Edythe Chapman
Known for: Acting
Born: October 7, 1863
Died: October 15, 1948
Place of birth: Rochester, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
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5.7
Up the River
1930
7.5
Man Trouble
1930
9.0
Double Cross Roads
193010.0
Take the Heir
1930
7.0
Navy Blues
1929
10.0
Twin Beds
1929
6.6
The Idle Rich
1929
10.0
Synthetic Sin
1929
7.0
Three Week Ends
1928
10.0
Sally's Shoulders
1928
8.0
Heart Trouble
1928
8.0
Happiness Ahead
1928
9.0
The Little Yellow House
1928
8.0
Love Hungry
1928
7.0
The Count of Ten
1928
7.2
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
7.0
The Shepherd of the Hills
19287.0
Man Crazy
1927
7.0
The Crystal Cup
1927
3.0
American Beauty
1927
9.0
Naughty But Nice
192710.0
Faithful Wives
1926
5.0
One Minute to Play
1926
6.0
The Boob
1926
10.0
The Runaway
1926
8.0
Three Faces East
1926
6.8
Lazybones
1925
7.0
Havoc
19257.0
The Pride of the Force
1925
6.6
Lightnin'
1925
10.0
In the Name of Love
1925
7.0
Soul Mates
1925
9.0
Learning to Love
1925
7.0
Worldly Goods
1924
3.7
Broken Barriers
1924
7.0
The Wise Virgin
1924
8.0
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
NR
The Breaking Point
1924
9.0
The Shadow of the East
1924
9.0
Chastity
1923
6.5
The Ten Commandments
1923
10.0
The Miracle Makers
1923
9.0
Hollywood
1923
9.0
Divorce
1923
8.0
The Girl I Loved
1923
10.0
My American Wife
1922
7.0
Youth to Youth
1922
5.5
Manslaughter
1922
NR
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
10.0
North of the Rio Grande
1922
6.0
Beyond the Rocks
1922
8.0
The Sleep Walker
1922
10.0
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
5.9
Saturday Night
1922
7.0
Voices of the City
1921
7.0
Alias Ladyfingers
1921
9.0
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921
10.0
Bits of Life
1921
7.0
A Wife's Awakening
19217.0
One Wild Week
1921
6.3
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
8.0
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921
10.0
Just Out of College
1920
5.3
The County Fair
1920
9.0
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
9.0
Out of the Storm
1920
6.8
Huckleberry Finn
1920
10.0
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920
9.0
Pinto
1920
8.0
Everywoman
1919
7.0
Flame of the Desert
1919
7.0
Deliverance
1919
10.0
Fires of Faith
1919
8.0
Secret Service
1919
9.0
An Innocent Adventuress
1919
7.0
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
10.0
The Home Town Girl
1919
8.0
Experimental Marriage
1919
NR
Alias Mike Moran
1919
9.0
The Winning Girl
19197.0
You Never Saw Such a Girl
1919
7.0
Faith
191910.0
Peg o' My Heart
1919
NR
The Gypsy Trail
1918
NR
Borrowed Clothes
1918
9.0
Unexpected Places
1918
NR
Bound in Morocco
1918
NR
Sandy
1918
NR
Say! Young Fellow
1918
NR
The Only Road
1918
6.4
Old Wives for New
1918
NR
Rose o' Paradise
1918
NR
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
6.4
The Whispering Chorus
1918
NR
Huck and Tom
1918
NR
The Spirit of '17
1918
5.5
A Modern Musketeer
1917
5.0
Tom Sawyer
1917
5.2
A Little Princess
1917
NR
The Ghost House
1917
NR
The Countess Charming
1917
NR
On the Level
1917
8.0
The Crystal Gazer
1917
6.3
The Little American
1917
NR
The Girl at Home
1917
5.0
A Mormon Maid
1917
NR
A School for Husbands
1917NR
The Evil Eye
1917
NR
Oliver Twist
1916
NR
The Plow Girl
1916
NR
The Heir to the Hoorah
1916
NR
Anton the Terrible
1916NR
Public Opinion
1916
NR
The Selfish Woman
1916
6.6
The Golden Chance
1915
NR
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
NR
Richelieu
1914