Myrtle Stedman

Biography

From Wikipedia Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. Myrtle did not enter the field of light opera because of her preference for light opera. She starred for a number of seasons in Isle of Spice and The Chocolate Soldier. She performed for a year at the Whitney Theater in Chicago and was a prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Her first appearances in movies were in Selig studio western and action short films. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair. In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers to play bit and extra roles. Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938. Myrtle Stedman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938 at the age of 54. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California. Her husband Marshall Stedman was a drama school conductor. They were divorced by 1920. Their son Lincoln Stedman was a prolific silent film character actor.

Known For

A Slight Case of Murder

Alcatraz Island

She Loved a Fireman

Ready, Willing and Able

The Majesty of the Law

Accidents Will Happen

The Great O'Malley

The Go-Getter

All Movies (126)

• Accidents Will Happen1938 · as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
• A Slight Case of Murder1938 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• She Loved a Fireman1937 · as Mrs. Brown
• Missing Witnesses1937 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Over the Goal1937 · as Marshall's Secretary
• Alcatraz Island1937 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• That Certain Woman1937 · as Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
• Back in Circulation1937 · as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
• The Go-Getter1937 · as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
• Draegerman Courage1937 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• That Man's Here Again1937 · as Hospital Nurse
• Ready, Willing and Able1937 · as Junior's Mother
• Under Southern Stars1937 · as Arlene's Mother
• Green Light1937 · as A Nurse
• The Great O'Malley1937 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• Give Me Liberty1936 · as Martha Washington
• Song of the Saddle1936 · as Mrs. Coburn
• Here's to Romance1935 · as Bit Part
• School for Girls1934 · as Mrs. Winters
• Beggars in Ermine1934 · as Nurse
• Klondike1932 · as Miss Fielding
• Alias Mary Smith1932 · as Mrs. Hayes
• The Widow in Scarlet1932 · as Alice Lawton-Bond
• Beau Ideal1931 · as Mrs. Frank Madison
• The Truth About Youth1930 · as Mrs. Ericson
• Little Accident1930 · as Mrs. Overbeck
• The Love Racket1929
• The Wheel of Life1929 · as Mrs. Faraker
• The Sin Sister1929 · as Sister Burton
• The Jazz Age1929 · as Mrs Maxwell
• Their Hour1928 · as Peggy's Mother
• Sporting Goods1928 · as Mrs. Elliott
• No Place to Go1927 · as Mrs. Montgomery
• The Irresistible Lover1927 · as Hortense Brown
• Women's Wares1927 · as Mrs. James Crane
• The Life of Riley1927 · as Penelope Jones
• Alias The Deacon1927 · as Mrs. Betsy Clark
• The Black Diamond Express1927 · as Mrs. Harmon
• The Man in the Shadow1926 · as Mary Alvoid
• Don Juan's 3 Nights1926 · as Madame Cavallar
• The Prince of Pilsen1926 · as Princess Bertha of Thorwald
• The Far Cry1926 · as Louise Marsh
• Tessie1925 · as Mrs. Wells
• Chickie1925 · as Janina
• The Goose Hangs High1925 · as Eunice Ingals
• Sally1925 · as Mrs. Ten Brock
• The Mad Whirl1925 · as Gladys Herrington
• If I Marry Again1925 · as Madame Margot
• The Breath of Scandal1924 · as Helen Hale
• Wine1924 · as Mrs. Warriner
• The Woman on the Jury1924 · as Marion Masters
• Lilies of the Field1924 · as Mazie
• Judgment of the Storm1924 · as Mrs. Trevor
• Flaming Youth1923 · as Mona Fentriss
• Six Days1923 · as Olive Kingston
• The Age of Desire1923 · as Janet Loring
• Temporary Marriage1923 · as Mrs. Hugh Manners
• Crashin' Thru1923 · as Celia
• The Famous Mrs. Fair1923 · as Mrs. Fair
• The Dangerous Age1923 · as Mrs. Sanderson
• Rich Men's Wives1922 · as Mrs. Davenport
• The Hands of Nara1922 · as Vanessa Yates
• Reckless Youth1922 · as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
• Ashes1922 · as Mrs. Crafton
• Nancy from Nowhere1922 · as Mrs. Halliday
• Black Roses1921 · as Blanche De Vore
• The Whistle1921 · as Mrs. Chapple
• Sowing the Wind1921 · as Baby Brabant
• The Concert1921 · as Mary Martinot
• The Tiger's Coat1920
• Old Dad1920 · as Virginia Bretton
• Harriet and the Piper1920 · as Isabelle Carter
• The Silver Horde1920 · as Cherry Malotté
• Sex1920 · as Mrs. Overman
• In Honor's Web1919 · as Olive Meade
• The Teeth of the Tiger1919 · as Marie Forbes
• In the Hollow of Her Hand1918 · as Sara Wrandell
• The Rustler's Vindication1917
• The World Apart1917 · as Beth Hoover
• The Prison Without Walls1917 · as Helen Ainsworth
• Happiness of Three Women1917 · as Constance Barr
• The Soul of Kura San1916 · as Anne Willoughby
• The American Beauty1916 · as Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth
• Pasquale1916 · as Banker's wife
• The Call of the Cumberlands1916 · as Adrienne Lescott
• The Reform Candidate1915
• Peer Gynt1915 · as Solveig
• The Majesty of the Law1915 · as Virginia Fairfax
• Nearly a Lady1915 · as Mrs. Reginald Brooks
• Kilmeny1915 · as Lady Leigh
• The Wild Olive1915 · as Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
• The Caprices of Kitty1915 · as Elaine Vernon
• Hypocrites1915 · as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
• It's No Laughing Matter1915 · as Bess Judd
• The Chechako1914 · as Joy Gastell
• The Country Mouse1914 · as Myrtle Marshall
• The Pursuit of the Phantom1914 · as Helen Alden
• Martin Eden1914
• The Valley of the Moon1914 · as Saxon
• By Unseen Hand1914 · as Margaret Warrington
• Mother Love vs Gold1913 · as Mrs. Bryson
• The Rustler's Reformation1913
• The Escape of Jim Dolan1913 · as Grace Wellington
• The Taming of Texas Pete1913 · as The Baby's Mother
• Made a Coward1913 · as One of the Girls
• Sallie's Sure Shot1913 · as Sallie
• The Marshal's Capture1913 · as The Marshal's Wife
• Taming a Tenderfoot1913 · as Jessie Reardon
• The Law and the Outlaw1913 · as Grace
• Religion and Gun Practice1913 · as Winona Judell
• That Mail Order Suit1913 · as Betty
• The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver1913 · as One of the Girls
• The Life Timer1913 · as Mona
• The Sheriff of Yavapai County1913 · as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
• Juggling with Fate1913 · as Dolores
• The Range Law1913 · as Dora
• So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law1912 · as So-Jun-Wah
• A War Time Romance1912 · as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
• The Scapegoat1912 · as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
• A Cowboy's Best Girl1912 · as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
• The Bully of Bingo Gulch1911 · as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
• A Romance of the Rio Grande1911 · as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
• Western Hearts1911 · as Mrs. Long
• Told in Colorado1911 · as Edythe Bellaires
• The Two Orphans1911 · as Countess de Linieres
• The Range Riders1910