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Myrtle Stedman
Chicago, Illinois, USA
From Wikipedia Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born…
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From Wikipedia Myrtle Stedman (March 3, 1883 – January 8, 1938) was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France. Her tutor was Marchesi, who was known as one of the finest instructors of voice culture in his country. Myrtle did not enter the field of light opera because of her preference for light opera. She starred for a number of seasons in Isle of Spice and The Chocolate Soldier. She performed for a year at the Whitney Theater in Chicago and was a prima donna of the Chicago Grand Opera Company. Her first appearances in movies were in Selig studio western and action short films. Among her feature films are Flaming Youth, The Valley of the Moon, The Dangerous Age, and The Famous Mrs. Fair. In 1936, she was signed by Warner Brothers to play bit and extra roles. Her last release was Accidents Will Happen, in 1938. Myrtle Stedman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1938 at the age of 54. Interment at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood California. Her husband Marshall Stedman was a drama school conductor. They were divorced by 1920. Their son Lincoln Stedman was a prolific silent film character actor.
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1938
Accidents Will Happen
Movie Professional Witness #2 (uncredited)
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1938
A Slight Case of Murder
Movie Nurse (uncredited)
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1937
She Loved a Fireman
Movie Mrs. Brown
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1937
Missing Witnesses
Movie Minor Role (uncredited)
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1937
Over the Goal
Movie Marshall's Secretary
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1937
Alcatraz Island
Movie Party Guest (uncredited)
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1937
That Certain Woman
Movie Mrs. Ransom - Rogers' Secretary (uncredited)
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1937
Back in Circulation
Movie Arlene's Maid (uncredited)
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1937
The Go-Getter
Movie Hospital Nurse with Bill (uncredited)
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1937
Draegerman Courage
Movie Nurse (uncredited)
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1937
That Man's Here Again
Movie Hospital Nurse
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1937
Ready, Willing and Able
Movie Junior's Mother
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1937
Green Light
Movie A Nurse
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1937
Under Southern Stars
Movie Arlene's Mother
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1937
The Great O'Malley
Movie Nurse (uncredited)
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1936
Give Me Liberty
Movie Martha Washington
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1936
Song of the Saddle
Movie Mrs. Coburn
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1935
Here's to Romance
Movie Bit Part
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1934
School for Girls
Movie Mrs. Winters
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1934
Beggars in Ermine
Movie Nurse
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1932
Klondike
Movie Miss Fielding
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1932
Alias Mary Smith
Movie Mrs. Hayes
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1932
The Widow in Scarlet
Movie Alice Lawton-Bond
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1931
Beau Ideal
Movie Mrs. Frank Madison
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1930
The Truth About Youth
Movie Mrs. Ericson
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1930
Little Accident
Movie Mrs. Overbeck
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1929
The Love Racket
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1929
The Wheel of Life
Movie Mrs. Faraker
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1929
The Sin Sister
Movie Sister Burton
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1929
The Jazz Age
Movie Mrs Maxwell
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1928
Their Hour
Movie Peggy's Mother
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1928
Sporting Goods
Movie Mrs. Elliott
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1927
No Place to Go
Movie Mrs. Montgomery
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1927
The Irresistible Lover
Movie Hortense Brown
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1927
Women's Wares
Movie Mrs. James Crane
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1927
The Life of Riley
Movie Penelope Jones
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1927
Alias The Deacon
Movie Mrs. Betsy Clark
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1927
The Black Diamond Express
Movie Mrs. Harmon
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1926
The Man in the Shadow
Movie Mary Alvoid
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1926
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Movie Madame Cavallar
