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.
★7.0
MOVIE1928
Three Week Ends
as Ma O'Brien
MOVIE1916
Public Opinion
as Mrs. Carson Morgan
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Deliverance
as Sarah Fuller
MOVIE1918
Sandy
as Mrs. Hollis
★10.0
MOVIE1929
Twin Beds
as Ma Dolan
★7.0
MOVIE1921
Alias Ladyfingers
as Rachel Stetherill
★9.0
MOVIE1918
Unexpected Places
as Mrs. Penfield
★10.0
MOVIE1922
My American Wife
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
★6.0
MOVIE1926
The Boob
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1922
Youth to Youth
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
MOVIE1917
The Girl at Home
as Mary Dexter
MOVIE1918
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
as Older Mrs. Breede
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Faith
as Martha Owen
★7.0
MOVIE1919
You Never Saw Such a Girl
as Mrs. Burgess
★6.6
MOVIE1923
The Ten Commandments
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Divorce
as Mrs. George Reed
★10.0
MOVIE1922
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Mother Berkeley
★5.9
MOVIE1930
Up the River
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
MOVIE1918
Huck and Tom
as Aunt Polly
MOVIE1919
Alias Mike Moran
as Ma Young
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Chastity
as Mrs. Harris
★10.0
MOVIE1920
Just Out of College
as Mrs. Pickering
★7.0
MOVIE1921
A Wife's Awakening
as Mrs. Kelcey
★7.0
MOVIE1919
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy's Mother
MOVIE1916
Anton the Terrible
as Babushka (Anton's mother)
★6.3
MOVIE1917
The Little American
as Mrs. von Austreim
★7.0
MOVIE1928
The Count of Ten
as Mother McKinney
★5.2
MOVIE1917
A Little Princess
as (uncredited)
MOVIE1917
The Ghost House
as Mrs. Rawson
★7.2
MOVIE1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
MOVIE1917
The Countess Charming
as Mrs. Lovering
★7.0
MOVIE1924
The Wise Virgin
as Mrs. John Farrington
★8.0
MOVIE1922
The Sleep Walker
as Sister Ursula
★6.4
MOVIE1918
The Whispering Chorus
as John Tremble's mother
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Bits of Life
★9.0
MOVIE1920
Out of the Storm
as Lady Bridgeminster
★6.6
MOVIE1929
The Idle Rich
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
★9.0
MOVIE1927
Naughty But Nice
as Mrs. Altewood
★5.5
MOVIE1922
Manslaughter
as Adeline Bennett
★10.0
MOVIE1919
The Home Town Girl
as Mrs. Fanshawe
★6.0
MOVIE1922
Beyond the Rocks
as Lady Bracondale
MOVIE1918
Bound in Morocco
as Ysail's Mother
MOVIE1916
The Heir to the Hoorah
as Mrs. Kent
MOVIE1915
The Pretty Sister of Jose
as The Mother
MOVIE1916
The Plow Girl
as Lady Brentwood
MOVIE1914
Richelieu
as The Queen
★10.0
MOVIE1926
The Runaway
as Mrs. Murrell
★5.0
MOVIE1917
A Mormon Maid
as Nancy Hogue
★5.0
MOVIE1926
One Minute to Play
as Mrs. Wade
★10.0
MOVIE1928
Sally's Shoulders
as Emily
★10.0
MOVIE1923
The Miracle Makers
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
★9.0
MOVIE1919
An Innocent Adventuress
as Aunt Heppy
★6.4
MOVIE1918
Old Wives for New
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1917
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
★10.0
MOVIE1925
In the Name of Love
as Mother Melnotte
★3.7
MOVIE1924
Broken Barriers
as Beulah Reynolds
★9.0
MOVIE1920
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
as Senora Urique
★5.9
MOVIE1922
Saturday Night
as Mrs. Prentiss
★7.0
MOVIE1927
Man Crazy
as Grandmother Janeway
★7.0
MOVIE1929
Navy Blues
as Mrs. Brown
MOVIE1916
Oliver Twist
as Mrs. Brownlow
★6.8
MOVIE1920
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
★6.8
MOVIE1925
Lazybones
as Mrs. Tuttle
MOVIE1917
On the Level
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
★10.0
MOVIE1919
Peg o' My Heart
★6.3
MOVIE1921
A Tale of Two Worlds
as Mrs. Newcombe
★7.0
MOVIE1921
Voices of the City
as Mrs. Rodman
★7.0
MOVIE1924
Worldly Goods
as Mrs. Lawson
★7.0
MOVIE1928
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Aunt Mollie
★9.0
MOVIE1923
Hollywood
as Edythe Chapman
★7.0
MOVIE1925
The Pride of the Force
as Mother Moore
★10.0
MOVIE1930
Take the Heir
as Lady Tweedham
★9.0
MOVIE1930
Double Cross Roads
as Mrs. Carlyle
★8.0
MOVIE1923
The Girl I Loved
as Mother Middleton
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Experimental Marriage
as Mrs. Ercoll
MOVIE1924
The Breaking Point
as Lucy Livingstone
★5.3
MOVIE1920
The County Fair
as Aunt Abigail Prue
★10.0
MOVIE1919
Fires of Faith
as Mrs. Booth
★5.5
MOVIE1917
A Modern Musketeer
as Mrs. Thacker
★8.0
MOVIE1928
Love Hungry
as Ma Robinson
★7.0
MOVIE1919
Flame of the Desert
as Lady Snowden
MOVIE1918
The Gypsy Trail
as Grandma
MOVIE1917
A School for Husbands
as Mrs. Manners
★7.0
MOVIE1927
The Crystal Cup
as Mrs. Carteret
★10.0
MOVIE1926
Faithful Wives
as The Mother
★8.0
MOVIE1928
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Randall
★6.6
MOVIE1915
The Golden Chance
as Mrs. Hillary
MOVIE1918
The Only Road
as Clara Hawkins
MOVIE1918
The Spirit of '17
as Mrs. Glidden
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
as Mrs. Dean
★7.5
MOVIE1930
Man Trouble
as Aunt Maggie
★8.0
MOVIE1926
Three Faces East
as Mrs. Bennett
★10.0
MOVIE1922
North of the Rio Grande
as Belle Hannon
MOVIE1918
Say! Young Fellow
as A Sweet Spinster
★10.0
MOVIE1929
Synthetic Sin
as Mrs. Fairfax
★9.0
MOVIE1921
Dangerous Curve Ahead
as Mrs. Mabee
★9.0
MOVIE1925
Learning to Love
as Aunt Penelope
MOVIE1916
The Selfish Woman
as Mrs. Hale
★7.0
MOVIE1925
Havoc
as Mrs. Chappel
MOVIE1922
A Tailor-Made Man
as Mrs. Nathan
★9.0
MOVIE1928
The Little Yellow House
as Grandmother Pentland
★9.0
MOVIE1919
The Winning Girl
as Second Mrs. Milligan
★3.0
MOVIE1927
American Beauty
as Madame O'Riley
MOVIE1918
Rose o' Paradise
as Peg Grandoken
★8.0
MOVIE1928
Heart Trouble
★8.0
MOVIE1921
Bunty Pulls the Strings
as Eelen Dunlap
★8.0
MOVIE1924
Daughters of Pleasure
as Mrs. Hadley
★9.0
MOVIE1920
Pinto
as Mrs. Audry
★6.6
MOVIE1925
Lightnin'
as Mrs. Jones
★7.0
MOVIE1925
Soul Mates
as Tancred's mother
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Secret Service
as Mrs. Varney
MOVIE1917
The Evil Eye
MOVIE1918
Borrowed Clothes
as Mary's Mother
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Everywoman
as Truth
★9.0
MOVIE1924
The Shadow of the East
as Aunt Caroline
★7.0
MOVIE1921
One Wild Week
as Mrs. Dorn
★8.0
MOVIE1917
The Crystal Gazer
as Mrs. Mannering