
Cast
Edythe Chapman
Acting
Cast
Edythe Chapman
Known for
Acting
Born
1863-10-07
From
Rochester, New York, USA
Died
1948-10-15
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). Edythe Chapman Neill died in Glendale, California in 1948 after a brief illness.

Manslaughter
as Adeline Bennett

Pinto
as Mrs. Audry

Faithful Wives
as The Mother

Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Randall

The Ten Commandments
as Mrs. Martha McTavish

Sally's Shoulders
as Emily

Anton the Terrible
as Babushka (Anton's mother)

Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly

Up the River
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

The Selfish Woman
as Mrs. Hale

The Count of Ten
as Mother McKinney

The Idle Rich
as Mrs. Alice Thayer

Experimental Marriage
as Mrs. Ercoll

Alias Ladyfingers
as Rachel Stetherill

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)

The Little American
as Mrs. von Austreim

Hollywood
as Edythe Chapman

Saturday Night
as Mrs. Prentiss

Broken Barriers
as Beulah Reynolds

A Mormon Maid
as Nancy Hogue

Synthetic Sin
as Mrs. Fairfax

Man Trouble
as Aunt Maggie

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
as Mrs. Dean

The Whispering Chorus
as John Tremble's mother

Everywoman
as Truth

Havoc
as Mrs. Chappel

Rose o' Paradise
as Peg Grandoken

Navy Blues
as Mrs. Brown

Chastity
as Mrs. Harris

Three Week Ends
as Ma O'Brien

Beyond the Rocks
as Lady Bracondale

Unexpected Places
as Mrs. Penfield

The Countess Charming
as Mrs. Lovering

The Crystal Gazer
as Mrs. Mannering

Bits of Life

The County Fair
as Aunt Abigail Prue

The Only Road
as Clara Hawkins

Worldly Goods
as Mrs. Lawson

The Ghost House
as Mrs. Rawson

The Girl at Home
as Mary Dexter

The Gypsy Trail
as Grandma

The Runaway
as Mrs. Murrell

Heart Trouble

Richelieu
as The Queen

The Golden Chance
as Mrs. Hillary

The Wise Virgin
as Mrs. John Farrington

Youth to Youth
as Mrs. Cora Knittson

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy's Mother

Out of the Storm
as Lady Bridgeminster

The Boob
as The Old Lady (uncredited)

Peg o' My Heart

Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly

Lightnin'
as Mrs. Jones

The Spirit of '17
as Mrs. Glidden

A Tale of Two Worlds
as Mrs. Newcombe

A School for Husbands
as Mrs. Manners

Say! Young Fellow
as A Sweet Spinster

Secret Service
as Mrs. Varney

A Double-Dyed Deceiver
as Senora Urique

A Little Princess
as (uncredited)

Fires of Faith
as Mrs. Booth

The Crystal Cup
as Mrs. Carteret

Three Faces East
as Mrs. Bennett

Borrowed Clothes
as Mary's Mother

Twin Beds
as Ma Dolan

American Beauty
as Madame O'Riley

Daughters of Pleasure
as Mrs. Hadley

His Majesty, Bunker Bean
as Older Mrs. Breede

Divorce
as Mrs. George Reed

One Minute to Play
as Mrs. Wade

Lazybones
as Mrs. Tuttle

Her Husband’s Trademark
as Mother Berkeley

Double Cross Roads
as Mrs. Carlyle

Dangerous Curve Ahead
as Mrs. Mabee

The Sleep Walker
as Sister Ursula

Learning to Love
as Aunt Penelope

North of the Rio Grande
as Belle Hannon

Old Wives for New
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)

The Breaking Point
as Lucy Livingstone

Flame of the Desert
as Lady Snowden

Voices of the City
as Mrs. Rodman

On the Level
as Joe Blanchard's Mother

Alias Mike Moran
as Ma Young

The Pretty Sister of Jose
as The Mother

The Heir to the Hoorah
as Mrs. Kent

Huck and Tom
as Aunt Polly

An Innocent Adventuress
as Aunt Heppy

Bound in Morocco
as Ysail's Mother

Bunty Pulls the Strings
as Eelen Dunlap

Oliver Twist
as Mrs. Brownlow

One Wild Week
as Mrs. Dorn

In the Name of Love
as Mother Melnotte

The Evil Eye

The Shadow of the East
as Aunt Caroline

Deliverance
as Sarah Fuller

The Home Town Girl
as Mrs. Fanshawe

The Winning Girl
as Second Mrs. Milligan

A Wife's Awakening
as Mrs. Kelcey

Take the Heir
as Lady Tweedham

Love Hungry
as Ma Robinson

Naughty But Nice
as Mrs. Altewood

The Shepherd of the Hills
as Aunt Mollie

The Miracle Makers
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield

Just Out of College
as Mrs. Pickering

A Tailor-Made Man
as Mrs. Nathan

The Little Yellow House
as Grandmother Pentland

A Modern Musketeer
as Mrs. Thacker

Public Opinion
as Mrs. Carson Morgan

The Pride of the Force
as Mother Moore

The Girl I Loved
as Mother Middleton

Sandy
as Mrs. Hollis

You Never Saw Such a Girl
as Mrs. Burgess

Soul Mates
as Tancred's mother

The Plow Girl
as Lady Brentwood

My American Wife
as Donna Isabella LaTassa

Man Crazy
as Grandmother Janeway

Faith
as Martha Owen