Edythe Chapman

Skuespiller

7. oktober 1863 — 15. oktober 1948 (85 år)
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.

Filmer & Serier på Plex

  • The Ten Commandments
    The Ten Commandments1923
  • Beyond the Rocks
    Beyond the Rocks1922

Kjent for

  • Beyond the Rocks
    Beyond the Rocks1922
  • The Ten Commandments
    The Ten Commandments1923
  • The Whispering Chorus
    The Whispering Chorus1918
  • Navy Blues
    Navy Blues1929
  • Lazybones
    Lazybones1925
  • Manslaughter
    Manslaughter1922
  • The Golden Chance
    The Golden Chance1915
  • The Little American
    The Little American1917
  • Deliverance
    Deliverance1919
  • The Idle Rich
    The Idle Rich1929
  • The County Fair
    The County Fair1920
  • The Runaway
    The Runaway1926
  • The Heir to the Hoorah
    The Heir to the Hoorah1916
  • The Count of Ten
    The Count of Ten1928

Filmografi

1930
Up the River · as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
1929
Navy Blues · as Mrs. Brown
1929
The Idle Rich · as Mrs. Alice Thayer
1929
Synthetic Sin · as Mrs. Fairfax
1928
Three Week Ends · as Ma O'brien
1928
The Count of Ten · as Mother Mckinney
1927
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg · as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
1927
1927
The American Beauty · as Madame O'riley
1926
The Boob · as The Old Lady (uncredited)
1926
The Runaway · as Mrs. Murrell
1925
Lazybones · as Mrs. Tuttle
1925
Havoc · as Mrs. Chappel
1925
Lightnin' · as Mrs. Jones
1925
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting · as Mrs. Greenough
1923
The Ten Commandments · as Mrs. Martha MctavishPå Plex
1922
Manslaughter · as Adeline Bennett
1922
Beyond the Rocks · as Lady BracondalePå Plex
1922
Saturday Night · as Mrs. Prentiss
1921
A Tale of Two Worlds · as Mrs. Newcombe
1920
The County Fair · as Aunt Abigail Prue
1920
A Double-Dyed Deceiver · as Senora Urique
1920
Huckleberry Finn · as Aunt Polly
1919
Deliverance · as Sarah Fuller
1918
Borrowed Clothes · as Mary's Mother
1918
Old Wives for New · as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
1918
The Whispering Chorus · as John Tremble's Mother
1917
A Modern Musketeer · as Mrs. Thacker
1917
Tom Sawyer · as Aunt Polly
1917
A Little Princess · as (uncredited)
1917
The Little American · as Mrs. Von Austreim
1917
A Mormon Maid · as Nancy Hogue
1916
The Heir to the Hoorah · as Mrs. Kent
1915
The Golden Chance · as Mrs. Hillary