Edythe Chapman

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 Ten Commandments

Hollywood

The Boob

Tom Sawyer

The Ghost House

Beyond the Rocks

Broken Barriers

Richelieu

All Movies (117)

• Up the River1930 · as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
• Man Trouble1930 · as Aunt Maggie
• Double Cross Roads1930 · as Mrs. Carlyle
• Take the Heir1930 · as Lady Tweedham
• Navy Blues1929 · as Mrs. Brown
• Twin Beds1929 · as Ma Dolan
• The Idle Rich1929 · as Mrs. Alice Thayer
• Synthetic Sin1929 · as Mrs. Fairfax
• Three Week Ends1928 · as Ma O'Brien
• Sally's Shoulders1928 · as Emily
• Heart Trouble1928
• Happiness Ahead1928 · as Mrs. Randall
• The Little Yellow House1928 · as Grandmother Pentland
• Love Hungry1928 · as Ma Robinson
• The Count of Ten1928 · as Mother McKinney
• The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg1928 · as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
• The Shepherd of the Hills1928 · as Aunt Mollie
• Man Crazy1927 · as Grandmother Janeway
• The Crystal Cup1927 · as Mrs. Carteret
• American Beauty1927 · as Madame O'Riley
• Naughty But Nice1927 · as Mrs. Altewood
• Faithful Wives1926 · as The Mother
• One Minute to Play1926 · as Mrs. Wade
• The Boob1926 · as The Old Lady (uncredited)
• The Runaway1926 · as Mrs. Murrell
• Three Faces East1926 · as Mrs. Bennett
• Lazybones1925 · as Mrs. Tuttle
• Havoc1925 · as Mrs. Chappel
• The Pride of the Force1925 · as Mother Moore
• Lightnin'1925 · as Mrs. Jones
• In the Name of Love1925 · as Mother Melnotte
• Soul Mates1925 · as Tancred's mother
• Learning to Love1925 · as Aunt Penelope
• Worldly Goods1924 · as Mrs. Lawson
• Broken Barriers1924 · as Beulah Reynolds
• The Wise Virgin1924 · as Mrs. John Farrington
• Daughters of Pleasure1924 · as Mrs. Hadley
• The Breaking Point1924 · as Lucy Livingstone
• The Shadow of the East1924 · as Aunt Caroline
• Chastity1923 · as Mrs. Harris
• The Ten Commandments1923 · as Mrs. Martha McTavish
• The Miracle Makers1923 · as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
• Hollywood1923 · as Edythe Chapman
• Divorce1923 · as Mrs. George Reed
• The Girl I Loved1923 · as Mother Middleton
• My American Wife1922 · as Donna Isabella LaTassa
• Youth to Youth1922 · as Mrs. Cora Knittson
• Manslaughter1922 · as Adeline Bennett
• A Tailor-Made Man1922 · as Mrs. Nathan
• North of the Rio Grande1922 · as Belle Hannon
• Beyond the Rocks1922 · as Lady Bracondale
• The Sleep Walker1922 · as Sister Ursula
• Her Husband’s Trademark1922 · as Mother Berkeley
• Saturday Night1922 · as Mrs. Prentiss
• Voices of the City1921 · as Mrs. Rodman
• Alias Ladyfingers1921 · as Rachel Stetherill
• Dangerous Curve Ahead1921 · as Mrs. Mabee
• Bits of Life1921
• A Wife's Awakening1921 · as Mrs. Kelcey
• One Wild Week1921 · as Mrs. Dorn
• A Tale of Two Worlds1921 · as Mrs. Newcombe
• Bunty Pulls the Strings1921 · as Eelen Dunlap
• Just Out of College1920 · as Mrs. Pickering
• The County Fair1920 · as Aunt Abigail Prue
• A Double-Dyed Deceiver1920 · as Senora Urique
• Out of the Storm1920 · as Lady Bridgeminster
• Huckleberry Finn1920 · as Aunt Polly
• The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come1920 · as Mrs. Dean
• Pinto1920 · as Mrs. Audry
• Everywoman1919 · as Truth
• Flame of the Desert1919 · as Lady Snowden
• Deliverance1919 · as Sarah Fuller
• Fires of Faith1919 · as Mrs. Booth
• Secret Service1919 · as Mrs. Varney
• An Innocent Adventuress1919 · as Aunt Heppy
• The Knickerbocker Buckaroo1919 · as Teddy's Mother
• The Home Town Girl1919 · as Mrs. Fanshawe
• Experimental Marriage1919 · as Mrs. Ercoll
• Alias Mike Moran1919 · as Ma Young
• The Winning Girl1919 · as Second Mrs. Milligan
• You Never Saw Such a Girl1919 · as Mrs. Burgess
• Faith1919 · as Martha Owen
• Peg o' My Heart1919
• The Gypsy Trail1918 · as Grandma
• Borrowed Clothes1918 · as Mary's Mother
• Unexpected Places1918 · as Mrs. Penfield
• Bound in Morocco1918 · as Ysail's Mother
• Sandy1918 · as Mrs. Hollis
• Say! Young Fellow1918 · as A Sweet Spinster
• The Only Road1918 · as Clara Hawkins
• Old Wives for New1918 · as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
• Rose o' Paradise1918 · as Peg Grandoken
• His Majesty, Bunker Bean1918 · as Older Mrs. Breede
• The Whispering Chorus1918 · as John Tremble's mother
• Huck and Tom1918 · as Aunt Polly
• The Spirit of '171918 · as Mrs. Glidden
• A Modern Musketeer1917 · as Mrs. Thacker
• Tom Sawyer1917 · as Aunt Polly
• A Little Princess1917 · as (uncredited)
• The Ghost House1917 · as Mrs. Rawson
• The Countess Charming1917 · as Mrs. Lovering
• On the Level1917 · as Joe Blanchard's Mother
• The Crystal Gazer1917 · as Mrs. Mannering
• The Little American1917 · as Mrs. von Austreim
• The Girl at Home1917 · as Mary Dexter
• A Mormon Maid1917 · as Nancy Hogue
• A School for Husbands1917 · as Mrs. Manners
• The Evil Eye1917
• Oliver Twist1916 · as Mrs. Brownlow
• The Plow Girl1916 · as Lady Brentwood
• The Heir to the Hoorah1916 · as Mrs. Kent
• Anton the Terrible1916 · as Babushka (Anton's mother)
• Public Opinion1916 · as Mrs. Carson Morgan
• The Selfish Woman1916 · as Mrs. Hale
• The Golden Chance1915 · as Mrs. Hillary
• The Pretty Sister of Jose1915 · as The Mother
• Richelieu1914 · as The Queen