Edythe Chapman
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.
Known For
Lady Tweedham
Take the Heir
Mrs. Martha McTavish
The Ten Commandments
Eelen Dunlap
Bunty Pulls the Strings
Edythe Chapman
Hollywood
Mary's Mother
Borrowed Clothes
Belle Hannon
North of the Rio Grande
Bits of Life
Nancy Hogue
A Mormon Maid
Mother Melnotte
In the Name of Love
Beulah Reynolds
Broken Barriers
Aunt Polly
Huck and Tom
Rachel Stetherill
Alias Ladyfingers
Mrs. Nathan
A Tailor-Made Man
Mrs. Lovering
The Countess Charming
Mrs. Hale
The Selfish Woman
The Evil Eye
Ma Young
Alias Mike Moran
Mrs. Thacker
A Modern Musketeer
John Tremble's mother
The Whispering Chorus
Ma Robinson
Love Hungry
Adeline Bennett
Manslaughter
Mrs. Wade
One Minute to Play
The Mother
The Pretty Sister of Jose
Mother Moore
The Pride of the Force
Mrs. Alice Thayer
The Idle Rich
Mrs. Brown
Navy Blues
The Old Lady (uncredited)
The Boob
Mrs. Bennett
Three Faces East
Lady Snowden
Flame of the Desert
Mrs. Murrell
The Runaway
Mrs. Penfield
Unexpected Places
Mrs. Glidden
The Spirit of '17
Mrs. Prentiss
Saturday Night
Mrs. Audry
Pinto
Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Second Mrs. Milligan
The Winning Girl
Aunt Maggie
Man Trouble
Mrs. Tuttle
Lazybones
Mother Berkeley
Her Husband’s Trademark
Mrs. Fairfax
Synthetic Sin
Mrs. Jones
Lightnin'
Aunt Abigail Prue
The County Fair
Mrs. Hadley
Daughters of Pleasure
Lady Bracondale
Beyond the Rocks
Mrs. Harris
Chastity
Aunt Polly
Huckleberry Finn
Mrs. Hillary
The Golden Chance
Peg Grandoken
Rose o' Paradise
Mrs. Carlyle
Double Cross Roads
Ma Dolan
Twin Beds
Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
Old Wives for New
Mrs. Dorn
One Wild Week
Mrs. Dean
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Mrs. Rodman
Voices of the City
Mrs. Chappel
Havoc
Ma O'Brien
Three Week Ends
Senora Urique
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Aunt Penelope
Learning to Love
Mrs. von Austreim
The Little American
(uncredited)
A Little Princess
Mrs. Altewood
Naughty But Nice
A Sweet Spinster
Say! Young Fellow
Ysail's Mother
Bound in Morocco
Teddy's Mother
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Aunt Polly
Tom Sawyer
Mrs. Brownlow
Oliver Twist
Heart Trouble
Donna Isabella LaTassa
My American Wife
The Queen
Richelieu
Mrs. Ercoll
Experimental Marriage
Madame O'Riley
American Beauty
Mrs. Varney
Secret Service
Mrs. Carteret
The Crystal Cup
Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Up the River
Clara Hawkins
The Only Road
Mary Dexter
The Girl at Home
Mrs. Randall
Happiness Ahead
Truth
Everywoman
Aunt Mollie
The Shepherd of the Hills
Mrs. Mabee
Dangerous Curve Ahead
Mother Middleton
The Girl I Loved
Aunt Caroline
The Shadow of the East
Lucy Livingstone
The Breaking Point
Mrs. Booth
Fires of Faith
Grandmother Pentland
The Little Yellow House
Joe Blanchard's Mother
On the Level
Mrs. Mannering
The Crystal Gazer
Mrs. Manners
A School for Husbands
The Mother
Faithful Wives
Grandma
The Gypsy Trail
Peg o' My Heart
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
91
Gender
Female
Birthday
1863-10-07
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also Known As
Edith van Renssaleer