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Edythe Chapman

Edythe Chapman

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1863-10-07

Birth Place

Rochester, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

1920

0.0

Movie
A Little Princess

A Little Princess

1917

5.1

Movie
A Modern Musketeer

A Modern Musketeer

1917

5.2

Movie
A Mormon Maid

A Mormon Maid

1917

5.0

Movie
A School for Husbands

A School for Husbands

1917

0.0

Movie
A Tailor-Made Man

A Tailor-Made Man

1922

0.0

Movie
Alias Ladyfingers

Alias Ladyfingers

1921

6.0

Movie
Alias Mike Moran

Alias Mike Moran

1919

0.0

Movie
American Beauty

American Beauty

1927

1.0

Movie
Beyond the Rocks

Beyond the Rocks

1922

6.2

Movie
Bits of Life

Bits of Life

1921

0.0

Movie
Borrowed Clothes

Borrowed Clothes

1918

0.0

Movie
Bound in Morocco

Bound in Morocco

1918

0.0

Movie
Broken Barriers

Broken Barriers

1924

1.0

Movie
Bunty Pulls the Strings

Bunty Pulls the Strings

1921

0.0

Movie
Chastity

Chastity

1923

0.0

Movie
Dangerous Curve Ahead

Dangerous Curve Ahead

1921

0.0

Movie
Daughters of Pleasure

Daughters of Pleasure

1924

0.0

Movie
Double Cross Roads

Double Cross Roads

1930

0.0

Movie
Everywoman

Everywoman

1919

0.0

Movie
Experimental Marriage

Experimental Marriage

1919

0.0

Movie
Fires of Faith

Fires of Faith

1919

0.0

Movie
Flame of the Desert

Flame of the Desert

1919

0.0

Movie
Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead

1928

0.0

Movie
Havoc

Havoc

1925

0.0

Movie
Heart Trouble

Heart Trouble

1928

0.0

Movie
Her Husband’s Trademark

Her Husband’s Trademark

1922

0.0

Movie
Hollywood

Hollywood

1923

7.0

Movie
Huck and Tom

Huck and Tom

1918

0.0

Movie
Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1920

5.8

Movie
In the Name of Love

In the Name of Love

1925

0.0

Movie
Lazybones

Lazybones

1925

6.5

Movie
Learning to Love

Learning to Love

1925

0.0

Movie
Lightnin'

Lightnin'

1925

5.2

Movie
Love Hungry

Love Hungry

1928

0.0

Movie
Man Trouble

Man Trouble

1930

5.0

Movie
Manslaughter

Manslaughter

1922

5.4

Movie
My American Wife

My American Wife

1922

0.0

Movie
Naughty But Nice

Naughty But Nice

1927

0.0

Movie
Navy Blues

Navy Blues

1929

7.0

Movie
North of the Rio Grande

North of the Rio Grande

1922

0.0

Movie
Old Wives for New

Old Wives for New

1918

6.6

Movie
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1916

0.0

Movie
On the Level

On the Level

1917

0.0

Movie
One Minute to Play

One Minute to Play

1926

4.5

Movie
One Wild Week

One Wild Week

1921

0.0

Movie
Pinto

Pinto

1920

0.0

Movie
Richelieu

Richelieu

1914

0.0

Movie
Rose o' Paradise

Rose o' Paradise

1918

0.0

Movie
Saturday Night

Saturday Night

1922

5.8

Movie
Say! Young Fellow

Say! Young Fellow

1918

0.0

Movie
Secret Service

Secret Service

1919

0.0

Movie
Synthetic Sin

Synthetic Sin

1929

0.0

Movie
Take the Heir

Take the Heir

1930

0.0

Movie
The Boob

The Boob

1926

5.8

Movie
The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point

1924

0.0

Movie
The Countess Charming

The Countess Charming

1917

0.0

Movie
The County Fair

The County Fair

1920

4.7

Movie
The Crystal Cup

The Crystal Cup

1927

0.0

Movie
The Crystal Gazer

The Crystal Gazer

1917

0.0

Movie
The Evil Eye

The Evil Eye

1917

0.0

Movie
The Girl at Home

The Girl at Home

1917

0.0

Movie
The Girl I Loved

The Girl I Loved

1923

0.0

Movie
The Golden Chance

The Golden Chance

1915

6.5

Movie
The Idle Rich

The Idle Rich

1929

5.7

Movie
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

1919

6.0

Movie
The Little American

The Little American

1917

6.3

Movie
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

1920

0.0

Movie
The Little Yellow House

The Little Yellow House

1928

0.0

Movie
The Only Road

The Only Road

1918

0.0

Movie
The Pretty Sister of Jose

The Pretty Sister of Jose

1915

0.0

Movie
The Pride of the Force

The Pride of the Force

1925

0.0

Movie
The Runaway

The Runaway

1926

0.0

Movie
The Selfish Woman

The Selfish Woman

1916

0.0

Movie
The Shadow of the East

The Shadow of the East

1924

0.0

Movie
The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills

1928

0.0

Movie
The Spirit of '17

The Spirit of '17

1918

0.0

Movie
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928

7.3

Movie
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1923

6.6

Movie
The Whispering Chorus

The Whispering Chorus

1918

6.3

Movie
The Winning Girl

The Winning Girl

1919

0.0

Movie
Three Faces East

Three Faces East

1926

0.0

Movie
Three Week Ends

Three Week Ends

1928

0.0

Movie
Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1917

5.0

Movie
Twin Beds

Twin Beds

1929

0.0

Movie
Unexpected Places

Unexpected Places

1918

0.0

Movie
Up the River

Up the River

1930

6.0

Movie
Voices of the City

Voices of the City

1921

0.0

Movie