Edythe Chapman

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
Movie

Manslaughter

1922

as Adeline Bennett

Pinto
Movie

Pinto

1920

as Mrs. Audry

Faithful Wives
Movie

Faithful Wives

1926

as The Mother

Happiness Ahead
Movie

Happiness Ahead

1928

as Mrs. Randall

The Ten Commandments
Movie

The Ten Commandments

1923

as Mrs. Martha McTavish

Sally's Shoulders
Movie

Sally's Shoulders

1928

as Emily

Anton the Terrible
Movie

Anton the Terrible

1916

as Babushka (Anton's mother)

Huckleberry Finn
Movie

Huckleberry Finn

1920

as Aunt Polly

Up the River
Movie

Up the River

1930

as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

The Selfish Woman
Movie

The Selfish Woman

1916

as Mrs. Hale

The Count of Ten
Movie

The Count of Ten

1928

as Mother McKinney

The Idle Rich
Movie

The Idle Rich

1929

as Mrs. Alice Thayer

Experimental Marriage
Movie

Experimental Marriage

1919

as Mrs. Ercoll

Alias Ladyfingers
Movie

Alias Ladyfingers

1921

as Rachel Stetherill

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Movie

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

1928

as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)

The Little American
Movie

The Little American

1917

as Mrs. von Austreim

Hollywood
Movie

Hollywood

1923

as Edythe Chapman

Saturday Night
Movie

Saturday Night

1922

as Mrs. Prentiss

Broken Barriers
Movie

Broken Barriers

1924

as Beulah Reynolds

A Mormon Maid
Movie

A Mormon Maid

1917

as Nancy Hogue

Synthetic Sin
Movie

Synthetic Sin

1929

as Mrs. Fairfax

Man Trouble
Movie

Man Trouble

1930

as Aunt Maggie

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Movie

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

1920

as Mrs. Dean

The Whispering Chorus
Movie

The Whispering Chorus

1918

as John Tremble's mother

Everywoman
Movie

Everywoman

1919

as Truth

Havoc
Movie

Havoc

1925

as Mrs. Chappel

Rose o' Paradise
Movie

Rose o' Paradise

1918

as Peg Grandoken

Navy Blues
Movie

Navy Blues

1929

as Mrs. Brown

Chastity
Movie

Chastity

1923

as Mrs. Harris

Three Week Ends
Movie

Three Week Ends

1928

as Ma O'Brien

Beyond the Rocks
Movie

Beyond the Rocks

1922

as Lady Bracondale

Unexpected Places
Movie

Unexpected Places

1918

as Mrs. Penfield

The Countess Charming
Movie

The Countess Charming

1917

as Mrs. Lovering

The Crystal Gazer
Movie

The Crystal Gazer

1917

as Mrs. Mannering

Bits of Life
Movie

Bits of Life

1921

The County Fair
Movie

The County Fair

1920

as Aunt Abigail Prue

The Only Road
Movie

The Only Road

1918

as Clara Hawkins

Worldly Goods
Movie

Worldly Goods

1924

as Mrs. Lawson

The Ghost House
Movie

The Ghost House

1917

as Mrs. Rawson

The Girl at Home
Movie

The Girl at Home

1917

as Mary Dexter

The Gypsy Trail
Movie

The Gypsy Trail

1918

as Grandma

The Runaway
Movie

The Runaway

1926

as Mrs. Murrell

Heart Trouble
Movie

Heart Trouble

1928

Richelieu
Movie

Richelieu

1914

as The Queen

The Golden Chance
Movie

The Golden Chance

1915

as Mrs. Hillary

The Wise Virgin
Movie

The Wise Virgin

1924

as Mrs. John Farrington

Youth to Youth
Movie

Youth to Youth

1922

as Mrs. Cora Knittson

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Movie

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

1919

as Teddy's Mother

Out of the Storm
Movie

Out of the Storm

1920

as Lady Bridgeminster

The Boob
Movie

The Boob

1926

as The Old Lady (uncredited)

Peg o' My Heart
Movie

Peg o' My Heart

1919

Tom Sawyer
Movie

Tom Sawyer

1917

as Aunt Polly

Lightnin'
Movie

Lightnin'

1925

as Mrs. Jones

The Spirit of '17
Movie

The Spirit of '17

1918

as Mrs. Glidden

A Tale of Two Worlds
Movie

A Tale of Two Worlds

1921

as Mrs. Newcombe

A School for Husbands
Movie

A School for Husbands

1917

as Mrs. Manners

Say! Young Fellow
Movie

Say! Young Fellow

1918

as A Sweet Spinster

Secret Service
Movie

Secret Service

1919

as Mrs. Varney

A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Movie

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

1920

as Senora Urique

A Little Princess
Movie

A Little Princess

1917

as (uncredited)

Fires of Faith
Movie

Fires of Faith

1919

as Mrs. Booth

The Crystal Cup
Movie

The Crystal Cup

1927

as Mrs. Carteret

Three Faces East
Movie

Three Faces East

1926

as Mrs. Bennett

Borrowed Clothes
Movie

Borrowed Clothes

1918

as Mary's Mother

Twin Beds
Movie

Twin Beds

1929

as Ma Dolan

American Beauty
Movie

American Beauty

1927

as Madame O'Riley

Daughters of Pleasure
Movie

Daughters of Pleasure

1924

as Mrs. Hadley

His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Movie

His Majesty, Bunker Bean

1918

as Older Mrs. Breede

Divorce
Movie

Divorce

1923

as Mrs. George Reed

One Minute to Play
Movie

One Minute to Play

1926

as Mrs. Wade

Lazybones
Movie

Lazybones

1925

as Mrs. Tuttle

Her Husband’s Trademark
Movie

Her Husband’s Trademark

1922

as Mother Berkeley

Double Cross Roads
Movie

Double Cross Roads

1930

as Mrs. Carlyle

Dangerous Curve Ahead
Movie

Dangerous Curve Ahead

1921

as Mrs. Mabee

The Sleep Walker
Movie

The Sleep Walker

1922

as Sister Ursula

Learning to Love
Movie

Learning to Love

1925

as Aunt Penelope

North of the Rio Grande
Movie

North of the Rio Grande

1922

as Belle Hannon

Old Wives for New
Movie

Old Wives for New

1918

as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)

The Breaking Point
Movie

The Breaking Point

1924

as Lucy Livingstone

Flame of the Desert
Movie

Flame of the Desert

1919

as Lady Snowden

Voices of the City
Movie

Voices of the City

1921

as Mrs. Rodman

On the Level
Movie

On the Level

1917

as Joe Blanchard's Mother

Alias Mike Moran
Movie

Alias Mike Moran

1919

as Ma Young

The Pretty Sister of Jose
Movie

The Pretty Sister of Jose

1915

as The Mother

The Heir to the Hoorah
Movie

The Heir to the Hoorah

1916

as Mrs. Kent

Huck and Tom
Movie

Huck and Tom

1918

as Aunt Polly

An Innocent Adventuress
Movie

An Innocent Adventuress

1919

as Aunt Heppy

Bound in Morocco
Movie

Bound in Morocco

1918

as Ysail's Mother

Bunty Pulls the Strings
Movie

Bunty Pulls the Strings

1921

as Eelen Dunlap

Oliver Twist
Movie

Oliver Twist

1916

as Mrs. Brownlow

One Wild Week
Movie

One Wild Week

1921

as Mrs. Dorn

In the Name of Love
Movie

In the Name of Love

1925

as Mother Melnotte

The Evil Eye
Movie

The Evil Eye

1917

The Shadow of the East
Movie

The Shadow of the East

1924

as Aunt Caroline

Deliverance
Movie

Deliverance

1919

as Sarah Fuller

The Home Town Girl
Movie

The Home Town Girl

1919

as Mrs. Fanshawe

The Winning Girl
Movie

The Winning Girl

1919

as Second Mrs. Milligan

A Wife's Awakening
Movie

A Wife's Awakening

1921

as Mrs. Kelcey

Take the Heir
Movie

Take the Heir

1930

as Lady Tweedham

Love Hungry
Movie

Love Hungry

1928

as Ma Robinson

Naughty But Nice
Movie

Naughty But Nice

1927

as Mrs. Altewood

The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie

The Shepherd of the Hills

1928

as Aunt Mollie

The Miracle Makers
Movie

The Miracle Makers

1923

as Mrs. Martha Mansfield

Just Out of College
Movie

Just Out of College

1920

as Mrs. Pickering

A Tailor-Made Man
Movie

A Tailor-Made Man

1922

as Mrs. Nathan

The Little Yellow House
Movie

The Little Yellow House

1928

as Grandmother Pentland

A Modern Musketeer
Movie

A Modern Musketeer

1917

as Mrs. Thacker

Public Opinion
Movie

Public Opinion

1916

as Mrs. Carson Morgan

The Pride of the Force
Movie

The Pride of the Force

1925

as Mother Moore

The Girl I Loved
Movie

The Girl I Loved

1923

as Mother Middleton

Sandy
Movie

Sandy

1918

as Mrs. Hollis

You Never Saw Such a Girl
Movie

You Never Saw Such a Girl

1919

as Mrs. Burgess

Soul Mates
Movie

Soul Mates

1925

as Tancred's mother

The Plow Girl
Movie

The Plow Girl

1916

as Lady Brentwood

My American Wife
Movie

My American Wife

1922

as Donna Isabella LaTassa

Man Crazy
Movie

Man Crazy

1927

as Grandmother Janeway

Faith
Movie

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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