Edythe Chapman
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Ten Commandments
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
1923
Movie
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
1928
Movie
Up the River
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
1930
Movie
The Little American
as Mrs. von Austreim
1917
Movie
Beyond the Rocks
as Lady Bracondale
1922
Movie
Lazybones
as Mrs. Tuttle
1925
Movie
The Whispering Chorus
as John Tremble's mother
1918
Movie
A Little Princess
as (uncredited)
1917
Movie
Manslaughter
as Adeline Bennett
1922
Movie
The Boob
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
1926
Movie
A Modern Musketeer
as Mrs. Thacker
1917
Movie
Old Wives for New
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
1918
Movie
The Golden Chance
as Mrs. Hillary
1915
Movie
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
1917
Movie
The County Fair
as Aunt Abigail Prue
1920
Movie
Lightnin'
as Mrs. Jones
1925
Movie
A Mormon Maid
as Nancy Hogue
1917
Movie
The Idle Rich
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
1929
Movie
Saturday Night
as Mrs. Prentiss
1922
Movie
One Minute to Play
as Mrs. Wade
1926
Movie
Hollywood
as Edythe Chapman
1923
Movie
Broken Barriers
as Beulah Reynolds
1924
Movie
Navy Blues
as Mrs. Brown
1929
Movie
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
1920