Acting
Edythe Chapman
EN, XX cinema · 117 credits
Born
7 October 1863
Died
15 October 1948 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Rochester, New York, USA
Also known as Edith van Renssaleer
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.
Known for
Filmography
Take the Heir
1930
Take the Heir
as Lady Tweedham
Man Trouble
as Aunt Maggie
Double Cross Roads
as Mrs. Carlyle
Up the River
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
The Idle Rich
as Mrs. Alice Thayer
Navy Blues
as Mrs. Brown
Synthetic Sin
as Mrs. Fairfax
Twin Beds
as Ma Dolan
Love Hungry
as Ma Robinson
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Young Karl's Nanny (uncredited)
Three Week Ends
as Ma O'Brien
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Randall
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Aunt Mollie
The Little Yellow House
as Grandmother Pentland
Sally's Shoulders
as Emily
The Count of Ten
as Mother McKinney
Naughty But Nice
as Mrs. Altewood
American Beauty
as Madame O'Riley
The Crystal Cup
as Mrs. Carteret
Man Crazy
1927
Man Crazy
as Grandmother Janeway
One Minute to Play
as Mrs. Wade
The Boob
as The Old Lady (uncredited)
Three Faces East
as Mrs. Bennett
The Runaway
as Mrs. Murrell
Faithful Wives
1926
Faithful Wives
as The Mother
In the Name of Love
as Mother Melnotte
The Pride of the Force
1925
The Pride of the Force
as Mother Moore
Lazybones
as Mrs. Tuttle
Lightnin'
as Mrs. Jones
Havoc
as Mrs. Chappel
Learning to Love
as Aunt Penelope
Soul Mates
as Tancred's mother
Broken Barriers
as Beulah Reynolds
Daughters of Pleasure
as Mrs. Hadley
The Shadow of the East
as Aunt Caroline
The Breaking Point
as Lucy Livingstone
The Wise Virgin
as Mrs. John Farrington
Worldly Goods
as Mrs. Lawson
The Ten Commandments
as Mrs. Martha McTavish
Hollywood
as Edythe Chapman
Chastity
as Mrs. Harris
The Girl I Loved
as Mother Middleton
Divorce
as Mrs. George Reed
The Miracle Makers
as Mrs. Martha Mansfield
North of the Rio Grande
as Belle Hannon
A Tailor-Made Man
as Mrs. Nathan
Manslaughter
as Adeline Bennett
Saturday Night
as Mrs. Prentiss
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Mother Berkeley
Beyond the Rocks
as Lady Bracondale
My American Wife
as Donna Isabella LaTassa
Youth to Youth
as Mrs. Cora Knittson
The Sleep Walker
as Sister Ursula
Bunty Pulls the Strings
as Eelen Dunlap
Alias Ladyfingers
as Rachel Stetherill
One Wild Week
1921
One Wild Week
as Mrs. Dorn
Voices of the City
as Mrs. Rodman
Dangerous Curve Ahead
as Mrs. Mabee
A Wife's Awakening
as Mrs. Kelcey
A Tale of Two Worlds
as Mrs. Newcombe
Pinto
as Mrs. Audry
The County Fair
as Aunt Abigail Prue
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
as Mrs. Dean
A Double-Dyed Deceiver
as Senora Urique
Just Out of College
as Mrs. Pickering
Out of the Storm
as Lady Bridgeminster
Alias Mike Moran
as Ma Young
Flame of the Desert
as Lady Snowden
The Winning Girl
as Second Mrs. Milligan
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
as Teddy's Mother
Experimental Marriage
as Mrs. Ercoll
Secret Service
as Mrs. Varney
Everywoman
as Truth
Fires of Faith
as Mrs. Booth
An Innocent Adventuress
as Aunt Heppy
The Home Town Girl
as Mrs. Fanshawe
Faith
as Martha Owen
Deliverance
as Sarah Fuller
Borrowed Clothes
as Mary's Mother
Huck and Tom
as Aunt Polly
The Whispering Chorus
as John Tremble's mother
Unexpected Places
as Mrs. Penfield
The Spirit of '17
as Mrs. Glidden
Rose o' Paradise
as Peg Grandoken
Old Wives for New
as Mrs. Berkeley (uncredited)
Say! Young Fellow
as A Sweet Spinster
Bound in Morocco
as Ysail's Mother
The Only Road
as Clara Hawkins
The Gypsy Trail
as Grandma
Sandy
as Mrs. Hollis
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
as Older Mrs. Breede
A Mormon Maid
as Nancy Hogue
The Countess Charming
as Mrs. Lovering
A Modern Musketeer
as Mrs. Thacker
The Little American
as Mrs. von Austreim
A Little Princess
as (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
The Girl at Home
as Mary Dexter
On the Level
as Joe Blanchard's Mother
The Crystal Gazer
as Mrs. Mannering
A School for Husbands
as Mrs. Manners
The Ghost House
as Mrs. Rawson
The Selfish Woman
as Mrs. Hale
Oliver Twist
as Mrs. Brownlow
The Heir to the Hoorah
as Mrs. Kent
The Plow Girl
as Lady Brentwood
Anton the Terrible
as Babushka (Anton's mother)
Public Opinion
1916
Public Opinion
as Mrs. Carson Morgan
The Pretty Sister of Jose
as The Mother
The Golden Chance
as Mrs. Hillary
Richelieu
as The Queen