1918
Sandy
1918
Say! Young Fellow
1918
The Only Road
1918
Old Wives for New
19186.4
Rose o' Paradise
1918
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
The Whispering Chorus
19186.4
Huck and Tom
1918
The Spirit of '17
1918
A Modern Musketeer
19175.6
Tom Sawyer
19175.0
A Little Princess
19175.2
The Ghost House
1917
The Countess Charming
1917
On the Level
1917
The Crystal Gazer
19178.0
The Little American
19176.3
The Girl at Home
1917
A Mormon Maid
19175.0
A School for Husbands
1917
Oliver Twist
1916
The Plow Girl
1916
The Heir to the Hoorah
1916
Anton the Terrible
1916
The Selfish Woman
1916
The Golden Chance
19156.6
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
Richelieu
1914