Edythe Chapman

Acting · 0.6 popularity

Age

162

Movies

117

Born: October 7, 1863 – October 15, 1948
From: 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.

Works

117 films

Public Opinion

1916

Three Week Ends

19287.0

The Ten Commandments

19236.5

My American Wife

192210.0

Sandy

1918

Deliverance

19197.0

In the Name of Love

192510.0

Divorce

19239.0

Up the River

19305.8

Alias Ladyfingers

19217.0

The Boob

19266.0

Her Husband’s Trademark

192210.0

Unexpected Places

19189.0

An Innocent Adventuress

19199.0

The Countess Charming

1917

The Ghost House

1917

Faith

19197.0

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

19287.2

The Idle Rich

19296.6

The Heir to the Hoorah

1916

Youth to Youth

19227.0

Chastity

19239.0

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

19197.0

Secret Service

19198.0

The Count of Ten

19287.0

The Little American

19176.3

Manslaughter

19225.5

Twin Beds

192910.0

The Home Town Girl

191910.0

The Pretty Sister of Jose

1915

Hollywood

19239.0

Huck and Tom

1918

The Plow Girl

1916

Huckleberry Finn

19206.8

Beyond the Rocks

19226.0

A Wife's Awakening

19217.0

The Shadow of the East

19249.0

Old Wives for New

19186.4

Love Hungry

19288.0

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

1918

Anton the Terrible

1916

Alias Mike Moran

1919

Everywoman

19198.0

Flame of the Desert

19197.0

Richelieu

1914

A Little Princess

19175.2

You Never Saw Such a Girl

19197.0

The Wise Virgin

19247.0

Navy Blues

19297.0

Naughty But Nice

19279.0

The Sleep Walker

19228.0

A Tale of Two Worlds

19216.3

Sally's Shoulders

192810.0

Out of the Storm

19209.0

Take the Heir

193010.0

The Girl at Home

1917

A Mormon Maid

19175.0

Broken Barriers

19243.7

Oliver Twist

1916

Bound in Morocco

1918

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

19209.0

Saturday Night

19225.9

Pinto

19209.0

Man Crazy

19277.0

The Miracle Makers

192310.0

Double Cross Roads

19309.0

Bits of Life

192110.0

Happiness Ahead

19288.0

The Golden Chance

19156.6

Synthetic Sin

192910.0

Just Out of College

192010.0

The Breaking Point

1924

A Tailor-Made Man

1922

Tom Sawyer

19175.0

One Minute to Play

19265.0

Lightnin'

19256.6

Learning to Love

19259.0

The Whispering Chorus

19186.4

The Runaway

192610.0

A Modern Musketeer

19175.5

The Winning Girl

19199.0

Man Trouble

19307.5

The Selfish Woman

1916

Faithful Wives

192610.0

Experimental Marriage

19198.0

The Crystal Cup

19277.0

One Wild Week

19217.0

American Beauty

19273.0

North of the Rio Grande

192210.0

Fires of Faith

191910.0

Voices of the City

19217.0

The Shepherd of the Hills

19287.0

Lazybones

19256.8

Worldly Goods

19247.0

The County Fair

19205.3

Peg o' My Heart

191910.0

Havoc

19257.0

The Spirit of '17

1918

Soul Mates

19257.0

The Only Road

1918

Borrowed Clothes

1918

Bunty Pulls the Strings

19218.0

On the Level

1917

Heart Trouble

19288.0

Say! Young Fellow

1918

The Pride of the Force

19257.0

The Girl I Loved

19238.0

Daughters of Pleasure

19248.0

The Evil Eye

1917

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

192010.0

The Gypsy Trail

1918

The Crystal Gazer

19178.0

A School for Husbands

1917

Three Faces East

19268.0

The Little Yellow House

19289.0

Rose o' Paradise

1918

Dangerous Curve Ahead

19219.0