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Edythe Chapman
Rochester, New York, USA
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 Y…
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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.
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1930
Up the River
Movie Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
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1930
Man Trouble
Movie Aunt Maggie
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1930
Double Cross Roads
Movie Mrs. Carlyle
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1930
Take the Heir
Movie Lady Tweedham
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1929
Navy Blues
Movie Mrs. Brown
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1929
Twin Beds
Movie Ma Dolan
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1929
The Idle Rich
Movie Mrs. Alice Thayer
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1929
Synthetic Sin
Movie Mrs. Fairfax
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1928
Three Week Ends
Movie Ma O'Brien
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1928
Sally's Shoulders
Movie Emily
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1928
Heart Trouble
Movie
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1928
Happiness Ahead
Movie Mrs. Randall
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1928
The Little Yellow House
Movie Grandmother Pentland
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1928
Love Hungry
Movie Ma Robinson
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1928
The Count of Ten
Movie Mother McKinney
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1928
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Movie Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
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1928
The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie Aunt Mollie
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1927
Man Crazy
Movie Grandmother Janeway
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1927
The Crystal Cup
Movie Mrs. Carteret
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1927
American Beauty
Movie Madame O'Riley
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1927
Naughty But Nice
Movie Mrs. Altewood
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1926
Faithful Wives
Movie The Mother
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1926
One Minute to Play
Movie Mrs. Wade
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1926
The Boob
Movie The Old Lady (uncredited)
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1926
The Runaway
Movie Mrs. Murrell
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1926
Three Faces East
Movie Mrs. Bennett
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1925
Lazybones
Movie Mrs. Tuttle
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1925
Havoc
Movie Mrs. Chappel
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1925
The Pride of the Force
Movie Mother Moore
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1925
Lightnin'
Movie Mrs. Jones
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1925
In the Name of Love
Movie Mother Melnotte
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1925
Soul Mates
Movie Tancred's mother
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1925
Learning to Love
Movie Aunt Penelope
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1924
Worldly Goods
Movie Mrs. Lawson
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1924
Broken Barriers
Movie Beulah Reynolds
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1924
The Wise Virgin
Movie Mrs. John Farrington
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1924
Daughters of Pleasure
Movie Mrs. Hadley
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1924
The Breaking Point
Movie Lucy Livingstone
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1924
The Shadow of the East
Movie Aunt Caroline
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1923
Chastity
Movie Mrs. Harris
