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