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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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Filmography (Movies)
Up the River
Character:Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Release Date:10/10/1930
Man Trouble
Character:Aunt Maggie
Release Date:24/08/1930
Double Cross Roads
Character:Mrs. Carlyle
Release Date:20/04/1930
Take the Heir
Character:Lady Tweedham
Release Date:15/01/1930
Navy Blues
Character:Mrs. Brown
Release Date:20/12/1929
Twin Beds
Character:Ma Dolan
Release Date:14/07/1929
The Idle Rich
Character:Mrs. Alice Thayer
Release Date:15/06/1929
Synthetic Sin
Character:Mrs. Fairfax
Release Date:06/01/1929
Three Week Ends
Character:Ma O'Brien
Release Date:08/12/1928
Sally's Shoulders
Character:Emily
Release Date:14/10/1928
Heart Trouble
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1928
Happiness Ahead
Character:Mrs. Randall
Release Date:24/06/1928
The Little Yellow House
Character:Grandmother Pentland
Release Date:18/04/1928
Love Hungry
Character:Ma Robinson
Release Date:08/04/1928
The Count of Ten
Character:Mother McKinney
Release Date:10/03/1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Character:Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Release Date:30/01/1928
The Shepherd of the Hills
Character:Aunt Mollie
Release Date:01/01/1928
The Crystal Cup
Character:Mrs. Carteret
Release Date:16/10/1927
American Beauty
Character:Madame O'Riley
Release Date:09/10/1927
Naughty But Nice
Character:Mrs. Altewood
Release Date:25/06/1927
Faithful Wives
Character:The Mother
Release Date:25/11/1926
One Minute to Play
Character:Mrs. Wade
Release Date:12/09/1926
The Boob
Character:The Old Lady (uncredited)
Release Date:17/05/1926
The Runaway
Character:Mrs. Murrell
Release Date:04/04/1926
Three Faces East
Character:Mrs. Bennett
Release Date:03/02/1926
Lazybones
Character:Mrs. Tuttle
Release Date:06/11/1925
Havoc
Character:Mrs. Chappel
Release Date:27/09/1925
The Pride of the Force
Character:Mother Moore
Release Date:11/09/1925
Lightnin'
Character:Mrs. Jones
Release Date:23/08/1925
In the Name of Love
Character:Mother Melnotte
Release Date:10/08/1925
Soul Mates
Character:Tancred's mother
Release Date:28/05/1925
Learning to Love
Character:Aunt Penelope
Release Date:25/01/1925
Worldly Goods
Character:Mrs. Lawson
Release Date:24/11/1924
Broken Barriers
Character:Beulah Reynolds
Release Date:18/08/1924
The Wise Virgin
Character:Mrs. John Farrington
Release Date:10/08/1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Character:Mrs. Hadley
Release Date:15/06/1924
The Breaking Point
Character:Lucy Livingstone
Release Date:04/05/1924
The Shadow of the East
Character:Aunt Caroline
Release Date:27/01/1924
Chastity
Character:Mrs. Harris
Release Date:31/12/1923
The Ten Commandments
Character:Mrs. Martha McTavish
Release Date:23/11/1923
The Miracle Makers
Character:Mrs. Martha Mansfield
Release Date:14/10/1923
Hollywood
Character:Edythe Chapman
Release Date:19/08/1923
Divorce
Character:Mrs. George Reed
Release Date:10/06/1923
The Girl I Loved
Character:Mother Middleton
Release Date:15/02/1923
My American Wife
Character:Donna Isabella LaTassa
Release Date:31/12/1922
Youth to Youth
Character:Mrs. Cora Knittson
Release Date:16/10/1922
Manslaughter
Character:Adeline Bennett
Release Date:24/09/1922
A Tailor-Made Man
Character:Mrs. Nathan
Release Date:05/08/1922
North of the Rio Grande
Character:Belle Hannon
Release Date:14/05/1922
Beyond the Rocks
Character:Lady Bracondale
Release Date:07/05/1922
The Sleep Walker
Character:Sister Ursula
Release Date:09/04/1922
Her Husband’s Trademark
Character:Mother Berkeley
Release Date:01/02/1922
Saturday Night
Character:Mrs. Prentiss
Release Date:29/01/1922
Voices of the City
Character:Mrs. Rodman
Release Date:01/12/1921
Alias Ladyfingers
Character:Rachel Stetherill
Release Date:30/10/1921
Dangerous Curve Ahead
Character:Mrs. Mabee
Release Date:02/10/1921
Bits of Life
Character:
Release Date:26/09/1921
A Wife's Awakening
Character:Mrs. Kelcey
Release Date:25/09/1921
One Wild Week
Character:Mrs. Dorn
Release Date:08/04/1921
A Tale of Two Worlds
Character:Mrs. Newcombe
Release Date:13/03/1921
Bunty Pulls the Strings
Character:Eelen Dunlap
Release Date:02/01/1921
Just Out of College
Character:Mrs. Pickering
Release Date:27/11/1920
The County Fair
Character:Aunt Abigail Prue
Release Date:05/09/1920
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Character:Senora Urique
Release Date:22/06/1920
Out of the Storm
Character:Lady Bridgeminster
Release Date:14/06/1920
Huckleberry Finn
Character:Aunt Polly
Release Date:29/02/1920
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Character:Mrs. Dean
Release Date:01/02/1920
Pinto
Character:Mrs. Audry
Release Date:10/01/1920
Everywoman
Character:Truth
Release Date:30/12/1919
Flame of the Desert
Character:Lady Snowden
Release Date:26/10/1919
Fires of Faith
Character:Mrs. Booth
Release Date:03/08/1919
Secret Service
Character:Mrs. Varney
Release Date:15/06/1919
An Innocent Adventuress
Character:Aunt Heppy
Release Date:08/06/1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Character:Teddy's Mother
Release Date:25/05/1919
The Home Town Girl
Character:Mrs. Fanshawe
Release Date:11/05/1919
Experimental Marriage
Character:Mrs. Ercoll
Release Date:10/03/1919
Alias Mike Moran
Character:Ma Young
Release Date:02/03/1919
The Winning Girl
Character:Second Mrs. Milligan
Release Date:23/02/1919
Faith
Character:Martha Owen
Release Date:03/02/1919
Peg o' My Heart
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1919
The Gypsy Trail
Character:Grandma
Release Date:17/11/1918
Borrowed Clothes
Character:Mary's Mother
Release Date:04/11/1918
Unexpected Places
Character:Mrs. Penfield
Release Date:30/09/1918
Bound in Morocco
Character:Ysail's Mother
Release Date:28/07/1918
Sandy
Character:Mrs. Hollis
Release Date:01/07/1918
Say! Young Fellow
Character:A Sweet Spinster
Release Date:16/06/1918
The Only Road
Character:Clara Hawkins
Release Date:03/06/1918
Old Wives for New
Character:Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
Release Date:18/05/1918
Rose o' Paradise
Character:Peg Grandoken
Release Date:13/05/1918
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Character:Older Mrs. Breede
Release Date:08/04/1918
The Whispering Chorus
Character:John Tremble's mother
Release Date:28/03/1918
Huck and Tom
Character:Aunt Polly
Release Date:04/03/1918
The Spirit of '17
Character:Mrs. Glidden
Release Date:26/01/1918
A Modern Musketeer
Character:Mrs. Thacker
Release Date:30/12/1917
Tom Sawyer
Character:Aunt Polly
Release Date:10/12/1917
A Little Princess
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1917
The Ghost House
Character:Mrs. Rawson
Release Date:01/10/1917
The Countess Charming
Character:Mrs. Lovering
Release Date:16/09/1917
On the Level
Character:Joe Blanchard's Mother
Release Date:10/09/1917
The Crystal Gazer
Character:Mrs. Mannering
Release Date:30/07/1917
The Little American
Character:Mrs. von Austreim
Release Date:12/07/1917
The Girl at Home
Character:Mary Dexter
Release Date:26/04/1917
A Mormon Maid
Character:Nancy Hogue
Release Date:21/04/1917
A School for Husbands
Character:Mrs. Manners
Release Date:05/04/1917
The Evil Eye
Character:
Release Date:04/01/1917
Oliver Twist
Character:Mrs. Brownlow
Release Date:10/12/1916
The Plow Girl
Character:Lady Brentwood
Release Date:13/11/1916
The Heir to the Hoorah
Character:Mrs. Kent
Release Date:26/10/1916
Anton the Terrible
Character:Babushka (Anton's mother)
Release Date:28/09/1916
The Selfish Woman
Character:Mrs. Hale
Release Date:09/07/1916
The Golden Chance
Character:Mrs. Hillary
Release Date:30/12/1915
The Pretty Sister of Jose
Character:The Mother
Release Date:31/05/1915
Richelieu
Character:The Queen
Release Date:26/09/1914
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