Myrtle Stedman

Born: 1883-03-03

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.


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A Slight Case of Murder

as Nurse (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-26

Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective...

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The Go-Getter

as Hospital nurse with Bill (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-22

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

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Give Me Liberty

as Martha Washington
Released: 1936-12-19

Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.

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Accidents Will Happen

as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
Released: 1938-04-09

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they...

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The Wheel of Life

as Mrs. Faraker
Released: 1929-06-15

British officer Capt. Leslie Yeullat is at present on leave in London. Falling in love with Ruth...

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The Love Racket

as uncredited
Released: 1929-12-08

A beautiful girl exposes her shameful past to save the life of a girl she has never met.

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Ready, Willing and Able

as Junior's Mother
Released: 1937-03-06

Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star...

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Over the Goal

as Marshall's Secretary
Released: 1937-10-16

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss...

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Alcatraz Island

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1937-10-13

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must...

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The Prison Without Walls

as Helen Ainsworth
Released: 1917-03-15

Helen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, who is interested in a prison reform movement, is...

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If I Marry Again

as Madame Margot
Released: 1925-02-15

When his son marries a woman whose mother is the madame of a brothel, a wealthy father in San...

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Hypocrites

as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
Released: 1915-01-20

The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue...

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The Great O'Malley

as Nurse (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-13

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...

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Alias Mary Smith

as Mrs. Hayes
Released: 1932-07-14

A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a...

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That Man's Here Again

as Hospital Nurse
Released: 1937-04-16

An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who...

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The Dangerous Age

as Mrs. Sanderson
Released: 1923-02-04

Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He...

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Back in Circulation

as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-27

Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival...

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So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law

as So-Jun-Wah
Released: 1912-10-22

Red Reagan, and two companions, Brooks and Mathis, lose their way while on a prospecting trip in...

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Green Light

as A Nurse
Released: 1937-02-20

A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...

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The Mad Whirl

as Gladys Herrington
Released: 1925-03-02

A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.

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Sowing the Wind

as Baby Brabant
Released: 1921-04-01

When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of...

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Lilies of the Field

as Mazie
Released: 1924-02-29

A young mother, Mildred, doesn't know that her husband Walter is cheating on her. One night she...

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The Teeth of the Tiger

as Marie Forbes
Released: 1919-11-02

Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is...

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Sex

as Mrs. Overman
Released: 1920-03-29

A Broadway actress uses her sex appeal to ruin a marriage only to dump her lover for a richer...

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Alias The Deacon

as uncredited
Released: 1927-06-20

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Here's to Romance

as Bit Part
Released: 1935-10-04

Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to...

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No Place to Go

as Mrs. Montgomery
Released: 1927-10-30

Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her...

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The World Apart

as Beth Hoover
Released: 1917-06-04

Bob Fulton is the superintendent of a mine in the West. He wins the enmity of dancehall owner...

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The Woman on the Jury

as Marion Masters
Released: 1924-04-20

The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but...

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Song of the Saddle

as Mrs. Coburn
Released: 1936-02-28

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to...

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Reckless Youth

as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
Released: 1922-03-30

A cautionary tale for aspiring flappers. Five of six reels survive.

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The Silver Horde

as Cherry Malotté
Released: 1920-05-09

A young man who has proven a failure in business goes to Alaska and enters the salmon-fishing...

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The Majesty of the Law

as Virginia Fairfax
Released: 1915-08-26

The story of a Virginia judge who sternly hands down severe sentences while in court only to...

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Missing Witnesses

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-11

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

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It's No Laughing Matter

as Bess Judd
Released: 1915-01-14

The story of a ruddy-cheeked rural postman who dabbles in poetry-writing on the side. He...

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The Law and the Outlaw

as Grace
Released: 1913-06-03

Dakota Wilson escapes from the Deer Lodge Penitentiary, and, after a period of quietness,...

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The Two Orphans

as Countess de Linieres
Released: 1911-09-24

REEL ONE: Diane Eleanor De Vaudrey secretly marries a man beneath her. A child is born, Louise,...

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The Famous Mrs. Fair

as Mrs. Fair
Released: 1923-02-19

A silent film drama based on the Broadway play of the same name by James Forbes..

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The Truth About Youth

as Mrs. Ericson
Released: 1930-11-03

A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.

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The Black Diamond Express

as Mrs. Harmon
Released: 1927-06-04

Dan Foster, the engineer of the Black Diamond Express express train falls in love with Jeanne...

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Religion and Gun Practice

as Winona Judell
Released: 1913-05-26

Wesley Judell, as a missionary, finds a futile but puzzling field for work in the far, wild west.

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She Loved a Fireman

as Mrs. Brown
Released: 1937-12-18

A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman.

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Don Juan's 3 Nights

as Madame Cavallar
Released: 1926-09-04

A concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.

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Klondike

as Miss Fielding
Released: 1932-08-29

Dr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation, that has never been done before, and the...

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Judgment of the Storm

as Mrs. Trevor
Released: 1924-01-06

famed for being written by an amateur

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The Call of the Cumberlands

as Adrienne Lescott
Released: 1916-01-23

An aspiring New York painter returns home to the Kentucky mountains to settle a feud between two...

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The Life of Riley

as Penelope Jones
Released: 1927-09-03

Silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine..

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School for Girls

as Mrs. Winters
Released: 1934-03-22

After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory...

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The Whistle

as Mrs. Chapple
Released: 1921-04-08

Robert must avenge his son who was killed in a workplace accident.

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Sally

as Mrs. Ten Brock
Released: 1925-03-29

Sally is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore.

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Beau Ideal

as Mrs. Frank Madison
Released: 1931-01-25

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.

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Women's Wares

as uncredited
Released: 1927-10-01

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Martin Eden

as uncredited
Released: 1914-08-16

A sad story about how a working-class man tries, and succeeds, to become a writer, but finds...

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The Reform Candidate

as uncredited
Released: 1915-12-16

Realizing that his mayoral campaign is in serious trouble, reform candidate Frank Grandell sends...

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Draegerman Courage

as Nurse (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-15

After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.

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Flaming Youth

as Mona Fentriss
Released: 1923-11-12

When Mona Frentiss dies, she has her confidante "Doctor Bobs" watch over her family, especially...

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The Rustler's Vindication

as uncredited
Released: 1917-10-01

The Rustler's Vindication is an early Tom Mix film from Fox.

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The Rustler's Reformation

as uncredited
Released: 1913-12-02

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Beggars in Ermine

as Nurse
Released: 1934-02-21

John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival....

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Sporting Goods

as Mrs. Elliott
Released: 1928-02-11

Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in...

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Ashes

as Mrs. Crafton
Released: 1922-02-24

A young man in financial difficulties persuades his wife to help him blackmail a supposedly...

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The Tiger's Coat

as uncredited
Released: 1920-11-08

The film begins in the southern California home of Alexander MacAllister (Lawson Butt) where he...

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Crashin' Thru

as Celia
Released: 1923-04-01

Crashin' Thru is a silent Western

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Temporary Marriage

as Mrs. Hugh Manners
Released: 1923-06-30

Temporary Marriage is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring...

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The Taming of Texas Pete

as The Baby's Mother
Released: 1913-07-30

Texas Pete, a gun-man, is "extra" bad when in liquor. This, however, does not terrify the ranch...

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Mother Love vs Gold

as Mrs. Bryson
Released: 1913-12-23

A pair of precious loafers in a mining town learn from one of their "kidney" that Dick Mackey's...

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Taming a Tenderfoot

as Jessie Reardon
Released: 1913-06-17

Willie Clever, city born and bred, having been spoiled with plenty of money, thinks he knows it...

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Peer Gynt

as Solveig
Released: 1915-09-15

A fantasy from Ibsen's verse drama. Ne'er-do-well and braggart Peer Gynt has many adventures in...

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Juggling with Fate

as Dolores
Released: 1913-03-12

Dare Devil Tom Wallace, so called because of his seeming lack of fear, is held up while riding...

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The Concert

as Mary Martinot
Released: 1921-02-20

A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The...

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A Cowboy's Best Girl

as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
Released: 1912-01-16

Alice Marson, an eastern young lady, becomes engaged to Glen Arnold, a young man just out of...

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Little Accident

as Mrs. Overbeck
Released: 1930-08-03

On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.

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The Country Mouse

as Myrtle Marshall
Released: 1914-11-23

A small-town politician is elected to congress. As he fights for his constituents' rights, his...

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A Romance of the Rio Grande

as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
Released: 1911-12-12

The Texas Rangers, led by Tom Wilson, are hot on the trail of the Mexican bootleggers, who have...

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The Marshal's Capture

as The Marshal's Wife
Released: 1913-06-24

The marshal is compelled to arrest his brother-in-law for accidentally shooting a Mexican. His...

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Made a Coward

as One of the Girls
Released: 1913-07-10

Bud Harris, a young miner with a reputation for courage, goes prospecting in the desert with Tom...

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Wine

as Mrs. Warriner
Released: 1924-08-31

John Warriner, facing financial ruin, accepts the proposal of a bootlegger, Benedict, to...

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Sallie's Sure Shot

as Sallie
Released: 1913-07-04

Rob Ralston is forced to go to "town" for supplies, and "Injun" Jim, a sneaking rascal,...

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Harriet and the Piper

as uncredited
Released: 1920-09-13

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The Scapegoat

as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
Released: 1912-01-30

Harry Mason, a young New Yorker of good family, tries to borrow money from his brother, Tom. One...

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A War Time Romance

as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
Released: 1912-07-26

Among the many beautiful and exciting romances that saw birth, blossomed and grew, during the...

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The Chechako

as Joy Gastell
Released: 1914-11-23

The Chechako is a 1914 adventure drama based on Jack London's Smoke Bellew

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The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver

as One of the Girls
Released: 1913-04-09

It was a time when men thought quick and shot quick, self-preservation being Nature's first law....

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The Bully of Bingo Gulch

as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
Released: 1911-12-26

Hiram Hughes, foreman on "Pop" Lynd's ranch in Bingo Gulch, has quit his job. He has had enough...

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Kilmeny

as Lady Leigh
Released: 1915-07-22

Little Doris Calhoun, of a wealthy English family, makes a playmate of Pierre, a crippled gypsy...

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Black Roses

as Blanche De Vore
Released: 1921-05-22

Japanese architect Yoda is hired as groundskeeper for retired criminal Benson Burleigh.

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The Sheriff of Yavapai County

as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
Released: 1913-03-19

Big "Bud" O'Neill, the sheriff of Yavapai County, is in love with Nellie Bowen, daughter of a...

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The Escape of Jim Dolan

as Grace Wellington
Released: 1913-10-15

Jim Dolan is a prospector who incurs the hatred of Ed Jones, foreman of the Brown Ranch, because...

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Told in Colorado

as Edythe Bellaires
Released: 1911-10-10

Told in Colorado is a short, silent thriller

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Western Hearts

as Mrs. Long
Released: 1911-11-07

Sam Long leaves his invalid wife to seek work in a neighboring town. He is unsuccessful in his...

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The Range Law

as Dora
Released: 1913-02-21

Ted, the foreman of "The Diamond S. Ranch" is in love with Dora, Dad's daughter. Tafe is the...

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