
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.

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

Emily
Sally's Shoulders

Tancred's mother
Soul Mates

Mrs. Pickering
Just Out of College

Mrs. John Farrington
The Wise Virgin

Mrs. Hollis
Sandy

Mrs. Lawson
Worldly Goods

Mrs. Kent
The Heir to the Hoorah

Lady Bridgeminster
Out of the Storm

Aunt Heppy
An Innocent Adventuress

Mrs. Fanshawe
The Home Town Girl

Mrs. Rawson
The Ghost House

Older Mrs. Breede
His Majesty, Bunker Bean

Mrs. Kelcey
A Wife's Awakening

Mrs. Cora Knittson
Youth to Youth

Mother McKinney
The Count of Ten

Mrs. George Reed
Divorce

Sister Ursula
The Sleep Walker

Mrs. Newcombe
A Tale of Two Worlds

Mrs. Martha Mansfield
The Miracle Makers

Lady Brentwood
The Plow Girl

Babushka (Anton's mother)
Anton the Terrible

Martha Owen
Faith
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
113
Gender
Female
Birthday
1863-10-07
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also Known As
Edith van Renssaleer