Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born March 3, 1883
From Wikipedia Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. Myrtle did not enter the field of light opera because of her preference for light opera. She starred for a number of seasons in Isle of Spice and The Chocolate Soldier. She performed for a year at the Whitney Theater in Chicago and was a prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Her first appearances in movies were in Selig studio western and action short films. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair. In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers to play bit and extra roles. Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938. Myrtle Stedman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938 at the age of 54. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California. Her husband Marshall Stedman was a drama school conductor. They were divorced by 1920. Their son Lincoln Stedman was a prolific silent film character actor.
MovieAccidents Will Happen
1938
as Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
MovieA Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieShe Loved a Fireman
1937
as Mrs. Brown
MovieMissing Witnesses
1937
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieOver the Goal
1937
as Marshall's Secretary
MovieAlcatraz Island
1937
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThat Certain Woman
1937
as Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
MovieBack in Circulation
1937
as Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
MovieThe Go-Getter
1937
as Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
MovieDraegerman Courage
1937
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieThat Man's Here Again
1937
as Hospital Nurse
MovieReady, Willing and Able
1937
as Junior's Mother
Under Southern Stars
1937
as Arlene's Mother
MovieGreen Light
1937
as A Nurse
MovieThe Great O'Malley
1937
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieGive Me Liberty
1936
as Martha Washington
MovieSong of the Saddle
1936
as Mrs. Coburn
MovieHere's to Romance
1935
as Bit Part
MovieSchool for Girls
1934
as Mrs. Winters
MovieBeggars in Ermine
1934
as Nurse
MovieKlondike
1932
as Miss Fielding
MovieAlias Mary Smith
1932
as Mrs. Hayes
The Widow in Scarlet
1932
as Alice Lawton-Bond
MovieBeau Ideal
1931
as Mrs. Frank Madison
MovieThe Truth About Youth
1930
as Mrs. Ericson
MovieLittle Accident
1930
as Mrs. Overbeck
MovieThe Love Racket
1929
MovieThe Wheel of Life
1929
as Mrs. Faraker
MovieThe Sin Sister
1929
as Sister Burton
MovieThe Jazz Age
1929
as Mrs Maxwell
Their Hour
1928
as Peggy's Mother
MovieSporting Goods
1928
as Mrs. Elliott
MovieNo Place to Go
1927
as Mrs. Montgomery
MovieThe Irresistible Lover
1927
as Hortense Brown
MovieWomen's Wares
1927
as Mrs. James Crane
MovieThe Life of Riley
1927
as Penelope Jones
MovieAlias The Deacon
1927
as Mrs. Betsy Clark
MovieThe Black Diamond Express
1927
as Mrs. Harmon
The Man in the Shadow
1926
as Mary Alvoid
MovieDon Juan's 3 Nights
1926
as Madame Cavallar
MovieThe Prince of Pilsen
1926
as Princess Bertha of Thorwald
MovieThe Far Cry
1926
as Louise Marsh
Tessie
1925
as Mrs. Wells
MovieChickie
1925
as Janina
MovieThe Goose Hangs High
1925
as Eunice Ingals
MovieSally
1925
as Mrs. Ten Brock
MovieThe Mad Whirl
1925
as Gladys Herrington
MovieIf I Marry Again
1925
as Madame Margot
MovieThe Breath of Scandal
1924
as Helen Hale
MovieWine
1924
as Mrs. Warriner
MovieThe Woman on the Jury
1924
as Marion Masters
MovieLilies of the Field
1924
as Mazie
MovieJudgment of the Storm
1924
as Mrs. Trevor
MovieFlaming Youth
1923
as Mona Fentriss
MovieSix Days
1923
as Olive Kingston
MovieThe Age of Desire
1923
as Janet Loring
MovieTemporary Marriage
1923
as Mrs. Hugh Manners
MovieCrashin' Thru
1923
as Celia
MovieThe Famous Mrs. Fair
1923
as Mrs. Fair
MovieThe Dangerous Age
1923
as Mrs. Sanderson
MovieRich Men's Wives
1922
as Mrs. Davenport
MovieThe Hands of Nara
1922
as Vanessa Yates
MovieReckless Youth
1922
as Mrs. Schuyler-Foster
MovieAshes
1922
as Mrs. Crafton
MovieNancy from Nowhere
1922
as Mrs. Halliday
MovieBlack Roses
1921
as Blanche De Vore
MovieThe Whistle
1921
as Mrs. Chapple
MovieSowing the Wind
1921
as Baby Brabant
MovieThe Concert
1921
as Mary Martinot
MovieThe Tiger's Coat
1920
MovieOld Dad
1920
as Virginia Bretton
MovieHarriet and the Piper
1920
as Isabelle Carter
MovieThe Silver Horde
1920
as Cherry Malotté
MovieSex
1920
as Mrs. Overman
MovieIn Honor's Web
1919
as Olive Meade
MovieThe Teeth of the Tiger
1919
as Marie Forbes
MovieIn the Hollow of Her Hand
1918
as Sara Wrandell
MovieThe Rustler's Vindication
1917
MovieThe World Apart
1917
as Beth Hoover
MovieThe Prison Without Walls
1917
as Helen Ainsworth
MovieHappiness of Three Women
1917
as Constance Barr
MovieThe Soul of Kura San
1916
as Anne Willoughby
MovieThe American Beauty
1916
as Ruth Cleave / Mrs. Ellsworth
MoviePasquale
1916
as Banker's wife
MovieThe Call of the Cumberlands
1916
as Adrienne Lescott
MovieThe Reform Candidate
1915
MoviePeer Gynt
1915
as Solveig
MovieThe Majesty of the Law
1915
as Virginia Fairfax
Nearly a Lady
1915
as Mrs. Reginald Brooks
MovieKilmeny
1915
as Lady Leigh
MovieThe Wild Olive
1915
as Miriam Strange, 'The Wild Olive'
The Caprices of Kitty
1915
as Elaine Vernon
MovieHypocrites
1915
as The Woman (as Miss Myrtle Stedman)
MovieIt's No Laughing Matter
1915
as Bess Judd
MovieThe Chechako
1914
as Joy Gastell
MovieThe Country Mouse
1914
as Myrtle Marshall
The Pursuit of the Phantom
1914
as Helen Alden
MovieMartin Eden
1914
The Valley of the Moon
1914
as Saxon
By Unseen Hand
1914
as Margaret Warrington
MovieMother Love vs Gold
1913
as Mrs. Bryson
MovieThe Rustler's Reformation
1913
MovieThe Escape of Jim Dolan
1913
as Grace Wellington
MovieThe Taming of Texas Pete
1913
as The Baby's Mother
MovieMade a Coward
1913
as One of the Girls
MovieSallie's Sure Shot
1913
as Sallie
MovieThe Marshal's Capture
1913
as The Marshal's Wife
MovieTaming a Tenderfoot
1913
as Jessie Reardon
MovieThe Law and the Outlaw
1913
as Grace
MovieReligion and Gun Practice
1913
as Winona Judell
That Mail Order Suit
1913
as Betty
MovieThe Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
1913
as One of the Girls
The Life Timer
1913
as Mona
MovieThe Sheriff of Yavapai County
1913
as Nellie Bowen (Bud's sweetheart)
MovieJuggling with Fate
1913
as Dolores
MovieThe Range Law
1913
as Dora
MovieSo-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
1912
as So-Jun-Wah
MovieA War Time Romance
1912
as Alice Munroe - Jack's Sister
MovieThe Scapegoat
1912
as Nellie Wright - Tom's Sweetheart
MovieA Cowboy's Best Girl
1912
as Alice Marson, the Real Best Girl
MovieThe Bully of Bingo Gulch
1911
as Jess Lynd, Pop's Daughter
MovieA Romance of the Rio Grande
1911
as Nellie Smith, Tom's Sweetheart
MovieWestern Hearts
1911
as Mrs. Long
MovieTold in Colorado
1911
as Edythe Bellaires
MovieThe Two Orphans
1911
as Countess de Linieres
The Range Riders
1910
