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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1863-10-07
Place of birth
Rochester, New York, USA
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Take the Heir
1930
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The Ten Commandments
1923
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Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921
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Hollywood
1923
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Borrowed Clothes
1918
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North of the Rio Grande
1922
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Bits of Life
1921
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A Mormon Maid
1917
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In the Name of Love
1925
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Broken Barriers
1924
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Huck and Tom
1918
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Alias Ladyfingers
1921
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A Tailor-Made Man
1922
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The Countess Charming
1917
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The Selfish Woman
1916
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The Evil Eye
1917
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Alias Mike Moran
1919
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A Modern Musketeer
1917
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The Whispering Chorus
1918
6.40
Love Hungry
1928
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Manslaughter
1922
5.17
One Minute to Play
1926
4.00
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
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The Pride of the Force
1925
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The Idle Rich
1929
5.80
Navy Blues
1929
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The Boob
1926
5.80
Three Faces East
1926
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Flame of the Desert
1919
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The Runaway
1926
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Unexpected Places
1918
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The Spirit of '17
1918
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Saturday Night
1922
5.38
Pinto
1920
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The Winning Girl
1919
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Man Trouble
1930
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Lazybones
1925
6.57
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
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Synthetic Sin
1929
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Lightnin'
1925
6.10
The County Fair
1920
4.70
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
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Beyond the Rocks
1922
5.95
Chastity
1923
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Huckleberry Finn
1920
5.80
The Golden Chance
1915
6.60
Rose o' Paradise
1918
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Double Cross Roads
1930
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Twin Beds
1929
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Old Wives for New
1918
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One Wild Week
1921
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Voices of the City
1921
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Havoc
1925
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Three Week Ends
1928
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A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
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Learning to Love
1925
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The Little American
1917
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A Little Princess
1917
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Naughty But Nice
1927
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Say! Young Fellow
1918
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Bound in Morocco
1918
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The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
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Tom Sawyer
1917
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Oliver Twist
1916
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Heart Trouble
1928
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My American Wife
1922
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Richelieu
1914
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Experimental Marriage
1919
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American Beauty
1927
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Secret Service
1919
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The Crystal Cup
1927
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Up the River
1930
5.80
The Only Road
1918
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The Girl at Home
1917
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Happiness Ahead
1928
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The Shepherd of the Hills
1928
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Everywoman
1919
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Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921
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The Girl I Loved
1923
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The Shadow of the East
1924
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The Breaking Point
1924
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Fires of Faith
1919
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The Little Yellow House
1928
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On the Level
1917
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The Crystal Gazer
1917
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A School for Husbands
1917
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Faithful Wives
1926
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The Gypsy Trail
1918
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Peg o' My Heart
1919
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Sally's Shoulders
1928
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Soul Mates
1925
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Just Out of College
1920
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The Wise Virgin
1924
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Sandy
1918
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Worldly Goods
1924
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The Heir to the Hoorah
1916
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Out of the Storm
1920
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An Innocent Adventuress
1919
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The Home Town Girl
1919
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The Ghost House
1917
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His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
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A Wife's Awakening
1921
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Youth to Youth
1922
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The Count of Ten
1928
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Divorce
1923
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The Sleep Walker
1922
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A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
5.50
The Miracle Makers
1923
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The Plow Girl
1916
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Anton the Terrible
1916
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Faith
1919
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