
Edythe Chapman
Born: 1863-10-07
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, USA
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

The County Fair

Man Trouble

Secret Service

Hollywood

Navy Blues

Havoc

American Beauty

Saturday Night

The Little Yellow House

Unexpected Places

Manslaughter

Tom Sawyer

Pinto

Oliver Twist

Lazybones

The Boob

Love Hungry

The Countess Charming

Flame of the Desert

My American Wife

The Shepherd of the Hills

Synthetic Sin

Three Week Ends

Her Husband’s Trademark

Lightnin'

The Little American

Bound in Morocco

Richelieu

Naughty But Nice

The Crystal Cup

A School for Husbands

The Idle Rich

Chastity

Sandy

Twin Beds

The Whispering Chorus

The Ten Commandments

North of the Rio Grande

The Crystal Gazer

The Pretty Sister of Jose

A Mormon Maid

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

Alias Ladyfingers

Rose o' Paradise

A Tale of Two Worlds

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

One Minute to Play

The Only Road

Heart Trouble

The Girl at Home

Up the River

In the Name of Love

Broken Barriers

Bits of Life

A Little Princess

The Heir to the Hoorah

The Selfish Woman

Beyond the Rocks

The Golden Chance

The Runaway

Out of the Storm

The Girl I Loved

Three Faces East

Daughters of Pleasure

The Breaking Point

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

Sally's Shoulders

Fires of Faith

A Modern Musketeer

Anton the Terrible

Double Cross Roads

Old Wives for New

Learning to Love

Huck and Tom

Everywoman

Faith

Experimental Marriage

Just Out of College

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The Shadow of the East

Alias Mike Moran

Youth to Youth

Happiness Ahead

The Wise Virgin

The Plow Girl

Voices of the City

The Winning Girl

An Innocent Adventuress

The Home Town Girl

A Tailor-Made Man

A Wife's Awakening

The Gypsy Trail

The Ghost House

The Spirit of '17

Huckleberry Finn

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

Dangerous Curve Ahead

The Count of Ten

Divorce

Worldly Goods

Say! Young Fellow

Bunty Pulls the Strings

On the Level

The Miracle Makers

Borrowed Clothes

The Sleep Walker
