7.3
7.3
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Edythe Chapman
Acting
Born:October 7, 1863
Died:October 15, 1948(aged 85)
Birthplace:Rochester, New York, USA
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CommunityBiography
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 (95 movies)
7.0
7.0
Navy Blues
1929
as Mrs. Brown
6.6
6.6
The Golden Chance
1915
as Mrs. Hillary
6.5
6.5
Old Wives for New
1918
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
The Ten Commandments
1923
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
6.5
6.5
Lazybones
1925
as Mrs. Tuttle
6.4
6.4
The Whispering Chorus
1918
as John Tremble's mother
6.3
6.3
The Little American
1917
as Mrs. von Austreim
6.0
6.0
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy's Mother
6.0
6.0
Alias Ladyfingers
1921
as Rachel Stetherill
5.9
5.9
Beyond the Rocks
1922
as Lady Bracondale
5.8
5.8
Saturday Night
1922
as Mrs. Prentiss
5.8
5.8
The Boob
1926
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Aunt Polly
5.8
5.8
The Idle Rich
1929
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
5.8
5.8
Up the River
1930
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
A Modern Musketeer
1917
as Mrs. Thacker
5.2
5.2
Lightnin'
1925
as Mrs. Jones
5.2
5.2
A Little Princess
1917
as (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
Manslaughter
1922
as Adeline Bennett
5.0
5.0
A Mormon Maid
1917
as Nancy Hogue
5.0
5.0
Man Trouble
1930
as Aunt Maggie
5.0
5.0
Tom Sawyer
1917
as Aunt Polly
4.7
4.7
The County Fair
1920
as Aunt Abigail Prue
4.0
4.0
One Minute to Play
1926
as Mrs. Wade
1.0
1.0
American Beauty
1927
as Madame O'Riley
1.0
1.0
Broken Barriers
1924
as Beulah Reynolds
The Evil Eye
1917
The Only Road
1918
as Clara Hawkins
The Girl at Home
1917
as Mary Dexter
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
as Mrs. Nathan
Happiness Ahead
1928
as Mrs. Randall
One Wild Week
1921
as Mrs. Dorn
Everywoman
1919
as Truth
North of the Rio Grande
1922
as Belle Hannon
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928
as Aunt Mollie
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921
as Mrs. Mabee
The Shadow of the East
1924
as Aunt Caroline
In the Name of Love
1925
as Mother Melnotte
Huck and Tom
1918
as Aunt Polly
The Countess Charming
1917
as Mrs. Lovering
The Selfish Woman
1916
as Mrs. Hale
Alias Mike Moran
1919
as Ma Young
Love Hungry
1928
as Ma Robinson
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
as The Mother
The Pride of the Force
1925
as Mother Moore
Three Faces East
1926
as Mrs. Bennett
Flame of the Desert
1919
as Lady Snowden
The Spirit of '17
1918
as Mrs. Glidden
Unexpected Places
1918
as Mrs. Penfield
The Winning Girl
1919
as Second Mrs. Milligan
Chastity
1923
as Mrs. Harris
Take the Heir
1930
as Lady Tweedham
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921
as Eelen Dunlap
Havoc
1925
as Mrs. Chappel
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
as Senora Urique
The Breaking Point
1924
as Lucy Livingstone
Fires of Faith
1919
as Mrs. Booth
The Little Yellow House
1928
as Grandmother Pentland
On the Level
1917
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
The Crystal Gazer
1917
as Mrs. Mannering
A School for Husbands
1917
as Mrs. Manners
Faithful Wives
1926
as The Mother
The Gypsy Trail
1918
as Grandma
Peg o' My Heart
1919
Sally's Shoulders
1928
as Emily
Just Out of College
1920
as Mrs. Pickering
The Wise Virgin
1924
as Mrs. John Farrington
Sandy
1918
as Mrs. Hollis
Twin Beds
1929
as Ma Dolan
Borrowed Clothes
1918
as Mary's Mother
Oliver Twist
1916
as Mrs. Brownlow
Heart Trouble
1928
Soul Mates
1925
as Tancred's mother
My American Wife
1922
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Richelieu
1914
as The Queen
The Runaway
1926
as Mrs. Murrell
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
as Mother Berkeley
Pinto
1920
as Mrs. Audry
Synthetic Sin
1929
as Mrs. Fairfax
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
as Mrs. Hadley
Naughty But Nice
1927
as Mrs. Altewood
Rose o' Paradise
1918
as Peg Grandoken
Double Cross Roads
1930
as Mrs. Carlyle
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920
as Mrs. Dean
Voices of the City
1921
as Mrs. Rodman
Three Week Ends
1928
as Ma O'Brien
Learning to Love
1925
as Aunt Penelope
Say! Young Fellow
1918
as A Sweet Spinster
Bound in Morocco
1918
as Ysail's Mother
The Girl I Loved
1923
as Mother Middleton
Experimental Marriage
1919
as Mrs. Ercoll
Secret Service
1919
as Mrs. Varney
The Crystal Cup
1927
as Mrs. Carteret
Bits of Life
1921
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