Myrtle Stedman

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

143

Movies

126

Born: March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Works

126 films

Martin Eden

1914

The Caprices of Kitty

1915

School for Girls

19347.5

Western Hearts

1911

The Go-Getter

19376.2

Sallie's Sure Shot

19136.0

Pasquale

1916

Wine

192410.0

Lilies of the Field

19247.0

A Slight Case of Murder

19386.4

Peer Gynt

1915

The Great O'Malley

19377.0

Nancy from Nowhere

192210.0

The Chechako

1914

The Far Cry

19267.0

Happiness of Three Women

1917

Missing Witnesses

19377.0

Ready, Willing and Able

19375.4

Green Light

19376.7

Tessie

19259.0

The Scapegoat

191210.0

The World Apart

1917

Sex

19206.6

Chickie

19257.0

That Man's Here Again

19377.0

Beau Ideal

19314.5

Back in Circulation

19376.5

The Life Timer

1913

In Honor's Web

191910.0

The Law and the Outlaw

19135.0

Told in Colorado

19118.0

She Loved a Fireman

19377.5

Their Hour

19287.0

A War Time Romance

191210.0

The Goose Hangs High

19258.0

The Sin Sister

19297.0

Accidents Will Happen

19386.3

The Reform Candidate

1915

Beggars in Ermine

19347.3

Alcatraz Island

19375.1

The Hands of Nara

19227.0

The Breath of Scandal

19249.0

The Country Mouse

1914

That Mail Order Suit

19139.0

Song of the Saddle

19367.3

Rich Men's Wives

19224.0

The Love Racket

19298.0

The Soul of Kura San

191610.0

The Jazz Age

19298.0

Over the Goal

19375.0

The Tiger's Coat

19205.6

The Truth About Youth

19306.2

The Valley of the Moon

1914

Religion and Gun Practice

1913

The American Beauty

1916

That Certain Woman

19375.6

Under Southern Stars

19377.0

Here's to Romance

19357.0

Made a Coward

1913

The Famous Mrs. Fair

19237.0

Flaming Youth

19233.8

Mother Love vs Gold

19138.0

The Concert

192110.0

Sowing the Wind

192110.0

A Romance of the Rio Grande

1911

By Unseen Hand

19148.0

The Woman on the Jury

19249.0

Taming a Tenderfoot

19137.0

Kilmeny

1915

Nearly a Lady

1915

The Widow in Scarlet

19328.0

The Age of Desire

192310.0

Draegerman Courage

19377.3

The Irresistible Lover

19278.0

Alias The Deacon

19279.0

The Mad Whirl

19256.6

The Two Orphans

1911

Little Accident

19309.0

Temporary Marriage

19238.0

Give Me Liberty

19366.4

A Cowboy's Best Girl

19127.0

Alias Mary Smith

19326.0

The Dangerous Age

19238.0

Hypocrites

19155.6

The Range Riders

1910

No Place to Go

19278.0

The Marshal's Capture

1913

Six Days

19238.0

The Whistle

19215.4

The Rustler's Reformation

19137.0

Judgment of the Storm

19248.0

Sally

19258.0

Reckless Youth

192210.0

The Silver Horde

192010.0

The Black Diamond Express

19279.0

The Range Law

1913

Klondike

19325.3

Sporting Goods

19288.0

The Rustler's Vindication

1917

Juggling with Fate

1913

The Prince of Pilsen

192610.0

The Majesty of the Law

1915

Black Roses

19219.0

The Teeth of the Tiger

19199.0

So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law

1912

The Bully of Bingo Gulch

191110.0

The Wheel of Life

19299.0

The Wild Olive

1915

If I Marry Again

19253.3

The Call of the Cumberlands

19164.8

Harriet and the Piper

19209.0

Crashin' Thru

192310.0

Don Juan's 3 Nights

19263.7

Women's Wares

19278.0

Old Dad

19207.0

Ashes

192210.0

The Life of Riley

19278.0

The Escape of Jim Dolan

19136.0

The Pursuit of the Phantom

1914

The Prison Without Walls

1917

In the Hollow of Her Hand

1918

The Sheriff of Yavapai County

1913

It's No Laughing Matter

1915

The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver

1913

The Man in the Shadow

192610.0

The Taming of Texas Pete

1913