Edythe Chapman
Known for Acting · 117 credits
- Born
- 1863-10-07
- Died
- 1948-10-15
- Place of birth
- Rochester, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Edith van Renssaleer
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).
Known For
Movies (117)
Manslaughter
1922
as Adeline Bennett
Pinto
1920
as Mrs. Audry
Faithful Wives
1926
as The Mother
Happiness Ahead
1928
as Mrs. Randall
The Ten Commandments
1923
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
Sally's Shoulders
1928
as Emily
Anton the Terrible
1916
as Babushka (Anton's mother)
Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Aunt Polly
Up the River
1930
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
The Selfish Woman
1916
as Mrs. Hale
The Count of Ten
1928
as Mother McKinney
The Idle Rich
1929
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Experimental Marriage
1919
as Mrs. Ercoll
Alias Ladyfingers
1921
as Rachel Stetherill
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
The Little American
1917
as Mrs. von Austreim
Hollywood
1923
as Edythe Chapman
Saturday Night
1922
as Mrs. Prentiss
Broken Barriers
1924
as Beulah Reynolds
A Mormon Maid
1917
as Nancy Hogue
Synthetic Sin
1929
as Mrs. Fairfax
Man Trouble
1930
as Aunt Maggie
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920
as Mrs. Dean
The Whispering Chorus
1918
as John Tremble's mother
Everywoman
1919
as Truth
Havoc
1925
as Mrs. Chappel
Rose o' Paradise
1918
as Peg Grandoken
Navy Blues
1929
as Mrs. Brown
Chastity
1923
as Mrs. Harris
Three Week Ends
1928
as Ma O'Brien
Beyond the Rocks
1922
as Lady Bracondale
Unexpected Places
1918
as Mrs. Penfield
The Countess Charming
1917
as Mrs. Lovering
The Crystal Gazer
1917
as Mrs. Mannering
Bits of Life
1921
The County Fair
1920
as Aunt Abigail Prue
The Only Road
1918
as Clara Hawkins
Worldly Goods
1924
as Mrs. Lawson
The Ghost House
1917
as Mrs. Rawson
The Girl at Home
1917
as Mary Dexter
The Gypsy Trail
1918
as Grandma
The Runaway
1926
as Mrs. Murrell
Heart Trouble
1928
Richelieu
1914
as The Queen
The Golden Chance
1915
as Mrs. Hillary
The Wise Virgin
1924
as Mrs. John Farrington
Youth to Youth
1922
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
1919
as Teddy's Mother
Out of the Storm
1920
as Lady Bridgeminster
The Boob
1926
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
Peg o' My Heart
1919
Tom Sawyer
1917
as Aunt Polly
Lightnin'
1925
as Mrs. Jones
The Spirit of '17
1918
as Mrs. Glidden
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
as Mrs. Newcombe
A School for Husbands
1917
as Mrs. Manners
Say! Young Fellow
1918
as A Sweet Spinster
Secret Service
1919
as Mrs. Varney
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
1920
as Senora Urique
A Little Princess
1917
as (uncredited)
Fires of Faith
1919
as Mrs. Booth
The Crystal Cup
1927
as Mrs. Carteret
Three Faces East
1926
as Mrs. Bennett
Borrowed Clothes
1918
as Mary's Mother
Twin Beds
1929
as Ma Dolan
American Beauty
1927
as Madame O'Riley
Daughters of Pleasure
1924
as Mrs. Hadley
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
1918
as Older Mrs. Breede
Divorce
1923
as Mrs. George Reed
One Minute to Play
1926
as Mrs. Wade
Lazybones
1925
as Mrs. Tuttle
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
as Mother Berkeley
Double Cross Roads
1930
as Mrs. Carlyle
Dangerous Curve Ahead
1921
as Mrs. Mabee
The Sleep Walker
1922
as Sister Ursula
Learning to Love
1925
as Aunt Penelope
North of the Rio Grande
1922
as Belle Hannon
Old Wives for New
1918
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
The Breaking Point
1924
as Lucy Livingstone
Flame of the Desert
1919
as Lady Snowden
Voices of the City
1921
as Mrs. Rodman
On the Level
1917
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
Alias Mike Moran
1919
as Ma Young
The Pretty Sister of Jose
1915
as The Mother
The Heir to the Hoorah
1916
as Mrs. Kent
Huck and Tom
1918
as Aunt Polly
An Innocent Adventuress
1919
as Aunt Heppy
Bound in Morocco
1918
as Ysail's Mother
Bunty Pulls the Strings
1921
as Eelen Dunlap
Oliver Twist
1916
as Mrs. Brownlow
One Wild Week
1921
as Mrs. Dorn
In the Name of Love
1925
as Mother Melnotte
The Evil Eye
1917
The Shadow of the East
1924
as Aunt Caroline
Deliverance
1919
as Sarah Fuller
The Home Town Girl
1919
as Mrs. Fanshawe
The Winning Girl
1919
as Second Mrs. Milligan
A Wife's Awakening
1921
as Mrs. Kelcey
Take the Heir
1930
as Lady Tweedham
Love Hungry
1928
as Ma Robinson
Naughty But Nice
1927
as Mrs. Altewood
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928
as Aunt Mollie
The Miracle Makers
1923
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
Just Out of College
1920
as Mrs. Pickering
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
as Mrs. Nathan
The Little Yellow House
1928
as Grandmother Pentland
A Modern Musketeer
1917
as Mrs. Thacker
Public Opinion
1916
as Mrs. Carson Morgan
The Pride of the Force
1925
as Mother Moore
The Girl I Loved
1923
as Mother Middleton
Sandy
1918
as Mrs. Hollis
You Never Saw Such a Girl
1919
as Mrs. Burgess
Soul Mates
1925
as Tancred's mother
The Plow Girl
1916
as Lady Brentwood
My American Wife
1922
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Man Crazy
1927
as Grandmother Janeway
Faith
1919
as Martha Owen
About Edythe Chapman
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 Roge… With 117 credits spanning from 1914 to 1930, Edythe Chapman has appeared in 117 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Manslaughter (1922) — as Adeline Bennett
- Pinto (1920) — as Mrs. Audry
- Faithful Wives (1926) — as The Mother
- Happiness Ahead (1928) — as Mrs. Randall
- The Ten Commandments (1923) — as Mrs. Martha McTavish
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