Edythe Chapman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7 October 1863 · Rochester, New York, USA
- Died
- 15 October 1948
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
Acting 117
- 1930Up the River as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
- 1930Man Trouble as Aunt Maggie
- 1930Double Cross Roads as Mrs. Carlyle
- 1930Take the Heir as Lady Tweedham
- 1929Navy Blues as Mrs. Brown
- 1929Twin Beds as Ma Dolan
- 1929The Idle Rich as Mrs. Alice Thayer
- 1929Synthetic Sin as Mrs. Fairfax
- 1928Three Week Ends as Ma O'Brien
- 1928Sally's Shoulders as Emily
- 1928Heart Trouble
- 1928Happiness Ahead as Mrs. Randall
- 1928The Little Yellow House as Grandmother Pentland
- 1928Love Hungry as Ma Robinson
- 1928The Count of Ten as Mother McKinney
- 1928The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
- 1928The Shepherd of the Hills as Aunt Mollie
- 1927Man Crazy as Grandmother Janeway
- 1927The Crystal Cup as Mrs. Carteret
- 1927American Beauty as Madame O'Riley
- 1927Naughty But Nice as Mrs. Altewood
- 1926Faithful Wives as The Mother
- 1926One Minute to Play as Mrs. Wade
- 1926The Boob as The Old Lady (uncredited)
- 1926The Runaway as Mrs. Murrell
- 1926Three Faces East as Mrs. Bennett
- 1925Lazybones as Mrs. Tuttle
- 1925Havoc as Mrs. Chappel
- 1925The Pride of the Force as Mother Moore
- 1925Lightnin' as Mrs. Jones
- 1925In the Name of Love as Mother Melnotte
- 1925Soul Mates as Tancred's mother
- 1925Learning to Love as Aunt Penelope
- 1924Worldly Goods as Mrs. Lawson
- 1924Broken Barriers as Beulah Reynolds
- 1924The Wise Virgin as Mrs. John Farrington
- 1924Daughters of Pleasure as Mrs. Hadley
- 1924The Breaking Point as Lucy Livingstone
- 1924The Shadow of the East as Aunt Caroline
- 1923Chastity as Mrs. Harris
- 1923The Ten Commandments as Mrs. Martha McTavish
- 1923The Miracle Makers as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
- 1923Hollywood as Edythe Chapman
- 1923Divorce as Mrs. George Reed
- 1923The Girl I Loved as Mother Middleton
- 1922My American Wife as Donna Isabella LaTassa
- 1922Youth to Youth as Mrs. Cora Knittson
- 1922Manslaughter as Adeline Bennett
- 1922A Tailor-Made Man as Mrs. Nathan
- 1922North of the Rio Grande as Belle Hannon
- 1922Beyond the Rocks as Lady Bracondale
- 1922The Sleep Walker as Sister Ursula
- 1922Her Husband’s Trademark as Mother Berkeley
- 1922Saturday Night as Mrs. Prentiss
- 1921Voices of the City as Mrs. Rodman
- 1921Alias Ladyfingers as Rachel Stetherill
- 1921Dangerous Curve Ahead as Mrs. Mabee
- 1921Bits of Life
- 1921A Wife's Awakening as Mrs. Kelcey
- 1921One Wild Week as Mrs. Dorn
- 1921A Tale of Two Worlds as Mrs. Newcombe
- 1921Bunty Pulls the Strings as Eelen Dunlap
- 1920Just Out of College as Mrs. Pickering
- 1920The County Fair as Aunt Abigail Prue
- 1920A Double-Dyed Deceiver as Senora Urique
- 1920Out of the Storm as Lady Bridgeminster
- 1920Huckleberry Finn as Aunt Polly
- 1920The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as Mrs. Dean
- 1920Pinto as Mrs. Audry
- 1919Everywoman as Truth
- 1919Flame of the Desert as Lady Snowden
- 1919Deliverance as Sarah Fuller
- 1919Fires of Faith as Mrs. Booth
- 1919Secret Service as Mrs. Varney
- 1919An Innocent Adventuress as Aunt Heppy
- 1919The Knickerbocker Buckaroo as Teddy's Mother
- 1919The Home Town Girl as Mrs. Fanshawe
- 1919Experimental Marriage as Mrs. Ercoll
- 1919Alias Mike Moran as Ma Young
- 1919The Winning Girl as Second Mrs. Milligan
- 1919You Never Saw Such a Girl as Mrs. Burgess
- 1919Faith as Martha Owen
- 1919Peg o' My Heart
- 1918The Gypsy Trail as Grandma
- 1918Borrowed Clothes as Mary's Mother
- 1918Unexpected Places as Mrs. Penfield
- 1918Bound in Morocco as Ysail's Mother
- 1918Sandy as Mrs. Hollis
- 1918Say! Young Fellow as A Sweet Spinster
- 1918The Only Road as Clara Hawkins
- 1918Old Wives for New as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
- 1918Rose o' Paradise as Peg Grandoken
- 1918His Majesty, Bunker Bean as Older Mrs. Breede
- 1918The Whispering Chorus as John Tremble's mother
- 1918Huck and Tom as Aunt Polly
- 1918The Spirit of '17 as Mrs. Glidden
- 1917A Modern Musketeer as Mrs. Thacker
- 1917Tom Sawyer as Aunt Polly
- 1917A Little Princess as (uncredited)
- 1917The Ghost House as Mrs. Rawson
- 1917The Countess Charming as Mrs. Lovering
- 1917On the Level as Joe Blanchard's Mother
- 1917The Crystal Gazer as Mrs. Mannering
- 1917The Little American as Mrs. von Austreim
- 1917The Girl at Home as Mary Dexter
- 1917A Mormon Maid as Nancy Hogue
- 1917A School for Husbands as Mrs. Manners
- 1917The Evil Eye
- 1916Oliver Twist as Mrs. Brownlow
- 1916The Plow Girl as Lady Brentwood
- 1916The Heir to the Hoorah as Mrs. Kent
- 1916Anton the Terrible as Babushka (Anton's mother)
- 1916Public Opinion as Mrs. Carson Morgan
- 1916The Selfish Woman as Mrs. Hale
- 1915The Golden Chance as Mrs. Hillary
- 1915The Pretty Sister of Jose as The Mother
- 1914Richelieu as The Queen