Edythe Chapman
Age: N/A | From: Rochester, New York, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Edith van Renssaleer
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Rochester, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 46
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Ten Commandments
(1923) Mrs. Martha McTavish
The Whispering Chorus
(1918) John Tremble's mother
Secret Service
(1919) Mrs. Varney
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
(1928) Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Beyond the Rocks
(1922) Lady Bracondale
The Shepherd of the Hills
(1928) Aunt Mollie
Lazybones
(1925) Mrs. Tuttle
The County Fair
(1920) Aunt Abigail PrueActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Mrs. Jordan (uncredited) | |
| Aunt Maggie | ||
| Mrs. Carlyle | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1929 | Mrs. Brown | |
| Ma Dolan | ||
| Mrs. Alice Thayer | ||
| Mrs. Fairfax | ||
| 1928 | Ma O'Brien | |
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Randall | ||
| N/A | ||
| Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited) | ||
| Aunt Mollie | ||
| 1927 | Mrs. Carteret | |
| Madame O'Riley | ||
| Mrs. Altewood | ||
| 1926 | Mrs. Wade | |
| The Old Lady (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Murrell | ||
| Mrs. Bennett | ||
| 1925 | Mrs. Tuttle | |
| Mrs. Chappel | ||
| Mother Moore | ||
| Mrs. Jones | ||
| Mother Melnotte | ||
| Aunt Penelope | ||
| 1924 | Beulah Reynolds | |
| Mrs. Hadley | ||
| Aunt Caroline | ||
| 1923 | Mrs. Harris | |
| Mrs. Martha McTavish | ||
| Edythe Chapman | ||
| Mother Middleton | ||
| 1922 | Donna Isabella LaTassa | |
| Adeline Bennett | ||
| Mrs. Nathan | ||
| Belle Hannon | ||
| Lady Bracondale | ||
| Mother Berkeley | ||
| Mrs. Prentiss | ||
| 1921 | Mrs. Rodman | |
| Rachel Stetherill | ||
| Mrs. Mabee | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Dorn | ||
| Eelen Dunlap | ||
| 1920 | Aunt Abigail Prue | |
| Senora Urique | ||
| Aunt Polly | ||
| Mrs. Dean | ||
| Mrs. Audry | ||
| 1919 | Truth | |
| Lady Snowden | ||
| Mrs. Varney | ||
| Teddy's Mother | ||
| Mrs. Ercoll | ||
| Ma Young | ||
| Second Mrs. Milligan | ||
| 1918 | Mary's Mother | |
| Mrs. Penfield | ||
| Ysail's Mother | ||
| A Sweet Spinster | ||
| Clara Hawkins | ||
| Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited) | ||
| Peg Grandoken | ||
| John Tremble's mother | ||
| Aunt Polly | ||
| Mrs. Glidden | ||
| 1917 | Mrs. Thacker | |
| Aunt Polly | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Lovering | ||
| Mrs. von Austreim | ||
| Mary Dexter | ||
| Nancy Hogue | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1916 | Mrs. Brownlow | |
| Mrs. Hale | ||
| 1915 | Mrs. Hillary | |
| The Mother | ||
| 1914 | The Queen | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
