Edythe Chapman
Acting
Born 1863-10-07
Died 1948-10-15
Rochester, New York, USA
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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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The Ten Commandments
Three Week Ends
Sandy
Deliverance
The Boob
Chastity
My American Wife
Unexpected Places
Hollywood
An Innocent Adventuress
Divorce
Alias Ladyfingers
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Twin Beds
Up the River
Manslaughter
Faith
The Idle Rich
The Little American
Her Husband’s Trademark
In the Name of Love
The Plow Girl
Beyond the Rocks
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Huck and Tom
Just Out of College
The Countess Charming
The Home Town Girl
The Pretty Sister of Jose
Naughty But Nice
The Ghost House
The Wise Virgin
A Wife's Awakening
Youth to Youth
The Count of Ten
Broken Barriers
A Modern Musketeer
You Never Saw Such a Girl
The Heir to the Hoorah
Alias Mike Moran
Take the Heir
A Mormon Maid
Sally's Shoulders
Out of the Storm
Huckleberry Finn
The Sleep Walker
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Tom Sawyer
Everywoman
Happiness Ahead
Saturday Night
Richelieu
The Miracle Makers
A Tailor-Made Man
Anton the Terrible
Double Cross Roads
Old Wives for New
Faithful Wives
The Pride of the Force
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