About

Known credits:
89
Birthday:
1863-10-07
Place of birth:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Edythe Chapman

Overview

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

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1930 Up the River Actor Mrs. Jordan (uncredited) 58
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1930 Man Trouble Actor Aunt Maggie 59
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1930 Double Cross Roads Actor Mrs. Carlyle N/A
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1930 Take the Heir Actor Lady Tweedham N/A
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1929 Navy Blues Actor Mrs. Brown 59
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1929 Twin Beds Actor Ma Dolan N/A
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1929 The Idle Rich Actor Mrs. Alice Thayer 59
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1929 Synthetic Sin Actor Mrs. Fairfax N/A
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1928 Three Week Ends Actor Ma O'Brien N/A
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1928 Heart Trouble Actor N/A
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1928 Happiness Ahead Actor Mrs. Randall N/A
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1928 The Little Yellow House Actor Grandmother Pentland N/A
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1928 Love Hungry Actor Ma Robinson N/A
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1928 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Actor Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited) 59
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1928 The Shepherd of the Hills Actor Aunt Mollie N/A
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1927 The Crystal Cup Actor Mrs. Carteret N/A
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1927 American Beauty Actor Madame O'Riley 58
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1927 Naughty But Nice Actor Mrs. Altewood N/A
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1926 Faithful Wives Actor The Mother N/A
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1926 One Minute to Play Actor Mrs. Wade 58
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1926 The Boob Actor The Old Lady (uncredited) 58
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1926 The Runaway Actor Mrs. Murrell N/A
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1926 Three Faces East Actor Mrs. Bennett N/A
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1925 Lazybones Actor Mrs. Tuttle 59
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1925 Havoc Actor Mrs. Chappel N/A
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1925 The Pride of the Force Actor Mother Moore N/A
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1925 Lightnin' Actor Mrs. Jones 58
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1925 In the Name of Love Actor Mother Melnotte N/A
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1925 Learning to Love Actor Aunt Penelope N/A
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1924 Broken Barriers Actor Beulah Reynolds 58
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1924 Daughters of Pleasure Actor Mrs. Hadley N/A
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1924 The Breaking Point Actor Lucy Livingstone N/A
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1924 The Shadow of the East Actor Aunt Caroline N/A
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1923 Chastity Actor Mrs. Harris N/A
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1923 The Ten Commandments Actor Mrs. Martha McTavish 59
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1923 Hollywood Actor Edythe Chapman 59
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1923 The Girl I Loved Actor Mother Middleton N/A
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1922 My American Wife Actor Donna Isabella LaTassa N/A
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1922 Manslaughter Actor Adeline Bennett 58
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1922 A Tailor-Made Man Actor Mrs. Nathan N/A
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1922 North of the Rio Grande Actor Belle Hannon N/A
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1922 Beyond the Rocks Actor Lady Bracondale 59
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1922 Her Husband’s Trademark Actor Mother Berkeley N/A
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1922 Saturday Night Actor Mrs. Prentiss 58
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1921 Voices of the City Actor Mrs. Rodman N/A
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1921 Alias Ladyfingers Actor Rachel Stetherill 59
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1921 Dangerous Curve Ahead Actor Mrs. Mabee N/A
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1921 Bits of Life Actor N/A
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1921 One Wild Week Actor Mrs. Dorn N/A
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1921 Bunty Pulls the Strings Actor Eelen Dunlap N/A
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1920 The County Fair Actor Aunt Abigail Prue 58
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1920 A Double-Dyed Deceiver Actor Senora Urique N/A
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1920 Huckleberry Finn Actor Aunt Polly 58
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1920 The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Actor Mrs. Dean N/A
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1920 Pinto Actor Mrs. Audry N/A
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1919 Everywoman Actor Truth N/A
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1919 Flame of the Desert Actor Lady Snowden N/A
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1919 Fires of Faith Actor Mrs. Booth N/A
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1919 Secret Service Actor Mrs. Varney N/A
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1919 The Knickerbocker Buckaroo Actor Teddy's Mother 59
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1919 Experimental Marriage Actor Mrs. Ercoll N/A
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1919 Alias Mike Moran Actor Ma Young N/A
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1919 The Winning Girl Actor Second Mrs. Milligan N/A
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1918 Borrowed Clothes Actor Mary's Mother N/A
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1918 Unexpected Places Actor Mrs. Penfield N/A
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1918 Bound in Morocco Actor Ysail's Mother N/A
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1918 Say! Young Fellow Actor A Sweet Spinster N/A
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1918 The Only Road Actor Clara Hawkins N/A
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1918 Old Wives for New Actor Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited) 59
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1918 Rose o' Paradise Actor Peg Grandoken N/A
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1918 The Whispering Chorus Actor John Tremble's mother 59
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1918 Huck and Tom Actor Aunt Polly N/A
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1918 The Spirit of '17 Actor Mrs. Glidden N/A
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1917 A Modern Musketeer Actor Mrs. Thacker 58
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1917 Tom Sawyer Actor Aunt Polly 58
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1917 A Little Princess Actor (uncredited) 58
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1917 The Countess Charming Actor Mrs. Lovering N/A
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1917 On the Level Actor Joe Blanchard's Mother N/A
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1917 The Crystal Gazer Actor Mrs. Mannering N/A
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1917 The Little American Actor Mrs. von Austreim 59
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1917 The Girl at Home Actor Mary Dexter N/A
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1917 A Mormon Maid Actor Nancy Hogue 58
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1917 A School for Husbands Actor Mrs. Manners N/A
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1917 The Evil Eye Actor N/A
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1916 Oliver Twist Actor Mrs. Brownlow N/A
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1916 The Selfish Woman Actor Mrs. Hale N/A
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1915 The Golden Chance Actor Mrs. Hillary 59
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1915 The Pretty Sister of Jose Actor The Mother N/A
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1914 Richelieu Actor The Queen N/A
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