Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 07, 1863
Died
Oct 15, 1948
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Credits
117 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Up the River
Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Man Trouble
Aunt Maggie
Double Cross Roads
Mrs. Carlyle
Take the Heir
Lady Tweedham
Navy Blues
Mrs. Brown
Twin Beds
Ma Dolan
The Idle Rich
Mrs. Alice Thayer
Synthetic Sin
Mrs. Fairfax
Three Week Ends
Ma O'Brien
Sally's Shoulders
Emily
Heart Trouble
Happiness Ahead
Mrs. Randall
The Little Yellow House
Grandmother Pentland
Love Hungry
Ma Robinson
The Count of Ten
Mother McKinney
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
The Shepherd of the Hills
Aunt Mollie
Man Crazy
Grandmother Janeway
The Crystal Cup
Mrs. Carteret
American Beauty
Madame O'Riley
Naughty But Nice
Mrs. Altewood
Faithful Wives
The Mother
One Minute to Play
Mrs. Wade
The Boob
The Old Lady (uncredited)
The Runaway
Mrs. Murrell
Three Faces East
Mrs. Bennett
Lazybones
Mrs. Tuttle
Havoc
Mrs. Chappel
The Pride of the Force
Mother Moore
Lightnin'
Mrs. Jones
In the Name of Love
Mother Melnotte
Soul Mates
Tancred's mother
Learning to Love
Aunt Penelope
Worldly Goods
Mrs. Lawson
Broken Barriers
Beulah Reynolds
The Wise Virgin
Mrs. John Farrington
Daughters of Pleasure
Mrs. Hadley
The Breaking Point
Lucy Livingstone
The Shadow of the East
Aunt Caroline
Chastity
Mrs. Harris
The Ten Commandments
Mrs. Martha McTavish
The Miracle Makers
Mrs. Martha Mansfield
Hollywood
Edythe Chapman
Divorce
Mrs. George Reed
The Girl I Loved
Mother Middleton
My American Wife
Donna Isabella LaTassa
Youth to Youth
Mrs. Cora Knittson
Manslaughter
Adeline Bennett
A Tailor-Made Man
Mrs. Nathan
North of the Rio Grande
Belle Hannon