Edythe Chapman

Born: 1863-10-07

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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The Ten Commandments

as Mrs. Martha McTavish
Released: 1923-11-23

The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his...

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Tom Sawyer

as Aunt Polly
Released: 1917-12-10

Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack...

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Saturday Night

as Mrs. Prentiss
Released: 1922-01-29

Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to...

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The Boob

as The Old Lady (uncredited)
Released: 1926-05-17

To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.

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A Mormon Maid

as Nancy Hogue
Released: 1917-04-21

This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young...

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Old Wives for New

as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
Released: 1918-05-18

Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest...

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Borrowed Clothes

as Mary's Mother
Released: 1918-11-04

A pretty but poor girl leaves the young boy who loves her for a rich playboy who she believes...

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The Little American

as Mrs. von Austreim
Released: 1917-07-12

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral...

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Up the River

as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Released: 1930-10-10

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious...

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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Released: 1928-01-30

A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.

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The Golden Chance

as Mrs. Hillary
Released: 1915-12-30

Despite her well-bred upbringing, Mary had disobeyed her family’s wishes and married Steve...

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Lazybones

as Mrs. Tuttle
Released: 1925-11-06

Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl,...

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Beyond the Rocks

as Lady Bracondale
Released: 1922-05-07

A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome...

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A Modern Musketeer

as Mrs. Thacker
Released: 1917-12-30

A young man grows restless living in a small Kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the...

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One Minute to Play

as Mrs. Wade
Released: 1926-09-12

"Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College,...

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Happiness Ahead

as Mrs. Randall
Released: 1928-06-24

Happiness Ahead is a persumed lost 1928 silent film drama directed by William A. Seiter and...

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The Whispering Chorus

as John Tremble's mother
Released: 1918-03-28

John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his...

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Alias Ladyfingers

as Rachel Stetherill
Released: 1921-10-30

When Rachel Stetherill's daughter marries a man of whom she disapproves, Rachel disowns her....

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Manslaughter

as Adeline Bennett
Released: 1922-09-24

Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...

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Learning to Love

as Aunt Penelope
Released: 1925-01-25

A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

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Her Husband’s Trademark

as Mother Berkeley
Released: 1922-02-01

James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer)...

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The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

as Teddy's Mother
Released: 1919-05-25

A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his...

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The Shepherd of the Hills

as Aunt Mollie
Released: 1928-01-01

David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by...

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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

as Mrs. Dean
Released: 1920-02-01

An orphan boy from the Kentucky hills joins the Union Army and rescues his adopted family from...

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Hollywood

as Edythe Chapman
Released: 1923-08-19

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....

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Havoc

as Mrs. Chappel
Released: 1925-09-27

A war drama produced only 7 years after the end of World War I. Based on the play by Henry...

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Everywoman

as Truth
Released: 1919-12-30

Everywoman is a lost 1919 American silent film allegory film directed by George Melford based on...

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The Idle Rich

as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Released: 1929-06-15

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her...

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Daughters of Pleasure

as Mrs. Hadley
Released: 1924-06-15

Newly rich Mark Hadley drifts from his old-fashioned wife into a secret liason with Lila Millas,...

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Say! Young Fellow

as A Sweet Spinster
Released: 1918-06-16

A lost film. "The Young Fellow"(Fairbanks), has recently been hired as a cub newspaper reporter...

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American Beauty

as Madame O'Riley
Released: 1927-10-09

Millicent Howard, whose appearance and persona bring her a life of luxury. A millionaire named...

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Navy Blues

as Mrs. Brown
Released: 1929-12-20

On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home...

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A Little Princess

as (uncredited)
Released: 1917-11-05

Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he...

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Naughty But Nice

as Mrs. Altewood
Released: 1927-06-25

Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl...

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Voices of the City

as Mrs. Rodman
Released: 1921-12-01

Voices of the City is a 1921 American silent crime drama film starring Leatrice Joy and Lon...

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Broken Barriers

as Beulah Reynolds
Released: 1924-08-18

A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets...

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Unexpected Places

as Mrs. Penfield
Released: 1918-09-30

The valet of Lord Harold Varden, on a secret mission to our Government, has been murdered. Dick...

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The County Fair

as Aunt Abigail Prue
Released: 1920-09-05

"The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the...

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A Tailor-Made Man

as Mrs. Nathan
Released: 1922-08-05

A tailor tries to pass himself off in high society by wearing some of his rich customer's clothes.

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My American Wife

as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Released: 1922-12-31

A 1922 film.

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Experimental Marriage

as Mrs. Ercoll
Released: 1919-03-10

Suzanne Ercoll, a young widow who believes in women's suffrage. When the handsome Foxcroft Grey...

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Pinto

as Mrs. Audry
Released: 1920-01-10

When Pinto reaches her eighteenth birthday, the five wealthy Arizonans who adopted her upon the...

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Bits of Life

as uncredited
Released: 1921-09-26

This film combines four short films under the title Bits Of Life. The Bad Samaritan is taken...

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The Shadow of the East

as Aunt Caroline
Released: 1924-01-27

Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father....

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Three Faces East

as Mrs. Bennett
Released: 1926-02-03

A spy story that takes place during World War I.

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Secret Service

as Mrs. Varney
Released: 1919-06-15

Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate...

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Bound in Morocco

as Ysail's Mother
Released: 1918-07-28

A lost film. George Travelwell (Fairbanks), an American youth motoring in Morocco, discovers...

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Lightnin'

as Mrs. Jones
Released: 1925-08-23

Set in a hotel straddling the border between California and Nevada, this early John Ford comedy...

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Huckleberry Finn

as Aunt Polly
Released: 1920-02-29

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes...

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The Runaway

as Mrs. Murrell
Released: 1926-04-04

A movie actress, mistakenly thinking she has killed a fellow actor, goes on the run and finds...

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Twin Beds

as Ma Dolan
Released: 1929-07-14

A young husband just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of...

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Synthetic Sin

as Mrs. Fairfax
Released: 1929-01-06

A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises...

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The Crystal Cup

as Mrs. Carteret
Released: 1927-10-16

A beautiful young girl has been raised by her bitter mother to hate all men, but her beauty...

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Bunty Pulls the Strings

as Eelen Dunlap
Released: 1921-01-02

A woman named Bunty Bigger struggles to keep her family in line in a small Scottish village. For...

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Huck and Tom

as Aunt Polly
Released: 1918-03-04

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.

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Dangerous Curve Ahead

as Mrs. Mabee
Released: 1921-10-02

Engaged to Harley Jones, fickle Phoebe Mabee flirts with Anson Newton. She and Harley, as a...

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Man Trouble

as Aunt Maggie
Released: 1930-08-24

A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in...

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Flame of the Desert

as Lady Snowden
Released: 1919-10-26

An Englishman goes undercover posing as an Egyptian sheik in order to infiltrate a conspiracy to...

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Rose o' Paradise

as Peg Grandoken
Released: 1918-05-13

Thomas Singleton broke down when his wife died giving birth to their daughter. He eventually...

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North of the Rio Grande

as Belle Hannon
Released: 1922-05-14

Son of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his...

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Heart Trouble

as uncredited
Released: 1928-10-01

No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van...

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The Only Road

as Clara Hawkins
Released: 1918-06-03

Tomboy Nita, a vegetable seller in a small Californian town, believes herself to be the daughter...

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The Pretty Sister of Jose

as The Mother
Released: 1915-05-31

Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother,...

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The Selfish Woman

as Mrs. Hale
Released: 1916-07-09

A young engineer, Tom Morley, is building a railroad through Imperial Valley. Tom's father also...

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The Girl at Home

as Mary Dexter
Released: 1917-04-26

Jimmie Dexter is on his way to college when his mother discovers that her stocks have stopped...

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The Breaking Point

as Lucy Livingstone
Released: 1924-05-04

Assuming that he has killed the husband of the woman he also loves, Judson Clark flees through a...

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Richelieu

as The Queen
Released: 1914-09-26

Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four...

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Alias Mike Moran

as Ma Young
Released: 1919-03-02

Department-store clerk Larry Young is determined to marry a rich girl. He falls for Elaine...

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The Spirit of '17

as Mrs. Glidden
Released: 1918-01-26

Davy Glidden is the son of the adjutant general in charge of an old soldier's home in a small...

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Three Week Ends

as Ma O'Brien
Released: 1928-12-08

A sexy young nightclub singer sets her sights on a young man she believes to be a millionaire...

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Double Cross Roads

as Mrs. Carlyle
Released: 1930-04-20

Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and...

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In the Name of Love

as Mother Melnotte
Released: 1925-08-10

Naturalized American Raoul Melnotte travels from Chicago to his native France in search of his...

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A Double-Dyed Deceiver

as Senora Urique
Released: 1920-06-22

Most of the scenes are laid in a parrot-and-monkey country in South America, a land where "it is...

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Chastity

as Mrs. Harris
Released: 1923-12-31

A young woman trying to make it in Hollywood decides that the only way she can attain stardom is...

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The Girl I Loved

as Mother Middleton
Released: 1923-02-15

John Middleton is distressed to learn that his family is taking in an orphan girl named Mary. He...

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The Countess Charming

as Mrs. Lovering
Released: 1917-09-16

Stanley Jordan, a wealthy young bachelor, attends a Red Cross Benefit at the country club where...

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The Little Yellow House

as Grandmother Pentland
Released: 1928-04-18

Plot unknown and film presumed to be lost.

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