Acting · Rochester, New York, USA · Born October 7, 1863
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.
MovieUp the River
1930
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
MovieMan Trouble
1930
as Aunt Maggie
MovieDouble Cross Roads
1930
as Mrs. Carlyle
Take the Heir
1930
as Lady Tweedham
MovieNavy Blues
1929
as Mrs. Brown
MovieTwin Beds
1929
as Ma Dolan
MovieThe Idle Rich
1929
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
MovieSynthetic Sin
1929
as Mrs. Fairfax
MovieThree Week Ends
1928
as Ma O'Brien
MovieSally's Shoulders
1928
as Emily
MovieHeart Trouble
1928
MovieHappiness Ahead
1928
as Mrs. Randall
MovieThe Little Yellow House
1928
as Grandmother Pentland
MovieLove Hungry
1928
as Ma Robinson
MovieThe Count of Ten
1928
as Mother McKinney
MovieThe Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
MovieThe Shepherd of the Hills
1928
as Aunt Mollie
Man Crazy
1927
as Grandmother Janeway
MovieThe Crystal Cup
1927
as Mrs. Carteret
MovieAmerican Beauty
1927
as Madame O'Riley
MovieNaughty But Nice
1927
as Mrs. Altewood
Faithful Wives
1926
as The Mother
MovieOne Minute to Play
1926
as Mrs. Wade
MovieThe Boob
1926
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
MovieThe Runaway
1926
as Mrs. Murrell
MovieThree Faces East
1926
as Mrs. Bennett
MovieLazybones
1925
as Mrs. Tuttle
MovieHavoc
1925
as Mrs. Chappel
The Pride of the Force
1925
as Mother Moore
MovieLightnin'
1925
as Mrs. Jones
MovieIn the Name of Love
1925
as Mother Melnotte
MovieSoul Mates
1925
as Tancred's mother
MovieLearning to Love
1925
as Aunt Penelope
MovieWorldly Goods
1924
as Mrs. Lawson
MovieBroken Barriers
1924
as Beulah Reynolds
MovieThe Wise Virgin
1924
as Mrs. John Farrington
MovieDaughters of Pleasure
1924
as Mrs. Hadley
MovieThe Breaking Point
1924
as Lucy Livingstone
MovieThe Shadow of the East
1924
as Aunt Caroline
MovieChastity
1923
as Mrs. Harris
MovieThe Ten Commandments
1923
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
MovieThe Miracle Makers
1923
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
MovieHollywood
1923
as Edythe Chapman
MovieDivorce
1923
as Mrs. George Reed
MovieThe Girl I Loved
1923
as Mother Middleton
MovieMy American Wife
1922
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
MovieYouth to Youth
1922
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
MovieManslaughter
1922
as Adeline Bennett
MovieA Tailor-Made Man
1922
as Mrs. Nathan
MovieNorth of the Rio Grande
1922
as Belle Hannon
MovieBeyond the Rocks
1922
as Lady Bracondale
MovieThe Sleep Walker
1922
as Sister Ursula
MovieHer Husband’s Trademark
1922
as Mother Berkeley
MovieSaturday Night
1922
as Mrs. Prentiss
MovieVoices of the City
1921
as Mrs. Rodman
MovieAlias Ladyfingers
1921
as Rachel Stetherill
MovieDangerous Curve Ahead
1921
as Mrs. Mabee
MovieBits of Life
1921
MovieA Wife's Awakening
1921
as Mrs. Kelcey
One Wild Week
1921
as Mrs. Dorn
MovieA Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Mrs. Newcombe
MovieBunty Pulls the Strings
1921
as Eelen Dunlap
MovieJust Out of College
1920
as Mrs. Pickering
MovieThe County Fair
1920
as Aunt Abigail Prue
MovieA Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
as Senora Urique
MovieOut of the Storm
1920
as Lady Bridgeminster
MovieHuckleberry Finn
1920
as Aunt Polly
MovieThe Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920
as Mrs. Dean
MoviePinto
1920
as Mrs. Audry
MovieEverywoman
1919
as Truth
MovieFlame of the Desert
1919
as Lady Snowden
MovieDeliverance
1919
as Sarah Fuller
MovieFires of Faith
1919
as Mrs. Booth
MovieSecret Service
1919
as Mrs. Varney
MovieAn Innocent Adventuress
1919
as Aunt Heppy
MovieThe Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy's Mother
MovieThe Home Town Girl
1919
as Mrs. Fanshawe
MovieExperimental Marriage
1919
as Mrs. Ercoll
MovieAlias Mike Moran
1919
as Ma Young
MovieThe Winning Girl
1919
as Second Mrs. Milligan
You Never Saw Such a Girl
1919
as Mrs. Burgess
MovieFaith
1919
as Martha Owen
Peg o' My Heart
1919
MovieThe Gypsy Trail
1918
as Grandma
MovieBorrowed Clothes
1918
as Mary's Mother
MovieUnexpected Places
1918
as Mrs. Penfield
MovieBound in Morocco
1918
as Ysail's Mother
MovieSandy
1918
as Mrs. Hollis
MovieSay! Young Fellow
1918
as A Sweet Spinster
MovieThe Only Road
1918
as Clara Hawkins
MovieOld Wives for New
1918
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
MovieRose o' Paradise
1918
as Peg Grandoken
MovieHis Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
as Older Mrs. Breede
MovieThe Whispering Chorus
1918
as John Tremble's mother
MovieHuck and Tom
1918
as Aunt Polly
MovieThe Spirit of '17
1918
as Mrs. Glidden
MovieA Modern Musketeer
1917
as Mrs. Thacker
MovieTom Sawyer
1917
as Aunt Polly
MovieA Little Princess
1917
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Ghost House
1917
as Mrs. Rawson
MovieThe Countess Charming
1917
as Mrs. Lovering
MovieOn the Level
1917
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
MovieThe Crystal Gazer
1917
as Mrs. Mannering
MovieThe Little American
1917
as Mrs. von Austreim
MovieThe Girl at Home
1917
as Mary Dexter
MovieA Mormon Maid
1917
as Nancy Hogue
MovieA School for Husbands
1917
as Mrs. Manners
The Evil Eye
1917
MovieOliver Twist
1916
as Mrs. Brownlow
MovieThe Plow Girl
1916
as Lady Brentwood
MovieThe Heir to the Hoorah
1916
as Mrs. Kent
MovieAnton the Terrible
1916
as Babushka (Anton's mother)
Public Opinion
1916
as Mrs. Carson Morgan
MovieThe Selfish Woman
1916
as Mrs. Hale
MovieThe Golden Chance
1915
as Mrs. Hillary
MovieThe Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
as The Mother
MovieRichelieu
1914
as The Queen
